Chronicles of Events and Biographies Related to the American Mafia
Arnold Rothstein was a jewish-american gangster who was thought to have taught mobster Lucky Luciano everything he knew about running a successful business.
A gambler, Rothstein eventually lost his life after walking out on a three hundred thousand gambling loss.
Mickey Cohen was the mob king of Los Angeles, the Jewish gangster who once ran the Hollywood underworld. Renowned for his violent temper and tabloid exploits, he was one of the premier gangsters on the West Coast, and worked with such high-profile names as Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Al Capone. Meyer Harris Cohen was born…
Meyer Lansky, one of the great Jewish mobsters, ran gambling in much of the United States and helped build the National Crime Syndicate that ran organized crime in the 1930s and ‘40s. He was known as the “Mob’s accountant,” and he ranks as one of the most powerful gangsters in history. Lansky, a Jewish immigrant,…
Louis “Lepke” Buchalter was one of the great Jewish gangsters of the 20th century, a violent goon who led the Mafia’s own private hit squad. He worked with key bosses of his day, helped build the mob we know today, and became the only major Mafia figure sent to the death chamber.Louis Buchalter was born…
Edward Monk Eastman was a mobster who dominated street crime in New York City around the turn of the 20th century. By some measures he was the last of the old-school hoods who came before the Italian-American Mafia and truly organized crime. Though often referred to as one of the city’s great Jewish gangsters, it’s…