Kingpins Daily: Sam Giancana
Today’s quote is from Sam Giancana, the mafia boss who controlled the Chicago Outfit from the 1940s to the 1960s. As one of the most powerful mafiosos in the nation, Giancana was a prime target of Att...
20 Touko 20206min
Kingpins Daily: Meyer Lansky
Today’s quote is from Meyer Lansky, otherwise known as the “Mafia’s Banker.” An associate of famed mobster Lucky Luciano, Lansky established a sprawling gambling empire. Learn more about your ad choic...
19 Touko 20207min
Kingpins Daily: Al Capone
Today’s quote is from American businessman and gangster, Al Capone. During prohibition in the 1920s and ‘30s, Capone was more than just a criminal—he was a celebrity. Learn more about your ad choices....
18 Touko 20206min
Kingpins Daily: Arnold Rothstein
Today’s quote comes from one of the most influential gangsters ever: Arnold “the Brain” Rothstein. A notorious gambler who allegedly fixed the 1919 World Series and helped build a bootlegging empire a...
17 Touko 20205min
Kingpins Daily: Carlo Gambino
Today’s quote is from Carlo Gambino, the leader of the Gambino crime family. Though he was deeply involved with the mob for more than five decades, Gambino only faced a total of 22 months in prison. ...
16 Touko 20207min
“Before the Medellín Cartel” Pt. 2: Jung & Rivas
After meeting in a Connecticut prison in 1974, George Jung and Carlos Lehder Rivas began to build what was to become a moderate cocaine operation, smuggling drug shipments from Columbia into the U.S. ...
15 Touko 202043min
Kingpins Daily: Eliot Ness
Today’s quote is from American Prohibition agent Eliot Ness. His dedicated service defending the 18th Amendment earned him a reputation as an incorruptible man—living in extraordinarily corrupt times....
14 Touko 20207min
Kingpins Daily: Mickey Cohen
Today’s quote comes from a 1930s and 40s Jewish crime boss Meyer “Mickey” Cohen, who worked for Al Capone and Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel before making a West Coast empire of his own. Learn more about you...
13 Touko 20206min
