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 ...

NEWPORT, Ky. — In the 1960s, northern Kentucky had a very specific reputation. The original "Sin City," Newport was controlled by the Cleveland Mafia. "They really owned everything in Northern ...

CLEVELAND — The Northeast Ohio community is being asked to come together this weekend to support a Cleveland business that has been the target of anti-Asian hate calls. The owner of LJ Shanghai says ...

Learn about the bloody war between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Cleveland mafia during a talk at 6:30 p.m., June 13, at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. The battle was so ...

The Indians have been known in recent years for having a "Bullpen Mafia". I would suggest its time to have a Front Office Mafia. A Front Office Mafia that rewards its loyal goons who plan on staying ...

MANTUA, Ohio — Bernie Kosar, the heralded former Browns quarterback, is offering to employ and house a convicted Cleveland mobster who is seeking freedom after 38 years in prison, court records show.

WARREN — A night of “Youngstown Mob Talk” is coming to the Robins Theatre on Feb. 9. Johnny Chechitelli and James Naples III, hosts of the Youngstown Mob Facebook group, will explore northeast Ohio’s ...

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 ...