“Did I live in fear? No. Was I cautious? Absolutely… I never sold my former associates short — I knew they were very capable.” In a recent phone interview, former “made man” and capo for New York’s ...

As a child, Michael Franzese suspected his father was in the mafia. "My dad took me and my mom one day to my grandmother’s house on Long Island," the Brooklyn native recalled to Fox News Digital. "I ...

In 1986 Fortune magazine ranked Michael Franzese at No. 18 on its list of the “50 Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses.” “I kind of laughed at the whole list,” Franzese said during a telephone ...

Michael Franzese visited the First Church of God on Carter Road in Defiance on Sunday. Franzese is the only high-ranking official of a major crime family to ever walk away, withouth protective custody ...

Former Colombo mob captain turned YouTuber Michael Franzese opens his new video with a blunt premise: his generation of the mob would never have supported New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani. He ...

Eventually, though, able to see the direction in which his life was headed, and inspired to make a drastic change after meeting the woman who would become his wife, Franzese pleaded guilty to ...

LORAIN, Ohio – Forget “The Godfather” or “Sopranos.” Learn about real mafia life from “made” man for New York’s Columbo crime family when reformed mobster Michael Franzese speaks Saturday, June 24.

Former Mafia captain Michael Franzese-- who once ran his own crew with the Colombo crime family -- says the NBA should blame itself for Thursday's shocking Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon ...

Ex-mobster Michael Franzese says the latest Major League Baseball betting case isn’t a shocking one-off. In his view, it’s exactly what he’s been warning about for decades. In a recent video, Franzese ...

The Italian opera known as USA v. Franzese is runnning in Brooklyn and there is more than enough good copy to fill many news stories. The best of them will come your way in a Voice column in this week ...