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On the night of October 12, 1934, a message moved through Harlem faster than any newspaper could print it. Dutch Schultz had sent men to 135th Street to teach a lesson, and the lesson involved a tire iron and a bank clerk who worked for St. Clare. Three men grabbed the clerk as he walked … Read more

On July 18, 1984, police entered a basement apartment at 8869 20th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and found two bodies. Angelo Sepe, 42, had been shot multiple times in the head. Joanne Lombardo, 19, had been shot once through the mouth, execution-style. A loaded gun sat untouched on a nearby table. The shooters were not … Read more

On the night of June 11, 1970, a made man walked into a bar in Queens to celebrate his freedom after eight years in federal prison. By midnight, he had been beaten unconscious, stuffed into the trunk of a car, and buried in a shallow grave upstate. Most people know this story through Goodfellas. In … Read more

On April 13, 1991, in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn, a man who had spent 15 years proving his loyalty to John Gotti was shot multiple times outside his own home. He never saw it coming. The betrayal did not come from enemies. It came from the people he served. Robert Boriello was born … Read more

Allen Dorfman was shot twice in the head in a parking lot in Lincolnwood, Illinois, on January 20, 1983. He was dead before he hit the pavement. Most people who have seen the movie Casino believe they know who he was. They do not. The film reduced Dorfman to a background figure, a man in … Read more