THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Almost all the original NFL owners had OC ties. With legalized gambling pretty much nation wide it's fascinating how they kept all of this under wraps or maybe the public just doesn't care. Great expose in to gambling and the NFL: https://www.amazon.com/Interference-Organized-Influences-Professional...

My father used to play in a band in the Catskills at all the old resorts. Used to go with him to set up occasionally in the afternoon, met a ton of guys who were said to be "connected" by the owners. Remember getting $20 bills literally thrown at me by these guys. Wish I knew who they were...

Pleasant Ave Connection - David Durk. Amazing hard to find book on the police corruption scandal and the herion operation on Pleasant Ave in East Harlem. Really cool ground level account of the operation itself. Hard to find, expensive, was able to pull it from my university library. Takedown: The F...