In the end, it was an offer Philadelphia mob boss Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino couldn’t refuse. After battling federal prosecutors to a draw in a hard-fought racketeering trial earlier this year, the ...

PHILADELPHIA — Federal prison officials say former Philadelphia mob leader Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino has been released from an Indiana prison and arrived in Florida on Tuesday to begin a six-month ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) George Anastasia, Rowan University (THE CONVERSATION) The bloody mob war that is the ...

Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia, an upcoming Netflix series, will examine the violence that erupted during the mob war between Joey Merlino and John Stanfa, writes Kristin Hunt for PhillyVoice.

What draws people to mob stories? Perhaps it’s the code of loyalty that always seems one betrayal away from collapse. Or the way power, family, and violence intertwine until it’s difficult to tell ...

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Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia, the three-part docuseries, streamed on Netflix on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The docuseries explores the open war between gangs in Philadelphia. Former mob boss ...

The Netflix docuseries, Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia, shows the mob era of Philadelphia when, in 1991, a power vacuum was created after the fall of Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo. John Stanfa, ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...

Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino was allegedly one of the most infamous mob bosses to ever come out of Philadelphia, although he denies being part of the mafia. Merlino and his alleged faction of La Cosa ...