Author Barbie Latza Nadeau on how Italian women have played vital roles in mafia history, and have done anything—from keeping secrets to murder—for their families.

For over a decade, Whitey Bulger was America's most wanted gangster—the FBI's biggest domestic target. Wanted for 19 counts of murder, he hid in plain sight for 16 years with his girlfriend Catherine Greig. Read how he was caught.

The U.S. originally started the federal witness protection program to protect people from the mob. And the people who received protection? They were usually part of the mob too.

Dominick Polifrone gained the confidence of the contract killer in an undercover operation that almost cost him his life.

Snakes, rats, dogs and pigs—some killers weaponize animals to pull off their heinous crimes.

A notorious Boston mob boss serving a life sentence for his part in 11 slayings, James 'Whitey' Bulger, 89, was ailing and confined to a wheelchair on October 30, 2018, when he was slain at the U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton. But the details around his death remain murky.

There are countless theories about how Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa died and where his body might be. Here's a look at the three most plausible and a few of the most bizarre.

From 'Kayak Killer' Angelika Graswald to cult leader Charles Manson, A&E True Crime looks at infamous criminals who profited in some way from their misdeeds, showing that sometimes crime does indeed pay.

Mafia 'freelance contractor' and actor Gianni Russo spoke to A&E True Crime about his polio-afflicted childhood in the Little Italy section of New York City to friendships and feuds with legendary mob figures like Frank Costello and John Gotti.

The December 11, 1978 Lufthansa heist by the Lucchese crime family, which took place at New York's JFK airport, was the most infamous caper in U.S. history.