The Chicago Syndicate: Oscar Goodman
Showing posts with label Oscar Goodman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oscar Goodman. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Was Lefty Rosenthal a Double Agent for the FBI and the Chicago Mob?

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Retired FBI agent and author Gary Magnesen has changed his mind. He no longer believes the late U.S. District Judge Harry Claiborne was le...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

"Being Oscar" Bash at the Mob Museum #OscarsMemories

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From Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25,The Mob Museum will celebrate Oscar Goodman’s newly released autobiography Being Oscar: From ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Las Vegas Mob Museum Covers American Jewish History

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In the mid-20th century, a cadre of tough Jews, shedding the bookish bearing of exile, went forth to create a new society in a forbidding de...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Mob Museum Now The National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement

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Nothing personal, Las Vegas. It's just business. The Mob Museum is now known as the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law E...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Mafia Memorabilia War Heats Up

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There is a Chicago mob war underway, but it is unlikely to result in bloodshed. But the fight is actually 1,800 miles away from Chicago. F...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime Enforcement on Schedule

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One of the most controversial sightseeing experiences in Las Vegas is moving along on schedule. Plans have been drawn and approved, and cons...
Sunday, February 07, 2010

Crime and Corruption in Present day Las Vegas: An Interview with Steve Miller

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John L. Smith, a columnist at the Las Vegas Review Journal, once described Rick Rizzolo, the former owner of Las Vegas strip club the Crazy ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Mob Museum Gets $2 Million More in Funding

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The Las Vegas City Council quietly approved spending nearly $2 million more today for the mob museum project, which is on track to open in 2...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Mob War Ready to Erupt in Las Vegas?

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In one corner is the 74-year old daughter of legendary Chicago Outfit boss Sam "Momo" Giancana whose turf once included Sin City. ...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Mob Informant Supports Las Vegas Mob Museum

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Yesterday started and ended with the mob. It’s just like living in a Scorsese movie sometimes. In the morning, mob-turned-informant Frank Cu...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Mob Museum Taking Some Hits

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Las Vegas’ proposed mob museum has taken some hits of its own in recent weeks, targeted on late-night talk shows and Capitol Hill as an absu...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Oscar Goodman Supports the Federal Stimulus Package Funding Mob Museum

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After taking a hail of bipartisan bullets in recent days over the suggestion that a federal stimulus package should help pay for a proposed ...
Monday, November 03, 2008

Was Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal a Snitch?

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Back before he was mayor of Las Vegas, when he was the city's leading mob attorney, Oscar Goodman insisted he didn't represent snitc...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal - Las Vegas Casino Czar for the Chicago Outfit - Dies in Miami Beach

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Bookmaker and former casino boss Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal died in Florida on Monday at age 79, according to family members and a so...
Saturday, October 04, 2008

The (redacted) Museum: The Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement

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Las Vegas hopes its newest museum will be a hit. The city is opening The (redacted) Museum: The Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and La...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

Tony Spilotro's Vegas Meeting with a Drug Kingpin

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In Las Vegas terms, it was like Godzilla meeting King Kong. Or maybe Al Capone bumping into John Dillinger. It may have been the most infamo...
Monday, June 18, 2007

Made to Be Mayor

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Friends of ours: Tony Spilotro, Frank Cullotta Friends of mine: Oscar Goodman Oscar Goodman once defended some of Chicago's most notorio...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Will Book Shed New Light on Old Gangland Tales?

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For a guy considered a pariah by his old friends, mob hit-man-turned-government informant Frank Cullotta suddenly finds himself, or at least...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The Chicago Mob in Vegas during the 70's and 80's

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Friends of ours: Tony “the Ant” Spilotro, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, Al Capone Friends of mine: Oscar Goodman, Michael Spilotro, Joe Blasko, P...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Mob Museum in Las Vegas

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If Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman gets his wish, a mob museum will be coming to downtown Las Vegas. The Mayor has a new survey which support...