A 20-year-old college student gets in over his head after losing money betting on football through a Mafia bookmaker. Unable to repay his $1,000 debt and terrified of what could happen next, he ...

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.

When the boss of the Philadelphia Mafia was arrested in the early 1990s, it ignited a violent battle for power in the City of Brotherly Love. A new Netflix docuseries, Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --The underboss of the Philadelphia mafia was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for illegal loansharking and running an illegal gambling business. Steven Mazzone, 59, of ...

Just a few years ago, federal authorities thought they had the Philadelphia-area mob close to sleeping with the fishes: One boss had turned government informant, his successor was convicted of ...

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 -- The Philly mob is down but not out. Government officials were pleased this month when former Mafia boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino got 14 years behind bars for racketeering and his ...

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 ...

A brutal mob war between John Stanfa and Joey Merlino plunges '90s Philadelphia into chaos and bloodshed in this captivating true-crime series. A brutal mob war between John Stanfa and Joey Merlino ...