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Possible Closure in 1981 Illinois Double Homicide Case
Authorities in McHenry County, Illinois, may be closer to solving a pair of 1981 killings thanks to a former mobster’s biography. For details please read http://www.lvrj.com/news/39633437.html.… more →
Las Vegas and the Mob
Jurors in Chicago Outfits Family Secrets trial detail deliberations
af11 wrote 2 months ago: The anonymous jury that decided the Family Secrets case was exhausted. After methodically working th … more →
Possible Closure in 1981 Illinois Double Homicide Case
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Dennis Griffin wrote 9 months ago: Authorities in McHenry County, Illinois, may be closer to solving a pair of 1981 killings thanks to … more →
Geriatric wiseguy
Anthony wrote 10 months ago: Frail, wizened and wheelchair-bound with a heart complaint, 78-year-old Joey Lombardo hardly cuts th … more →
Larry Neumann may officially be credited with two more murders
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Dennis Griffin wrote 11 months ago: Chicago Channel 5 and the Chicago Sun Times have broken stories that deceased mobster Larry Neumann … more →
Cullotta Interview
Dennis Griffin wrote 11 months ago: Las Vegas radio station KDWN has posted an interview of Frank Cullotta on its site. Please visit htt … more →
Spilotro bio airs at 9 pm Eastern on December 5
Dennis Griffin wrote 12 months ago: The Biography Channel schedule shows the new Tony Spilotro bio will debut at 9 pm Eastern on Decembe … more →
Tony Spilotro Biography
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: The Biography Channel plans to air Tony’s bio on their Mobster show on Friday, December 5. Den … more →
Special Las Vegas and the Mob show
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: On November 5 at 7 pm Central time, I’ll be doing a special edition of my Las Vegas and the Mob show … more →
Legendary Las Vegas Casino Figure Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal Dead at Age 79
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Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: From 1967 through 1982, Frank Rosenthal was a main player in the mob-controlled casinos of Las Veg … more →
Lefty Has Left Us
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal has gone the way of many of his former friends and associates. W … more →
Larry Neumann
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Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: There were some very dangerous organized crime figures plying their trade in Las Vegas during the la … more →
Was Las Vegas a better place during the mob days?
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: I thought it would be fun to conduct a poll to see what readers think about the mob era in Vegas. Pl … more →
Skimming the Las Vegas Casinos - Part III
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: While FBI agents and prosecutors from several offices participated in the investigations that brough … more →
Skimming the Las Vegas Casinos — Part II
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Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: Around the same time in 1978 that Allen Glick was ordered by the Kansas City mob to sell his Argent- … more →
Skimming the Las Vegas Casinos — Part I
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Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: Much has been written and there have been several documentaries about various organized-crime famili … more →
The Death of Frank Bluestein
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: The Death of Frank Bluestein A justified use of deadly force or a police execution? In 1980, the L … more →
CULLOTTA in Audio
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: Hi, I learned yesterday that CULLOTTA is now available in audio through Books In Motion at http://ww … more →
Another Mobster Checks Out
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Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: Frank “the German” Schweihs died in Chicago Wednesday night. The alleged hit man had avo … more →
Carl Deluna Dies
Dennis Griffin wrote 1 year ago: Former Kansa City mob underboss Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna passed away on July 21 from natural … more →
