A gritty black-and-white photo-style image of 1950s Pittsburgh at night. Shadowy figures in trench coats and fedoras approach a smoky social club, with vintage cars lining the street. The industrial skyline looms behind them, evoking the secretive atmosphere of the LaRocca-era mob.

Mobsters of Pittsburgh: The LaRocca Era and the Rise of Organized Crime

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Mobsters of Pittsburgh: The LaRocca Era and the Rise of Organized Crime In the smoke-filled back rooms of Pittsburgh’s working-class neighborhoods, amid the clinking glasses and whispered deals of its social clubs, a quiet but ruthless empire was born. Pittsburgh’s mafia history often sits in the shadow of more famous cities like New York and…