The Whyo's gang were described by journalists as one of the worst to have ever infested the city of New York. Founded...
The Hudson Dusters
The Hudson Dusters were a street gang that were founded in the late 1890s by “Circular Jack”, “Kid Yorke”, and Francis...
The Death of Edward Fats McCarthy Popke
Fats McCarthy was one Vincent "Mad Dog" Colls trusted associate's and most trusted trigger man, and had once been one...
Chicago’s 1920’s Taxicab Wars Part 1
Chicago's Taxicab Wars took place throughout the 1920's when rival taxi company's went to war with each other to gain...
The Dunnes – Dublin’s Original Crime Family
The Dunne's began life on the streets of the Liberties area of Dublin, their parents had a clothes stall in the...
The Bloody Maxwell District Chicago
For about a hundred years, the Maxwell Street District or better known as Bloody Maxwell on the Near West Side of...
The Fox Lake Massacre
The Fox Lake Massacre was an event when Prohibition Era violence spilled over into Lake County, northeastern Illinois...
Waxey Gordon
Irving Wexler better known as Waxey Gordon was born to Polish - Jewish Immigrants in 1888, he grew up to become an...
Eamonn Dunne “The Don”
Eamonn Dunne was at one time Ireland's most violent and feared gangland figure, believed to have been personally...