Netflix is revisiting one of the most notorious showdowns in mob history: veteran mobster John Stanfa vs. young newbie Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino. When longtime boss Nicky Scarfo's reign fell in the ...

The bloody mob war that is the focus of the 2025 Netflix series “Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia,” is full of the murder and mayhem, treachery and deceit that have been the hallmarks of the nation ...

Real-life mob narratives are always fascinating to us because they show a version of the mob that is just as ruled by protocol and respect as the fictional depictions are, but show that, whenever ...

What draws people to mob stories? Perhaps it’s the code of loyalty that always seems one betrayal away from collapse. Or the way power, family, and violence intertwine until it’s difficult to tell ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) George Anastasia, Rowan University (THE CONVERSATION) The bloody mob war that is the ...