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Clipping Ferrie's Wings
Mental cures, moral panics, and the improbable afterlife of David Ferrie.
Oct 16, 2025
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Lamar White, Jr.
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Tailing Ferrie's Comet
On Nov. 22, 1963, Dave Ferrie danced out of a courthouse, partied with a mob boss, & sped into the darkness to take an 18-year-old boy ice-skating in…
Aug 3, 2025
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Lamar White, Jr.
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Buried in the FBI's Archives, Mugshots of the Mobster as a Young Man
Lost for nearly a century, a set of recently released photos of Carlos Marcello show a poised and striking figure, offering a glimpse of the defiance…
May 31, 2025
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Lamar White, Jr.
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2025 Declassified JFK Assassination Documents About Marcello
Newly released reports shed light on Marcello’s close relationship with Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante and reveal the story of Marcello’s purchase…
May 20, 2025
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Lamar White, Jr.
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Why Subscribe? More Than Five Years of Research, 20,100 Files, & the Last Great Untold Story of the American Mafia in the 20th Century
After a three-year hiatus, Lamar describes what paid subscribers can expect first from his new online publication, CenLamar 2.0.
May 13, 2025
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Lamar White, Jr.
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Oct. 8, 1910: The Liguria
An excerpt from my upcoming book, The Original Gangster: The American Saga of Carlos Marcello.
May 5, 2025
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Lamar White, Jr.
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64 Years Ago Today: "They Are the Best Kidnappers in the World."
For years, New Orleans mobster Carlos Marcello turned to the courts and a brilliant immigration lawyer to avoid deportation, until the government…
Apr 5, 2025
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