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By Rachel Childs
Organized crime in Las Vegas was pervasive in the mid-20th century, as the then evolving casino business replaced the loss of their Prohibition-era crime business.
And more than once it culminated in some guy who drew the wrong straw getting whacked.
The National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement (in Las Vegas, of course) is a repository of all things related to the dark days before the corporate, legal, mobs took over. The museum even houses the courtroom used for the famous Kefauver hearings on organized crime, which were held across the country and for one day in Vegas, on November 15, 1950. (The Museum is the former Federal Courthouse.) This was a morbidly fascinating event carried on TV and watched by more people than watched the World Series that year.
These are the classic whacks…
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, June 20, 1947
Bugsy, the ringleader of the Murder, Inc. syndicate, was reported to have been shot — 9 rounds from a .30 caliber M1 Carbine rifle— through the window of his girlfriend Virginia Hill’s Los Angeles home, while he was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. He was 42 and had notoriously run Vegas. Who killed him remains contested. Nick Pileggr
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Anthony Spilotro
American mobster (1938–1986)
Anthony Spilotro | |
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A 1974 FBI mugshot of Spilotro | |
| Born | Anthony John Spilotro (1938-05-19)May 19, 1938 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1] |
| Disappeared | June 14, 1986 (aged 48) |
| Died | June 14, 1986(1986-06-14) (aged 48) Bensenville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Blunt force trauma, asphyxia |
| Body discovered | June 22, 1986 Enos, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | "Tony the Ant" |
| Spouse | Nancy Spilotro |
| Relatives | Vincent, Victor, Pasquale, Michael and John (brothers) |
| Allegiance | Chicago Outfit |
Anthony John Spilotro (May 19, 1938 – June 14, 1986), nicknamed "Tony the Ant", was an American mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit who operated in Las Vegas during the 1970s and '80s. Spilotro managed the Outfit's illegal casino profits (the "skim") when four of the casinos, the Stardust, the Fremont, the Hacienda and the Marina, were managed by Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, replacing Outfit member John Roselli.[2] He was also the leader of the "Hole in the Wall Gang", a burglary crew he formed when he moved to Las Vegas in 1971.
Spilotro eventually ran afoul of his superiors in Chicag
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Tony Spilotro
(1938-1986)
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