CLARE, MI-- A former hangout of Detroit's infamous Purple Gang is being renovated into a premier venue for weddings. Purple Gang attorney Isaiah Leebove built the Clare property in 1935.

In the basement of the old Houghton Pharmacy in Clare, a spot where the Purple Gang used to like to hang out, is a ladder shooting up to the mezzanine level. Back in the day, in the event of ...

Benjamin Tigner grew up hearing stories of the Purple Gang's activities in Clare and its involvement in the 1938 murder of Isaiah Leebove at the Doherty Hotel. His interest in rural organized ...

Clare, MI-- A home once rumored to be a hangout for Purple Gang members will be featured in Clare's Art of Gardening Tour on Saturday, July 15. "It's always been kind of a legend," Carol Crawford ...

Meldish, 62, once led the notorious Purple Gang, running drugs in The Bronx and Harlem while also doing jobs for the Luchese and Genovese crime families. His older brother Joe is believed to be ...

@sfield_msun When Benjamin Tigner’s documentary on the Purple Gang debuted in Clare in August, so many people showed up that the number of showings was doubled. Tigner, video unit head at the ...

Detroit — Six members of the Purple Heart Vets gang, so named because they promoted themselves as soldiers and passed out Purple Heart medals to members who engaged in violence, were indicted ...