Formed in 1931 after the Castellammarese War, the Five Families of New York became known as the backbone of the American ...

The rivalry between the two gangsters is the premise of a new mob movie, Alto Knights, starring Robert DeNiro playing both arch-criminals. In addition to DeNiro, the crime drama also stars Debra ...

Gigante’s ‘crazy act’ shielded him from indictment in the landmark Mafia Commission trial which saw most of Cosa Nostra’s upper echelon sent to prison with 100-year sentences.

A former Mafia boss who made millions of dollars at the height of his power before risking death by walking away from the mob has revealed what still haunts him 25 years later. Michael Franzese ...

NEW YORK - Mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, the powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness, died Monday in ...

This legal war is all in the family: A dispute between the kin of late Genovese mob boss Vincent Gigante. The grandnephew of Gigante — aka “The Chin” — pilfered more than $500,000 from ...

His brother, Vincent Gigante, was the boss of the Genovese mafia family. Father Gigante supported his brother through what appeared to be an act lasting years.

HOLY MOLY Father Louis Gigante was well known for being the brother of a Mafia boss. Published Dec. 26 2022 9:14AM EST Bill Turnbull/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ...

His name was also synonymous with organized crime. Gigante’s brothers were in the mob, including notorious mafia boss, Vincent “Chin” Gigante.

Louis Gigante defended his brother during his trial — at which the mob boss would often appear confused — telling reporters that “The Chin” had suffered from a degenerative brain condition ...

U.S. News Louis Gigante, NYC Priest Who Was Mob Boss’ Brother, Dead at 90 ADDIO The Rev. Louis Gigante once spent 10 days in jail for refusing to answer questions about organized crime.