When Mario Puzo wrote 'The Godfather' in 1969, his goal wasn’t to glorify the Mafia but to portray power in its most intimate form: the kind exercised through family, silence, and obligation. Yet to ...

It looks like Democrats have made the mistake underworld boss Joe Profaci once made. Profaci tapped a tough guy to do his dirty work, and the guy got way outta hand. The old mob kingpin Profaci took ...

On this day, Sept. 4, in 1921, Italian immigrant Joseph Profaci first set foot in New York, where he would rise quickly in the Mafia and become the founder of the last of the Five Families. Most of ...

Although he spent his life among men who kept cold pistols and leather-clad saps close to their skin, Frankie Shots was caught unaware when the Grim Reaper arrived with a bang-bang. Two men in ...

The mansion featured in the The Godfather is on the market for nearly $3 million. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Joseph Profaci, the realtor who is selling the house. Go ahead - make the owner an offer ...

Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster and Caporegime of the Colombo crime family of New York City. In his youth, Gallo was diagnosed ...