John Gotti looked like he was out of Central Casting for an Italian Mafia crime boss. Before the 1970s, most of the bosses kept their identities or roles mostly hidden through fronts and legitimate businesses. Gangs and gangsters had existed in America for decades and even centuries. But a lot of them from the endContinue reading “‘Get Gotti’ Great For Gangster Enthusiasts Yet Nothing New”
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‘Chowchilla’ Tells True Story Of Trauma
The 1976 kidnapping of several students and a bus driver in Chowcilla, Calif. is one of the strangest true-crime cases ever. On July 15 of that year, three armed men kidnapped 26 students attending a summer school program. The children ranged in ages 5-14 along with a kindly bus driver, Frank Edward Ray, 55 atContinue reading “‘Chowchilla’ Tells True Story Of Trauma”
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