t1703 Declassified documents, sealed audio recordings, and private correspondence spanning four countries have converged on a single, staggering conclusion: Jacqueline Kennedy spent the final thirty years of her life in possession of detailed knowledge about who killed her husband — and made a calculated, deliberate decision to ensure that knowledge survived her without ever being spoken … Read more
La pluie s’était transformée en véritable tempête quand la voiture de Rachel s’était engagée dans l’allée. Je l’avais regardée depuis la fenêtre du salon, les mains enfoncées dans les poches, la mâchoire serrée. Elle était restée assise un long moment dans l’habitacle, le moteur tournant, comme si elle pouvait repousser l’instant où elle devrait entrer. … Read more
Salvatore “Lucky” Luciano, the Sicilian-born gangster who architected the modern American Mafia and died in exile nearly six decades ago, remains the single most consequential figure in the history of organized crime in the United States, according to a sweeping new historical account that traces every major mob family’s lineage back to his vision. The … Read more
Elle n’a jamais réalisé que chaque mensonge n’avait qu’une seule source possible. Ce n’est pas glorieux, ce que j’ai fait. Mais je devrais peut-être expliquer la situation familiale, parce que c’est vraiment de ça qu’il s’agit. Mon père était électricien, syndiqué, il travaillait dur, n’a jamais fait fortune, mais il n’a jamais dû un sou … Read more
One of the most feared and respected figures in the history of American organized crime, Carlo Gambino, built an empire on silence rather than violence, and his death in 1976 marked the end of an era that few mobsters have been able to replicate since. Gambino, who died of a heart attack in his bed … Read more
Ich saß im Ankleidezimmer und sortierte gerade die Kaschmirpullover nach Jahreszeiten, als Sven hinter mich trat. Er stand da, wie er immer stand, wenn er etwas wollte, die Hände in den Taschen, das Kinn leicht angehoben, diese Haltung, die er für Autorität hielt. Mein Mann griff an mir vorbei und nahm eine meiner Armbanduhren in … Read more
Frank Costello, the soft-spoken Calabrian immigrant who built the modern American Mafia into a corporate empire of cash, favors and political influence, and who survived a point-blank assassination attempt in his own apartment lobby that would go on to inspire the character of Don Vito Corleone, died of a heart attack at his Central Park … Read more
Russell Bufalino, the feared and enigmatic Mafia boss who allegedly ordered the murder of Jimmy Hoffa and controlled one of America’s most powerful crime families for 35 years, died quietly in his hospital bed at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1994, at the age of 90. His death came not from … Read more
CHICAGO — Al Capone, the most feared gangster in American history, controlled the police, the politicians, the judges, and every square inch of Chicago’s criminal underworld. But there was one man he would not touch. One man whose territory the Chicago Outfit avoided for nearly two decades. One man who made the most violent mob … Read more
ATLANTA — For 128 years, a single Victorian-era photograph sat in archives and private collections, its central figure—a pale-skinned, blonde-haired toddler seated in the lap of a Black mother—defying every attempt at explanation. Now, a Duke University researcher has solved the mystery, identifying the child as Clara Marie Washington, a Black girl born with complete … Read more