Owen Forsyth, Author at The Irish Mob

Jacob Riis – Photographed The Gangs of New York

Jacob Riis was born in Denmark in 1849 and emigrated to the US in the 1870's, he was a pioneer in photography, a...

Dandy Johnny Dolan was the subject of a Simon & Kirby comic book in the 1940's, based on the life and crimes of...

The Dead Rabbits were a street gang in Lower Manhattan in the 1850s, whose members were mostly Irish. The were also...

Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan, not to be confused with another Mad Dog, Vincent Coll, was a contract hit-man who worked...

Diamond Jack had a fascination and love for the Western lifestyle and made his way out to Denver, Colorado to become...

Dennis "Dinny" Meehan became leader of the White Hand Gang around 1910 and led the gang up until his death in 1920...

Long before Brooklyn became incorporated into New York and became one the Borough's it was just as notorious as other...

Frank Sheeran was a high ranking labor union official with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, he was also one...

On this day, 90 years ago one of the most famous Mob Hits of all time took place, the St. Valentines Day Massacre in...