Tag Archives: Organized Crime

Crime Time Stories: ‘Casino: The REAL Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein/Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal’

Source:Crime Time Stories talking about the Frank Lefty Rosenthal Story. Actor Robert De Niro played him in Martin Scorsese’s Casino, from 1995. Source:The New Democrat “Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was a professional sports bettor who was the mob’s man in Vegas … Continue reading

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AHC: Mafia’s Greatest Hits- Sam Giancana

Source:The New Democrat “Mafia´s Greatest Hits Sam Giancana” From AHC Sam Giancana to me at least was a real life Hollywood gangster. He is the gangster that we see in a lot of the Hollywood Italian Mafia movies the gangster in … Continue reading

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Jack Ruby: Lee Harvey Oswald Assassin

Source:Britannica– Dallas nightclub owner and perhaps part-time Dallas Mafia assassin Jack Ruby. Source:The New Democrat  “Jack Ruby, in full Jack L. Ruby, original name Jacob Rubenstein, (born March 25?, 1911, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 3, 1967, Dallas, Texas), American nightclub … Continue reading

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Mob Video Vault: Mobsters- Benjamin Bugsy Siegel

Source:The New Democrat  One of my favorite quotes about Ben Siegel was about his friendship with actor George Raft. The quote being that Ben Siegel was a mobster who wanted to be an actor. And George Raft was an actor … Continue reading

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Michael B. Druxman: ‘Lana & Johnny Were Lovers’

“LANA & JOHNNY WERE LOVERS, a play in two acts by Michael B. Druxman, dramatizes the story of screen superstar Lana Turner and her relationship with mobster Johnny Stompanato.” From Michael B. Druxman There really needs to be a bio pic … Continue reading

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Sorry Haterss Canal: Shamus (1973) Burt Reynolds & Dyan Cannon Star

“SHAMUS a pool-shooting, card-playing, broad-chasing, private eye…cross him, and he’ll blow your head off!” From Sorry Haters To be completely honest with you: I watched Shamus because Dyan Cannon and Burt Reynolds we’re in it. Two of my favorite actors and … Continue reading

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Classics Cinema: The Long Haul (1957) Starring Diana Dora, Victor Mature & Patrick Allen

Source:Classics Cinema– English Muffin Diana Dors and Patrick Allen. Baby Girl dating a bad guy. “Classic British crime film. Mature stars as a truck driver who finds himself in the middle of the corrupt low-lifes who run the business. It … Continue reading

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The Lip TV: Byod With Ondi Timoner- Dimitri Logothetis: ‘Why Sam Giancana Killed JFK’

“Sam Giancana is suspected as being one of the orchestrators of the killing of JFK, and we discuss the theory linking the mafia with the murder of the president in this BYOD interview clip with Momo: The Sam Giancana Story … Continue reading

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Bible Or Traditions: The Men Who Killed Kennedy (1988)

Source:Bible Or Traditions– President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee H. Oswald. “In February, 1963 Ruth Paine, also a CIA asset, was introduced to Marina Oswald and Lee Harvey Oswald by George de Mohrenschildt (Oswald CIA handler). Lee Harvey Oswald rented … Continue reading

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The Film Archives: Booknotes With Brian Lamb- Norman Mailer: ‘Why Did Lee Harvey Oswald Kill JFK?’

“Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 — November 24, 1963) was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. About the book:Amazon.” … Continue reading

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