CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some football fans in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl can also get a lesson in that city's Mafia history – which intersects quite frequently with Chicago Mafia history. The Mob Museum – ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American writer Louis Ferrante about his latest book, "Borgata: Clash of Titans: a History of the American Mafia." LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I ...

Mobsters have undeniably left an infamous mark on American culture. Depicted in numerous films and television shows, interest in the violent and secretive Mafia families has not wavered. Now, a new ...

For hundreds of years, there has been an underground economy based in crime that has built New York City. We explore the birthplace of the American mafia in Manhattan’s Little Italy with a mafia ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The 19th run of Rochester History Runs took place on Saturday. The Rochester Mafia History Run followed the history of organized crime in downtown Rochester. Some of the stops ...

LORAIN, Ohio – Forget “The Godfather” or “Sopranos.” Learn about real mafia life from “made” man for New York’s Columbo crime family when reformed mobster Michael Franzese speaks Saturday, June 24.

America boasts its fair share of homegrown and migrant mobsters. It all started in the land of the free when a wave of Italian, Jewish, and Irish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century decided to ...