AmericanMafia.com: Kansas City, MO - Jay C. Ambler's essa on the history of La Cosa Nostra in western Missouri. The American Mafia: Kansas City Crime Bosses - Biographical entries on the leaders of the local Mafia family. Wikipedia: Charles Binaggio - Biographical essay on the life and underworld career of the slain Kansas City Mafia boss. Find A Grave: Charles Binaggio (1909 - 1950) - Information on Binaggio's career, death and gravesite. Wikipedia: Nicholas Civella - Biographical essay on the Kansas City Mafia bigshot. AmericanMafia.com: The Mafia and the Machine - Excerpts from Frank R. Hayde's book on the Kansas City Mob and its relationship to the corrupt Pendergast political machine.