Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former mob boss John Stanfa, pictured here in 1980, waged a bloody war for control of the Philadelphia mafia in the late 1990s.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Key Takeaways: Philip “The Chicken Man” Testa rose to power in the Philadelphia mafia after Angelo ...

Mafia documentaries have clogged the airwaves for decades, but a new one coming to Netflix on Wednesday sets a new standard. Multiple docuseries, generally seen on basic cable, have traditionally ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An attorney representing one of seven reputed mobsters charged in a wide-ranging racketeering case began his closing argument to the jury Thursday by paraphrasing what he said was ...

The FBI has little to show for its 13-year investigation into La Cosa Nostra under reputed boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi, veteran mob lawyer Edwin Jacobs Jr. told a jury in closing arguments.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 13-year FBI probe and subsequent racketeering indictment against seven reputed Philadelphia mobsters was built on unreliable testimony and weak evidence about trivial crimes ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia chronicles the crime war between him and Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino in the 1990s In 1996, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison Netflix is revisiting ...

Angelo Bruno, Philadelphia's mob boss in the 1960s and 1970s, was killed by a shotgun blast in 1980 as he sat in a car in front of his house on 934 Snyder Avenue. The grisly story is no doubt a point ...