LORAIN, Ohio – Forget “The Godfather” or “Sopranos.” Learn about real mafia life from “made” man for New York’s Columbo crime family when reformed mobster Michael Franzese speaks Saturday, June 24.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - “He just wanted to kill as many of these people as he could.” In the latest episode of the 19 Investigates true crime podcast series, Dark Side of the Land, investigator Kelly ...

CLEVELAND - Nov. 14, 1933: Danny Greene is born in Cleveland to Irish immigrants, John Greene and Irene Fallon. Danny Greene's mother died three days after his birth. Not long after, Greene is placed ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - This season on Dark Side of the Land we’re profiling organized crime and mob activity from the 60s, 70s and into the 80s in Northeast Ohio. Pete DiGravio was known as the ...

For years, Kevin McTaggart fought in Cleveland’s mob wars, doling out violence amid the push to control the city’s rackets and drug pipelines. He served as Danny Greene’s close ally, made his money ...

“Did I live in fear? No. Was I cautious? Absolutely… I never sold my former associates short — I knew they were very capable.” In a recent phone interview, former “made man” and capo for New York’s ...

CLEVELAND -- Even by tough, urban-crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to death on the street. Before police arrived, one attacker urinated on ...

Reporting on organized crime requires tenacity and a lot of patience. Months of work often prove completely unproductive, results rarely come rapidly. But last week an investigation into the mob’s ...

Emanuel Wallace is a photographer and journalist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has been the staff photographer for Cleveland Scene magazine since 2014. In the past, he has contributed to Cleveland.com, ...