A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: Last year, I got to speak with Louis Ferrante for the first time. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I led a hijack and ...

Magnet fishing in Chicago is already intense but today we hooked something that felt straight out of mob history. Buried deep ...

LORAIN, Ohio – Forget “The Godfather” or “Sopranos.” Learn about real mafia life from “made” man for New York’s Columbo crime family when reformed mobster Michael Franzese speaks Saturday, June 24.

The House committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection have made the dangers of mob rule clear. Indeed, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) last week asked Americans to recall the 19th century and ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap For nearly a quarter of a century, the Mafia franchise has invited players into a secret society where loyalty matters most and ...

Reppetto's history of the American Mafia, from its humble turn-of-the-century beginnings in small Italian neighborhoods to the 1950–1951 Senate's Kefauver hearings on organized crime that made the mob ...

Mafia: The Old Country takes fans of the franchise on a tour of 1900s Sicily, as protagonist Enzo Favara finds himself getting tangled up in the web of the Sicilian mafia. Promising a compelling ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American writer Louis Ferrante about his latest book, "Borgata: Clash of Titans: a History of the American Mafia." LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I ...