Boston Organized Crime

2012 History

Author : Emily Sweeney
Release : 2012
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 732/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Boston Organized Crime written by Emily Sweeney. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston has had its share of bookies and loan sharks, gangsters and wiseguys, hoodlums and hit men. From the Great Brink's Robbery, which was hailed as the crime of the century; to the long-forgotten Cotton Club in Roxbury, where the legendary nightlife kingpin Charlie "King" Solomon was gunned down; to the infamous Blackfriars Massacre, a brutal gangland slaying that left five men dead, slumped over a backgammon game in a cramped basement office--all of these dark moments in time are a part of Boston's history that is rarely spoken about. Boston Organized Crime explores the region's shadier side and takes a closer look at the mobsters and racketeers who once operated in the Greater Boston area. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of crime scene photographs, mug shots, and police documents, author Emily Sweeney takes readers on an eye-opening journey through Boston's underworld, from the bootlegging days of Prohibition to the bloody gangland wars of the 1960s.

Boston Mob

2014-07-29 True Crime

Author : Marc Songini
Release : 2014-07-29
Genre : True Crime
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 316/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Boston Mob written by Marc Songini. This book was released on 2014-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New England Mafia was a hugely powerful organization that survived by using violence to ruthlessly crush anyone that threatened it, or its lucrative gambling, loansharking, bootlegging and other enterprises. Psychopathic strongman Joseph "The Animal" Barboza was one of the most feared mob enforcers of all time, killing as many as thirty people for business and pleasure. From information based on newly declassified documents and the use of underworld sources, Boston Mob spans the gutters and alleyways of East Boston, Providence and Charlestown to the halls of Congress in Washington D.C. and Boston's Beacon Hill. Its players include governors and mayors, and the Mafia Commission of New York City. From the tragic legacy of the Kennedy family to the Winter Hill-Charlestown feud, the fall of the New England Mafia and the rise of Whitey Bulger, Mark Songini's Boston Mob is a saga of treachery, murder, greed, and the survival of ruthless men pitted against legal systems and police forces.

The Boston Mob Guide

2013-03-12 True Crime

Author : Beverly Ford
Release : 2013-03-12
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 047/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Boston Mob Guide written by Beverly Ford. This book was released on 2013-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the backrooms and seedy hangouts throughout the real story of Boston’s gangster past in this true crime history guide. The capture of notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston history, yet the city’s criminal underworld has a long and bloody rap sheet that stretches back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Journalists Ford and Schorow reveal the underbelly of Boston through profiles of ruthless gangsters like Charles “King” Solomon, the Angiulo brothers, Joseph “The Animal” Barboza, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi and many more who carried out deadly hits and lucrative heists.

Gangsters of Boston

2013 Criminals

Author : George Hassett
Release : 2013
Genre : Criminals
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Book Rating : 033/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gangsters of Boston written by George Hassett. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A case began to unfold like nothing the quaint Detroit suburban area of Orchard Lake had ever seen. In the hours following a near head-on collision between a mysterious sedan and an on-duty patrolman, the frightening truth behind the speeding car's driver would be discovered. The vehicle was littered with weapons, drugs, and cash, yet these items weren't even the beginning. The most menacing item law enforcement could imagine was made of paper. Found in Chester Wheeler Campbell's possession was a set of meticulously detailed assassin's notebooks - containing the names of unsolved murder victims and a list of planned targets. It was a time when outlandish courtroom drama, gangland executions, corruption investigations, and scandals were all part of the twisted world where a Motor City Hit Man could thrive. This is the true tale not only of a murderer for hire, but also the parallel people and occurrences that helped warp a stressed socio-economic landscape of Detroit into a drug fueled organized crime controlled underworld

Brutal

2006-03-10 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Kevin Weeks
Release : 2006-03-10
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 696/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Brutal written by Kevin Weeks. This book was released on 2006-03-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the real inside scoop, Whitey Bulger's #2 man in Boston's Irish mob tells where the bodies are buried.

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