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Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel

Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel

Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel - Siegel was active during the 1910s until the 1940s. New York mobster associated with Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and Charles Lucky Luciano during Prohibition. Credited for the creation of syndicate casinos in Las Vegas during the 1940s.

Max (Kid Twist) Zwerbach

Max (Kid Twist) Zwerbach

Max (Kid Twist) Zwerbach - Zwerbach was active during the 1890s-1900s. New York gangster and head of the Eastman Gang after the arrest of Monk Eastman in 1904. Engaging in a feud with the Five Points Gang, he and his bodyguard were gunned down by Louie the Lump at Coney Island in 1908.

Abe (Kid Twist) Reles

Abe (Kid Twist) Reles

Abe (Kid Twist) Reles - Abe Reles, known as Kid Twist, was active from 1921-1940. He was one of the most feared hitmen of Murder Incorporated during the 1930s, he later became a government witness and was responsible for sending many of his former partners to the electric chair. Relse died under suspicious circumstances while in protective custody in 1941.

Abraham (Whitey) Friedman

Abraham (Whitey) Friedman

Abraham (Whitey) Friedman - Active during the 1920s-1930s. New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Nathan Kaplan, and later Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s.

Albert (Tick-tock) Tannenbaum

Albert (Tick-tock) Tannenbaum

Albert (Tick-tock) Tannenbaum - Tannenbaum was an active gangster during the 1920s until the 1950s. He was the enforcer and hitman for Lepke Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s. As member of Murder Inc., he was responsible for the 1939 murder of Harry Greenberg.

Louis (Lepke) Buchalter

Louis (Lepke) Buchalter

Louis (Lepke) Buchalter - Lepke was an active mobster during the 1910s until the1940s. New York labor racketeer who dominated the Lower East Side with Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s. Later headed Murder Inc. and was eventually sent to the electric chair at Sing Sing for his role in the organization. He is the only major mobster to be executed by the state.

Abe Bernstein

Abe Bernstein

Abe Bernstein - Bernstein was an active gangster during the 1910s to the 1960s. He was a Detroit mobster and leader of The Purple Gang. After the end of Prohibition, he ran syndicate gambling operations in Miami up until his death in 1968.

Abe Hirschfeld

Abe Hirschfeld - NY multi-millionaire who made his money on parking garages. In 1999, Hirschfeld stood trial for tax evasion and hiring a hitman to kill his partner. Juries deadlocked. New charges have been filed. This has not stoppped Abe from running for Senate from NY--stating "Hillary Clinton couldnt please one man; how can she please the State?". Puts a whole new spin on the phrase "pressing the flesh".

Abe Landau

Abe Landau - Active during the 1920s-1930s. Lieutenant of New York mobster Dutch Schultz.

Abner "Longy" Zwillman

Abner "Longy" Zwillman - Active during the 1910s-1950s. Prohibition gangster. Popularly known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey", he was a founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission. He was also associated with Murder Inc.

Abraham Telvi

Abraham Telvi - Active during the 1950s. Hitman for New York labor racketeer Johnny Dio. Responsible for blinding crusading New York journalist Victor Riesel with acid in 1956.

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  • Abraham Weinberg

    Active during the 1920s-1930s. Hitman and chief lieutenant for New York mobster Dutch Schultz during Prohibition. Disappeared in 1935 and long presumed to have been killed by the mob.

  • Alex "Shondor" Birns

    Active during 19071975. A major gangland figure in Cleveland throughout the 20th century. At one time considered Public Enemy No. 1, he controlled the citys underworld until his murder by Danny Greene in 1975.

  • Amy Fisher

    The Long Island Lolita. Ms. Fisher is half-Jewish and just got sprung from jail. As you recall, she shot her lovers wife. Her lover was a p..tz. When you look up stupid in the dictionary, Amys picture is there.

  • Amy Grossberg

    Yeah, shes the New Jersey teenager who gave birth to a baby in a hotel room and then she or her boyfriend killed the child. Then they went to a dance. Is it something in the name Amy(?).

  • Andrei Katz

    Active during the 1960s-1970s. Romanian-born mobster associated with the Gambino crime family. Killed by the DeMeo crew in 1975 after agreeing to become a government informant.

  • Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein

    Active during the 1900s-1920s. One of the first major underworld figures in New York during the early 20th century. Widely reputed to have been behind the Black Sox scandal of 1919.

  • Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein

    Active during 1900-1941. New York mobster who dominated labor racketeering with Joseph Rosenzweig in the Lower East Side during the 1910s.

  • Benjamin Tannenbaum

    Active during the 1920s-1930s. Mob accountant for New York labor racketeers Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s. Murdered by members of Murder Inc. in 1941 while babysitting for a friend.

  • Bernard Rosencrantz

    Active during the 1920s-1930s. Bodyguard and chauffeur of New York mobster Dutch Schultz.

  • Boris Nayfeld

    Active during the 1970s-1990s. Russian-born mobster and heroin smuggler in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn during the 1970s and 80s. He and Monya Elson later waged a gang war over Brighton Beach.

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Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel

Siegel was active during the 1910s until the 1940s. New York mobster associated with Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and Charles Lucky Luciano during Prohibition. Credited for the creation of syndicate casinos in Las Vegas during the 1940s.

Max (Kid Twist) Zwerbach

Zwerbach was active during the 1890s-1900s. New York gangster and head of the Eastman Gang after the arrest of Monk Eastman in 1904. Engaging in a feud with the Five Points Gang, he and his bodyguard were gunned down by Louie the Lump at Coney Island in 1908.

Abe (Kid Twist) Reles

Abe Reles, known as Kid Twist, was active from 1921-1940. He was one of the most feared hitmen of Murder Incorporated during the 1930s, he later became a government witness and was responsible for sending many of his former partners to the electric chair. Relse died under suspicious circumstances while in protective custody in 1941.

Abraham (Whitey) Friedman

Active during the 1920s-1930s. New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Nathan Kaplan, and later Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s.

Albert (Tick-tock) Tannenbaum

Tannenbaum was an active gangster during the 1920s until the 1950s. He was the enforcer and hitman for Lepke Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s. As member of Murder Inc., he was responsible for the 1939 murder of Harry Greenberg.

Louis (Lepke) Buchalter

Lepke was an active mobster during the 1910s until the1940s. New York labor racketeer who dominated the Lower East Side with Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s. Later headed Murder Inc. and was eventually sent to the electric chair at Sing Sing for his role in the organization. He is the only major mobster to be executed by the state.

Abe Bernstein

Bernstein was an active gangster during the 1910s to the 1960s. He was a Detroit mobster and leader of The Purple Gang. After the end of Prohibition, he ran syndicate gambling operations in Miami up until his death in 1968.

Abe Hirschfeld

NY multi-millionaire who made his money on parking garages. In 1999, Hirschfeld stood trial for tax evasion and hiring a hitman to kill his partner. Juries deadlocked. New charges have been filed. This has not stoppped Abe from running for Senate from NY--stating "Hillary Clinton couldnt please one man; how can she please the State?". Puts a whole new spin on the phrase "pressing the flesh".

Abe Landau

Active during the 1920s-1930s. Lieutenant of New York mobster Dutch Schultz.

Abner "Longy" Zwillman

Active during the 1910s-1950s. Prohibition gangster. Popularly known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey", he was a founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission. He was also associated with Murder Inc.

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