Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’ll be discussing the gangland slayings that became grisly public reminders of organized crime’s legendary lethality. Giuseppe Morello Even bosses and dons ...

Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria was born in Marsala, Sicily in 1886. He came to America just ahead of a Sicilian murder charge. Masseria got to New York during the Mafia-Camorra war, ...

Joe “the Boss” Masseria ate off too many plates. Giuseppe Masseria rose through the ranks of New York crime virtually unscathed as “The Man Who Could Dodge Bullets” in the early 1900s.

In 1928 though, he was gunned down by rival, Giuseppe Masseria, who absorbed the family after killing both D’Aquila’s successor and right hand.

Between 1899 and 1910, nearly 2 million southern Italians fled grinding poverty to arrive at the gateway to America — Giuseppe Masseria, Frank Costello and Salvatore Lucania ...

Date: April 15, 1931 Photographer: Bettman Location: Nuova Villa Tammaro, 2715 West 15th Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn Context: Mob boss Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria was found dead holding an ...

If you’re a student of history (or reader of Wikipedia), you likely had an idea of what was in store for Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria when you saw that Boardwalk Empire was skipping ...