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Igea Lissoni |
Famous mobster’s wives There’s an old saying that goes, “Behind a great man there’s a greater woman.” This is true in any field, even in the mafia. Here are a few women who have followed their loved ones down into the depths of the criminal underworld. Igea Lissoni (Lucky Luciano’s wife) Igea Lissoni, unlike the others, was just a naïve teenage girl who fell in love with the wrong man. One day, quite unexpectedly, she found herself in an intimate, caring relationship with Lucky Luciano, one of the most wanted mobsters in the world. Despite being 20 years younger than her husband, Luciana – better known as Lucy Luciano – lived a peaceful life with her vicious mate. Then on one fateful day, Luciano’s rivals began hunting the couple down, sending them on the run. Lucy followed her husband from flat to flat until the chase was called off, and the happy couple subsequently retired to Luciano’s home in Naples, where she eventually died of breast cancer. |
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Mae Coughlin Capone (Al Capone’s Wife) Mae Coughlin, also known as Josephine, had the dubious honour of marrying Al Capone, the biggest legend in criminal history. Coughlin was born in Brooklyn New York, where she lived with her four sisters and two brothers. Eventually she met a charming young man two years her junior, and would eventually marry him after giving birth to his only child, Albert Francis Capone (AKA “Sonny Capone”). She was far from innocent herself, immersing her entire family in the criminal world, and even trafficking with illegal liquor herself. Unlike her husband, she would never see the inside of a jail cell, dying in 1986 in her home in Hollywood. |
Mae Coughlin Capone |
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Katalin Papp (Semion Mogilevich’s wife) Semion Mogilevich, known to the Russian mob as “the boss of bosses” is a brutal, depraved criminal. However, the man known to the FBI as “the most dangerous mobster in the world” had a soft spot for one person: his wife Kaitlin. While Mogilevich trafficked in countless illegal armaments, the happy couple lived in Kaitlin’s native Hungary, raising three children. |
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Maria Victoria Henao |
Maria Victoria Henao (Pablo Escobar’s Wife) Married when she was just 15-years-old, Maria Victoria knew the infamous Pablo Escobar as a sweet guy from Envigado, Colombia. It was only later that she would discover that he was, in fact, the world’s most infamous drug lord. Together they had two children: Juan Pablo and Manuela, who remain hidden in Argentina with their mother after Escobar’s death. |
