Is there anywhere to get some good information on the early years of Luciano and Siegel etc? In the 1920s were they well known in the media? When did they become a force in the underworld? Wasn’t they big fans of the night life in New York? Where did they go? I’ve heard they was always with glamorous showgirls but never really read anything more than brief overviews of those early years.

Were they like a 1920s version of the BMF and big meech but in the prohibition clubs of New York?

Thanks for any replies would love to know more about them and also the nightlife of New York in the 20s

There are countless threads about Luciano on this forum if you utilize the search feature above. Consider post-war NYC, the Roaring Twenties.Prohibition, a booming economy and stock market, GI's returning from WW1 with no benefits, living like the homeless people today, but in huge encampment in Central Park. Check out the F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby for an idea of life at the time. A lot of Alcohol, a lot of Cocaine and a lot of heroin. The perfect breeding ground for what would become the largest enterprise of crime in the history of the world. Check out HBO's Boardwalk Empire to get an idea of life in that period and the early years of Luciano, Torrio, Capone, Masseria and many others

5 New York Gangster Nightclubs

https://www.criminalelement.com/5-new-york-gangster-nightclubs/

The Humble Origins of Joe Masseria and Lucky Luciano https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-humble-origins-of-joe-masseria-and-lucky-luciano

Lucky’s Luck: How Charlie Luciano got out of jail and passed go https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/luckys-luck-how-charlie

The so-called "night life" during the 1920's was somehow a tough thing to do for most of the "high level" gangsters, meaning it was the decade when many conflicts formed around the NY area which also affected other cities like Chicago. Mobsters were killed almost on daily basis.

He was also close to the Irish Owen Madden and Legs Diamond.

Jack Diamond was an interesting guy, anyone knows why he was killled? He survived several assassination attempts, earning him the nickname Clay Pigeon of the Underworld .Legs his nickname either refers to his dancing talent or to the fact that he often managed to escape from the hands of his enemies. His great rival was Dutch Schultz .

The roaring 20s affected NY Chicago and Detroit because of the booze from Canada.