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The Ripper Crew or the Chicago Rippers was an organized crime group of serial killers, cannibals, rapists, and necrophiles. The group was composed of Robin Gecht [ 1 ] and three associates: Edward Spreitzer, and brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis. [ 2 ]
The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico.
People Nation The Folk Nation is an alliance of street gangs originating in Chicago , established in 1978. [ 1 ] The alliance has since spread throughout the United States, particularly the Midwest region of the United States.
The Chicago branch was chartered in the mid-1890s; and, apparently from its beginning, 25,000 Sicilians who lived in the city and 500,000 Sicilians who lived in Cook County, Illinois, were under the umbrella of Unione Siciliane's Chicago branch, which was a tremendous influence on the people it served and therefore was highly coveted for ...
The four people missing from a St. Louis suburb, who are believed to have ties to an online cult led by a convicted child molester, have gone completely off the grid with two young children in tow ...
The Cult: “Publicly, my cult is just a fun cardio funk Zumba-style workout dance class led by a woman who loves to dance. Behind the scenes, we worship the instructor. Behind the scenes, we ...
In 1921, "In September, 3,000 people from the stockyards district (of Chicago) watched as the Colts hanged in effigy 'a white-sheeted Klansman'." (Tuttle) [1] During Prohibition, the gang soon began bootlegging. Member Ralph Sheldon formed his own group and began hijacking rival liquor shipments.
The Whitechapel Club was started in 1889 by a small group of newspapermen in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The club was named after the area in London where Jack the Ripper murdered his victims. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It only lasted five years, ending in 1894.