Hitmen - The Mafia, Drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang

From the author of the star-reviewed Garden State Gangland comes the story of the notorious East Harlem Purple Gang, a group of freelance hitmen who flourished on the Mafia's payroll and the media's front page.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Origins
Chapter 2: What's in a Name?
Chapter 3: A Capacity for Violence
Chapter 4: The Drug Game
Chapter 5: Rockland County
Chapter 6: The Milgram Murder
Chapter 7: .22 Caliber Killers
Chapter 8: The Shopping Spree
Chapter 9: The Viserto Drug Trial
Chapter 10: The Early Eighties
Chapter 11: A Killing on Thunderboat Row
Chapter 12: The Crackdown
Chapter 13: The Michael Meldish Murder
Chapter 14: The Leaders of the Families

About the author

By Scott M. Deitche

Summary

Digging through the mystery and mythos of the East Harlem Purple, Scott Deitche brings the gritty New York City of the late 1970s and early 1980s back to life in this in-depth account of the Gang, the real members, their operations, and where some of the major players are today.

Product details

• Authors: Scott M. Deitche, Deitche Scott M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781538153567
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5356-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, Organized crime, Crime & criminology, True crime: serial killers & murderers