MAFIA HISTORY

The story of organized crime in America is tangled with immigration, politics, and media. In the late 1800s a mob in New Orleans shot eleven Italians after a police chief was killed. That event sparked fear that newcomers brought “tongs” and other violent cultures. When the 1920s came, alcohol

Philadelphia's mafia history is not as famous as New York or Chicago's, but a new Netflix documentary shows it was just as violent. "Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia" focuses on the 1990s conflict between two rival mob bosses. John Stanfa led the old guard, while Joey Merlino headed the "young gu