Mob Stories
THE BEST OF TAMPA’S MOBSTER HANGOUTS
The original Malio's Restaurant is located on South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida. THE...
THROUGH THE EYES OF A DAUGHTER: THE HIT ON JIMMY VELASCO
Sylvia at age 12 and her father Jimmy Velasco in California, June 1948 Jimmy Velasco...
TAMPA’S FIRST MAFIA BOSS
Ignazio Italiano's mug shot Sicilian Black Hand activities have existed in Tampa and Ybor City...
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BOLITA
Forget everything you think you know about Tampa mafia wives and girlfriends in the 1950s....
THE HIT THAT EXPOSED SOME OF TAMPA’S ELITE
Jimmy Velasco Wearing a long coat and a hat that covered half his face, the...
AL CAPONE’S TAMPA BAY CONNECTION
The Shore Acres home is 2,350-square-feet with 10 rooms that Capone reputedly built in 1925...
TAMPA MAFIA TAKEOVER OF THE ‘BURG’
Henry Tafficante When bolita kingpin Charlie Williams was killed in Ybor City in February of 1953, local...
THE KILLER IN YBOR CITY!
Robert Anderson aka The Killer Between 50 and 100 buildings were burned. Seven people were...
THE DEVIL LOOKS AFTER HIS OWN
THE CHARLIE WALL STORY Kingpin Charlie Wall (center holding bottle, right of child) and his...
BOLITA VICE SQUAD
Bolita Bust In March of 1958, Buddy Meisch, a young hard-nosed ex-Tampa cop turned deputy,...
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
Did the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Make a Deal With Fidel Castro for the Release...
HORROR IN YBOR CITY-The Victor Licata Murders
Victor Licata was nicknamed "The Dream Slayer." Blood soaked the beds and dripped off the...
REEFER MADNESS HITS YBOR CITY
That's not always the café con leche and tobacco smoke you smell wafting through the...
