Chicago Outfit 1960's. Gianacana was the the Boss. Outfit basically owned the City and suburbs of Chicago. My father was alive and young and belonged to Taylor St. & Mooney directly. Lived in a great area. Family had a lot of money. Was friends with a lot of guys whose fathers were in the Outfit. Felt like my family was a part of some kind of royalty in Chicago. Girls wanted to go out with me because of 'what they heard'. Got special treatment in public places, got special treatment in school. Seriously, it was fuckin' great. I wish I could go back into time and visit those days again. I wouldn't have traded them for anything. Sure, there were a few people here and there that didn't like my family but I simply didn't care.

turn of the 20th century.settling of guys in major cities through out the country, ability to compromise and control judges , cops, unions, ports, survive internal wars..set up their own governing body in u.s. got to go back to when it all started here.. brilliant minds at work..

Agreed about the movie thing. Who would play him? Frankie Vali and him have a very close resemblance (and frankie was good in sopranos) but that would be the old version of Scarfo. Wonder who would play the young version.

1932 to 1942. Mafia growing and forming. I use 1942 as cut off because I believe World War 2 and effect on economy and other ways of life started to change things.

The pizza connection in the 70s. All of these guys coming over and working in pizzerias with international connections.

This, and I always have felt this way. The mob was a nation within a nation. The post - Apalachin era for me is incredible. Every family led by a strong Don. Ruling panels unheard of. Grandiose schemes intertwining business, crime, and politics.

2000 to the present (the mob in the 21st century)

Third time you mentioned this time period in thread.

I can't believe no1mentioned Vegas.how could u not want to go back there n b running the casinos or1of the bosses getting skim money.they owned the whole dam town n got what they wanted.I would go with Vegas 60s to the 80s...or maybe even back to carlos marcellos peak times.doesn't seem like there's alot known on the family then but I bet its a dam interesting time

I think you always tend to follow you hometown more so I think the Patriarca crime families heyday of the early 60's to the early 80's is legendary and should be studied closer.

The "Old Man" was the most powerful person in New England and had everyone on the payroll from Police Chiefs to Judges to people is public office. He got a piece of everything that happened in 6 states and was so well thought of by his peers he had pieces in Cuban and Las Vegas Casino's.

Not a single person ever dreamed of taking the family away or making a play for the top spot and when NY families needed him he was there for them.

I know he didn't have 500 made guys and probably didn't make as much money because of his lack of construction and Union's that the NY families had but he truly had an empire.

Al capone from 1939 to 1947, I would love to be a fly on the wall to witness all of the secret meetings he had with top members of the outfit