William "Wild Bill" Lovett was a gangster and leader of the White Hand Gang from the Red Hook area or what was known...
Wild Bill Lovett – Brooklyn’s White Hand Gang Boss
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Eddie McGrath & The Westside Mob Part 2
The West Side piers, or the North River waterfront as it is commonly known as, stretches along the Hudson River from...
Eddie McGrath & The Westside Mob Part 1
Edward J. McGrath, or “The Big Guy,” as he came to be known around the docks, was born on January 31, 1906. His...
The End of The Westies
With the arrests of Jimmy Coonan and his wife Edna, Billy Bokun, Mugsy Ritter, Flo & Tommy Collins and Johnny Halo...
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties. The Prohibition Laws, the Eighteenth Amendment & Volstead Act, had just been passed banning...
“Jelly Roll” Hogan & The Hogan Gang – St. Louis
Edward "Jelly Roll" Hogan was the leader of the Hogan Gang and arch enemy of the Egan's Rats Gang in St. Louis, Hogan...
Joseph Sullivan The Only Man To Escape From Attica
Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan, not to be confused with another Mad Dog, Vincent Coll, was a contract hit-man who worked...
Dennis “Dinny” Meehan – The Leader of the White Hand Gang
Dennis "Dinny" Meehan became leader of the White Hand Gang around 1910 and led the gang up until his death in 1920...
Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran and Jimmy Hoffa
Frank Sheeran was a high ranking labor union official with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, he was also one...