5 Best TV Shows About The Mafia
What are the best television series about the mafia? For years a fan favorite of the movies and television has involved America’s fascination with the mafia. Is it because it is a secret shadow organization? Is it the violence or the illegal activities? We may not know for sure, but it is still compelling to watch. If you are a fan of the Godfather movies or Goodfellas, then here are five TV shows about the mafia that you don’t want to miss. Which ones would you choose for this list?
5 Heroes Who Were Never Wounded
Are tere heroes who were never wounded? Sometimes movies make us believe that the hero lives a dangerous life where there are shoot-outs every five minutes. Most often, there was a lot of downtime in between gun battles. Even still, there were still bullets flying at the people on this list and they could have been killed at anytime in their violent careers, but somehow they escaped injury. That's an amazing thing, if you think about it, and someone must have been looking out for them when the gunfire started. Each of these men lived a remarkable life and were heroes who were never wounded in their lives. Here are their stories... Read more...
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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness. Leader of the Untouchables. He's been an icon of American cinema and television since he put away Al Capone, the Chicago mobster, in 1931. Most of the stuff you've seen in the media about this man are a bunch of rubbish, though. The truth about Eliot Ness really never came to light during his lifetime (or even after). Many of the stories can be found from a book Ness co-authored, called The Untouchables, which was published a month after his death. The rest are stories devised by television episode writers and for the movies. Read more...
Five People Born On April 19
Today is April 19, 2010 and the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 977 days till the end of the current cycle. On this date, in 1995, the Oklahoma City bombing was done by Timothy McVeigh. One hundred and sixty-eight people lost their lives. Here are five people born on this day. Read more...
Categories: Born On Date Tags: dudley moore, eliot ness, jayne mansfield, Jesse James, oklahoma city bombing, timothy mcveigh
