Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philip “The Chicken Man” Testa rose to power in the Philadelphia mafia after Angelo Bruno’s assassination in 1980, ending an era ...
Mafia documentaries have clogged the airwaves for decades, but a new one coming to Netflix on Wednesday sets a new standard. Multiple docuseries, generally seen on basic cable, have traditionally ...
When the boss of the Philadelphia Mafia was arrested in the early 1990s, it ignited a violent battle for power in the City of Brotherly Love. A new Netflix docuseries, Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The ...
Real-life mob narratives are always fascinating to us because they show a version of the mob that is just as ruled by protocol and respect as the fictional depictions are, but show that, whenever ...
Netflix is revisiting one of the most notorious showdowns in mob history: veteran mobster John Stanfa vs. young newbie Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino. When longtime boss Nicky Scarfo's reign fell in the ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) George Anastasia, Rowan University (THE CONVERSATION) The bloody mob war that is the ...
The emergence of the Greek mafia in Philadelphia traces back to the mid-20th century, as waves of Greek immigrants settled in ...
A general view shows the skyline of Philadelphia at sunset from South Street Bridge on Schuylkill river. (Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images) (PHILADELPHIA) — More than 26 years after a man was ...