Blogs about: Lefty Rosenthal

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Internet Interview1 comment

Dennis Griffin wrote 4 months ago: I’m going to be a guest on the True Crimes show on Outlaw Crime this Saturday at 2 pm PST. You … more →

Tags: organized crime, true crime, tony spilotro, frank cullotta, Las Vegas, Casino, chicago outfit, larry neumann, Mafia

Possible Closure in 1981 Illinois Double Homicide Case

Dennis Griffin wrote 5 months ago: Authorities in McHenry County, Illinois, may be closer to solving a pair of 1981 killings thanks to … more →

Tags: organized crime, true crime, tony spilotro, frank cullotta, Las Vegas, larry neumann, Mafia, chicago outfit, cold cases

Possible Closure in 1981 Illinois Double Homicide Case1 comment

Dennis Griffin wrote 5 months ago: Authorities in McHenry County, Illinois, may be closer to solving a pair of 1981 killings thanks to … more →

Tags: Blogroll, chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, larry neumann, Las Vegas, Mafia

Larry Neumann may officially be credited with two more murders2 comments

Dennis Griffin wrote 7 months ago: Chicago Channel 5 and the Chicago Sun Times have broken stories that deceased mobster Larry Neumann … more →

Tags: Blogroll, chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, larry neumann, Las Vegas, Mafia, organized crime

Cullotta Interview

Dennis Griffin wrote 7 months ago: Las Vegas radio station KDWN has posted an interview of Frank Cullotta on its site. Please visit htt … more →

Tags: chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, larry neumann, mad sam destefano, Mafia, organized crime

Spilotro bio airs at 9 pm Eastern on December 5

Dennis Griffin wrote 7 months ago: The Biography Channel schedule shows the new Tony Spilotro bio will debut at 9 pm Eastern on Decembe … more →

Tags: chicago outfit, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, Mafia, organized crime, tony accardo, tony spilotro, true crime, frank cullotta

Tony Spilotro Biography

Dennis Griffin wrote 8 months ago: The Biography Channel plans to air Tony’s bio on their Mobster show on Friday, December 5. Den … more →

Tags: Blogroll, bugsy siegel, Casino, chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, larry neumann

Special Las Vegas and the Mob Show

Dennis Griffin wrote 8 months ago: On November 5 at 7 pm Central time, I’ll be doing a special edition of my Las Vegas and the Mob sho … more →

Tags: organized crime, true crime, tony spilotro, frank cullotta, Las Vegas, chicago outfit

Special Las Vegas and the Mob show

Dennis Griffin wrote 8 months ago: On November 5 at 7 pm Central time, I’ll be doing a special edition of my Las Vegas and the Mob sho … more →

Tags: chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, larry neumann, Las Vegas, Mafia, organized crime

VEGAS LEGEND WAS AN FBI SNITCH

Mike Responts wrote 8 months ago: LEFTY ROSENTHAL Controversial Las Vegas figure Lefty Rosental died earlier this month. Rosenthal wa … more →

Tags: Las Vegas

Legendary Las Vegas Casino Figure Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal Dead at Age 794 comments

Dennis Griffin wrote 9 months ago:   From 1967 through 1982, Frank Rosenthal was a main player in the mob-controlled casinos of Las Veg … more →

Tags: organized crime, true crime, tony spilotro, frank cullotta, Las Vegas, Casino, chicago outfit

Legendary Las Vegas Casino Figure Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal Dead at Age 799 comments

Dennis Griffin wrote 9 months ago:   From 1967 through 1982, Frank Rosenthal was a main player in the mob-controlled casinos of Las Veg … more →

Tags: chicago outfit, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, Mafia, organized crime, tony accardo, tony spilotro, true crime, Casino

Lefty Has Left Us

Dennis Griffin wrote 9 months ago: Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal has gone the way of many of his former friends and associates. W … more →

Tags: organized crime, true crime, Las Vegas, tony spilotro, chicago outfit, Mafia, tony accardo, joe aiuppa, las vegas police

LEFTY ROSENTHAL DIES2 comments

Mike Responts wrote 9 months ago: LEFTY ROSENTHAL One of the most colorful figures in Las Vegas history has died. Frank “Lefty … more →

Tags: Las Vegas, frank rosenthal, Robert De Niro

Larry Neumann1 comment

Dennis Griffin wrote 9 months ago: There were some very dangerous organized crime figures plying their trade in Las Vegas during the la … more →

Tags: Blogroll, chicago outfit, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, Mafia, organized crime, tony accardo, tony spilotro, true crime

Was Las Vegas a better place during the mob days?

Dennis Griffin wrote 10 months ago: I thought it would be fun to conduct a poll to see what readers think about the mob era in Vegas. Pl … more →

Tags: Casino, chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, Gambling, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, larry neumann, Las Vegas

Skimming the Las Vegas Casinos - Part III

Dennis Griffin wrote 10 months ago: While FBI agents and prosecutors from several offices participated in the investigations that brough … more →

Tags: Blogroll, bugsy siegel, Casino, chicago outfit, Crime, frank cullotta, Gambling, joe aiuppa, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo

Skimming the Las Vegas Casinos — Part II2 comments

Dennis Griffin wrote 10 months ago: Around the same time in 1978 that Allen Glick was ordered by the Kansas City mob to sell his Argent- … more →

Tags: Blogroll, organized crime, true crime, Las Vegas, tony spilotro, chicago outfit, Mafia, tony accardo, joe aiuppa

Skimming the Las Vegas Casinos — Part I

Ravi wrote 10 months ago: Much has been written and there have been several documentaries about various organized-crime fami … more →

Tags: ONLINE GAMBLING, Casino, Gambling, chicago outfit, frank cullotta, joe aiuppa, organized crime, tony spilotro, Las Vegas