Scarfo led the Philadelphia-southern New Jersey mob from 1981, when then-boss Philip “Chicken Man” Testa was killed by a nail-bomb outside his home, until around the time he and more than a ...

Bruno's successor, Phil "Chicken Man" Testa, was killed in 1981. Every boss since -- Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, John Stanfa, Ralph Natale and now Merlino -- is in prison.

Not many in town knew Nicodemo “Nicky” Scarfo Jr., 50, the son of a former mob boss who throughout the 1970s, was considered the Philadelphia mob’s point person in Atlantic City.

Scarfo’s father, who also was known as Little Nicky, led the Philadelphia Mafia until 1988, when he was convicted of racketeering and sent to prison.

Apr 16, 2025, 7:06 PM ET New book spotlights the life of Notorious Philadelphia Mob Figure Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo TRUE TO THE CODE : NICODEMO SCARFO gives readers a front row seat to ...

Angelo Bruno, Philadelphia's mob boss in the 1960s and 1970s, was killed by a shotgun blast in 1980 as he sat in a car in front of his house on 934 Snyder Avenue. The grisly story is no doubt a ...

As a kid, I used to see Nicky and his boys talking on the beach in Margate, N.J., and thought I was pretty cool when I got an acknowledgment, a "Yo, kid," from Nicky or one of his killers.

CAMDEN, N.J. — In many ways, it's your run-of-the-mill white-collar case. But this one has a mob twist. The son of a reputed Philadelphia-area Mafia boss and six others are scheduled to be tried ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, has died at a federal medical center in ...