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The rise of Castro and the fall of the Havana Mob

Month: December 2018


The rise of Castro and the fall of the Havana Mob

Posted on December 28, 2018January 7, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

When Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, Che Guevara and 79 other Cuban rebels piled into the 43-foot yacht Granma on…


The Kansas City connection

Posted on December 26, 2018January 4, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

In the 1995 movie Casino, the Mob’s control of skimming at Las Vegas casinos is exposed when authorities learn about…


Hoodlums at the Statler

Posted on December 18, 2018December 20, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

In the early morning hours of December 5, 1928, patrol officer Frank Osowski was walking his beat in downtown Cleveland…


Gus Greenbaum, Las Vegas casino operator for the Mob, and his wife were murdered 60 years ago this week

Posted on December 7, 2018December 6, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

After nightfall on December 2, 1958, Bess Greenbaum, wife of Las Vegas casino boss Gus Greenbaum, drove from their Phoenix…


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