Former Mafia Boss Michael Franzese

New reports this week suggest that more than 30,000 people have died in the Iran protests. Iranian state media says it’s more like 3,000; either way, it’s a massive and devastating loss of human life. The big question now is whether it’s massive enough to cross President Trump’s ...  Show more

The biggest dividing line in politics and in culture is no longer right or left but to do with trust. And after the past few weeks, it’s hard to see how some key figures in the Trump administration can ever be trusted again having chosen scripted gaslighting over honesty at a mom ...  Show more

Mafia bosses recently apologized and offered reparations to the parents of a man whom they mistakenly killed and then dissolved in acid. Really, no really! How do you mistakenly dissolve the wrong guy…can’t you just double check their identity on Google or Facebook? And is it now ...  Show more

Michael Franzese, an ex mob boss who devised a scheme raking in $8-10,000,000 a week through the gas business. He was under the Columbro crime family, one of the 5 families of New York. He currently has an incredible channe discussing his former life, does public speaking, sit do ...  Show more

Up Against the Mob is CAFE’s six-episode series, hosted by former prosecutor Elie Honig, that lifts the veil on the world of the mafia and law enforcement’s efforts to bring mobsters to justice. Episode 1 tells the story of Michael Visconti. Once a rising star in the Genovese cri ...  Show more

Why are we enthralled with the mob? From the Sopranos, to Goodfellas, to the Godfather, pop culture representations of the mafia have become classics. Psychologist Maria Konnikova studies the widespread public fascination with mafia figures and the enduring allure of anti-heroes. ...  Show more