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The Writers of Wrongs
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
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The Writers of Wrongs: 2022
Ten Notches: Murders Committed by Pretty Boy Floyd, written by Jeffery S. King, tells the life story of Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, late Prohibition Era gangster and bank robber, through detail...
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The Writers of Wrongs: Mafia
Organized Crime in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys
Informer's 32nd issue was released today (Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022). "The Mob in Youngstown" issue tracks the history of organized crime in the area o...
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The Writers of Wrongs: October 2020
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Informer special issue (No. 30) focuses on Nicola "Nick" Gentile, underworld leader in U.S. and Sicily, who published an Italian-language tell-all autobiography in 1963. The issue is available a...
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The Writers of Wrongs: 2016
As 1934 faded, the new year began with Gay Orlova completely enamored by Charles "Lucky" Luciano. She promptly dropped the stockbroker boy toy who funded her wardrobe and spending allowance, and as fo...
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The Writers of Wrongs: Sláinte: The Strange Tale of “Durable Mike” Malloy
Sláinte: The Strange Tale of “Durable Mike” Malloy
One of my favorite criminal stories of Prohibition isn’t gangster-related, but the story of “Durable Mike” Malloy, a New York derelict who had th...