Genealogy Projects tagged with Gangsters on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Moonshiners and Bootleggers

    Moonshine (also known as) Hooch, White Lightning, Panther's Breath, Panther's P---, Mountain Dew, Kickapoo, Happy Sally, Ruckus Juice, Joy Juice, Hillbilly Pop, Skull Cracker, Bush Wisky, Stump, Mule Kick, Catdaddy, Cool Water, Old Horsey, Rot Gut, Wildcat, Rise and Shine. Fact Beer, Ethanol and Whiskey are all created from the same process, but occur at different stages of the process ...

  • Jewish-American organized crime

    Please add Geni profiles for people involved with “ the Jewish Mafia .” organized crime emerged within the American Jewish community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been referred to variously in media and popular culture as the Jewish Mob, Jewish Mafia, Kosher Mafia, Kosher Nostra,[1][2] or Undzer Shtik (Yiddish: אונדזער שטיק‎). The last two of these terms are direct refer...

  • Purple Gang

    The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugarhouse Gang, started off as petty thieves and extortionists, but they quickly progressed to armed robbery and truck hijacking under the tutelage of older neighborhood gangsters (Charles Leiter and Henry Shorr). They gained notoriety for their operations and savagery, and they imported gangsters from other cities to work as "muscle" for the gang. There are...