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Black Hand Strawman, Terence O’Malley’s book and documentary film of the same name, explores this history, from the early years of “Black Hand” extortion within the Sicilian American ...
Through a combination of contemporary interviews, historical newsreels, crime scene photos, police files and surveillance recordings, Black Hand Strawman follows the rise and decline of the Kansas City mob and its alliance with the Pendergast political machine.
Black Hand / Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City. Paperback – January 1, 2011. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
This documentary film is a graphic depiction of the story of organized crime in Kansas City. Deeply rooted in the old world Sicilian customs of the Mafia, Kansas City's notorious organized crime families spanned several generations and in many ways represent the Mob's perfect paradigm of perfidy.
Author and filmmaker Terence O'Malley presents a veritable "Hood's Who" of Kansas City's Black Hand/Mafia/Cosa Nostra, an inglorious yet persistently fascinating element of Kansas City's...
Blackhand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City. 2009. 2 hr 8 mins. Documentary. NR. Watchlist. Director Terence O'Malley digs deep into personal archives,...
O’Malley chronicles the Black Hand era in Kansas City that saw the beginnings of Italian organized crime, its later alliance with the Pendergast political machine, and its rise to dominance in the early 20th century.
Terence O'Malley digs into archives, surveillance recordings, family photos, vintage magazines, newspapers, and FBI and police files to examine the history of the Kansas City Mafia.
Black Hand Strawman explains how Kansas City’s Mafia exercised control over the Teamsters Union Local 41 from the 1950s into the 1980s. The film shines a light on Kansas City’s less glorious past when it was a major distribution hub for heroin in the 1930s and 1940s.
Black Hand StrawMan: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City by Terence O’Malley One of the most efficient organized crime networks in the United States operated in Kansas City's Little Italy, dominated by the Black Hand and steeped in Sicilian customs.