His nickname was no joke. Many murders, many trials, and brutal ending to his life in Chicago.

Joey Bonanno despised his nickname but was very active in the history of the New York crime families. He lived a long life, which was unusal for any crime boss.

He an odd name and an even more unusual ending to his life. The Chicken Man Testa was one of a kind in the Philadelphia mob family.

He was nicknamed the gentlemen but he was no gentlemen. Burke was involved in some of the craziest historical events such as the Luthansa Heist and the Boston College basketball scandal.

From Boston mobster to FBI informant. This might be one of our most interesting guys who had a tragic ending.

Matthews was influential in the Black Mafia and had the most mysterious escape of any mobster in history.

Johnny Boone was the leader of the Cornbread Mafia and arrested for growing marijuana on several farms in Kentucky.

He was loosely connected with the Chicago Outfit, but was a deranged man of torture.

He might have been short in stature but a fearful man you didn't want to mess around with.

Rothstein did more than commit the infamous 1919 White Sox Scandal, he also changed the mobster game forever in New York City.