The Black Hand

Death threats, child kidnappings, fire-bombings… A naked man in a barrel? This week I discuss the shadowy practice that came to be known as The Black Hand, and detective Joseph Petrosino.           

Sources this week include: Five Families by Selwyn Raab 

And The Black Hand by Stephan Talty

(As well as several articles I’ll link to later)

The blog post of the episode is here.

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