Book Review:”Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s most Wanted...
The very able author Jonathan Eig, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, who has written books on baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Lou Gehrig , has now written about another type of legend, and...
View ArticleFBI Arrests Philly Police Official With Aspirations to be Chief
Chief Charles Ramsey/dept. photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in all likelihood put an end to any aspirations of Philadelphia police inspector Daniel Castro becoming the department’s...
View ArticleFeds Expected to Pass on Using Star Prosecution Witness From Gotti “Junior” Case
John Alite pictured in big photo/ny daily newsBy Allan Lengel Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Using “mob turncoats” to testify in court doesn’t always work. It comes down to credibility. Apparently,...
View ArticleMobster John Gotti: Draft Dodger? Kinda, Sorta
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Was the late Godfather John Gotti a draft dodger? Well, kinda, sorta. His status with the military is included in 1,580 pages of FBI files on Gotti from 1964 to 1995,...
View ArticleFlorida Retreat of Gangster Mom Ma Barker Up for Sale
Ma Barker/ wikipedia photo Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Up for sale: Two story, lakefront Florida retreat riddled with bullets. The suggested starting price: $1 million. The frame house in rural...
View ArticlePossible Human Remains Found at Former Home of Mobster Who Inspired ‘Goodfellas’
James Burke Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents searching for evidence of a 30-year-old mob murder said they found possible human remains in a New York home once occupied by a famous...
View ArticleAnother Bizarre Twist in 25-Year-Old Art Heist Involving Aging Gangster
Theft at Steward Gardner Museum. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The bizarre case involving the 25-year-old Steward Gardner Museum heist took another strange twist after disclosures in a federal...
View ArticleFormer FBI Agent Recalls Real-Life ‘Casino Story’ And the Perp Walk
Jane Ann Morrison Las Vegas Review-Journal Although I have never been a perp, I participated on a famous perp walk in 1983 and have the black-and-white photo to prove it. The perp was...
View ArticleEx-FBI Agent to Plead Guilt to Perjury Following ‘Whitey’ Bulger Testimony
“Whitey” Bulger By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent plans to plead guilty to perjury charges as early as Monday after prosecutors said he lied during the James “Whitey” Bulger case...
View ArticleMobster John Gotti: Draft Dodger? Kinda, Sorta
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Was the late Godfather John Gotti a draft dodger? Well, kinda, sorta. His status with the military is included in 1,580 pages of FBI files on Gotti from 1964 to 1995,...
View ArticleFlorida Retreat of Gangster Mom Ma Barker Up for Sale
Ma Barker/ wikipedia photo Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Up for sale: Two story, lakefront Florida retreat riddled with bullets. The suggested starting price: $1 million. The frame house in rural...
View ArticlePossible Human Remains Found at Former Home of Mobster Who Inspired ‘Goodfellas’
James Burke Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents searching for evidence of a 30-year-old mob murder said they found possible human remains in a New York home once occupied by a famous...
View ArticleAnother Bizarre Twist in 25-Year-Old Art Heist Involving Aging Gangster
Theft at Steward Gardner Museum. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The bizarre case involving the 25-year-old Steward Gardner Museum heist took another strange twist after disclosures in a federal...
View ArticleFormer FBI Agent Recalls Real-Life ‘Casino Story’ And the Perp Walk
Jane Ann Morrison Las Vegas Review-Journal Although I have never been a perp, I participated on a famous perp walk in 1983 and have the black-and-white photo to prove it. The perp was...
View ArticleEx-FBI Agent to Plead Guilt to Perjury Following ‘Whitey’ Bulger Testimony
“Whitey” Bulger By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent plans to plead guilty to perjury charges as early as Monday after prosecutors said he lied during the James “Whitey” Bulger case...
View ArticleRelatives Claim Gangster John Dillinger Wasn’t Shot at Chicago Theater
Gangster John Dillinger, via FBI. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Relatives of notorious American gangster John Dillinger believe they have evidence that their bank robbing uncle was not shot by...
View ArticlePermit Approved to Exhume John Dillinger’s Body from Indianapolis Cemetery
Gangster John Dillinger, via FBI. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The nephew of notorious American gangster John Dillinger has received permission to exhume the body of his uncle in an...
View ArticleJudge Tosses Lawsuit Calling for Exhumation of John Dillinger’s Body
Gangster John Dillinger, via FBI. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Dillinger may continue to rest in peace. A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by the nephew of the 1930s American...
View ArticleGangster John Dillinger’s Body May Rest in Peace After Nephew Drops Suit to...
Gangster John Dillinger, via FBI. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It appears the fight over exhuming John Dillinger’s gravesite is over. Michael Thompson, the nephew of the 1930s American...
View ArticleJohn Dillinger’s Stolen Police Car Returns to Indiana After Daring Escape...
John Dillinger mugshot By Steve Neavling A police car stolen by notorious gangster John Dillinger after his daring escape from an Indiana jail in 1934 has returned to Indiana. Dillinger escaped jail...
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