Orlando's mobster king, Harlan Blackburn

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Orlando's mobster king, Harlan Blackburn, in new book on the mafia in Florida
Published: March 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Tags: Mafia, Bolita, News, Gambling, Orlando, History, Florida, Harlan Blackburn, Organized Crime, Strange Florida
In the book “Sunshine State Mafia,” by Doug Kelly, which comes out March 5, Harlan Blackburn merits his own chapter, alongside Florida mob legends like Al Capone and Meyer Lansky and Santo Trafficante Jr., head of Florida’s own Mafia family based out of Tampa.

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I have heard his name before. In fact, back in the late-1960s, the FBI and a U.S. Senate Committee officially named Harlan Blackburn as an associate and indirect subordinate of the Santo Trafficante Family.