Cybercrime is in high gear
A panel discussion, The Digital Underworld: Cracking Down on Cybercrime, is set for Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at…
Author: Brenda Hengel
Double-crossing and death-dealing in St. Louis
Standing in front of a poolroom at 1006 North Tenth Street, Alphonse Palazzolo watched as a large Chrysler sped by….
The ‘Gulf Stream Pirate’ – Rumrunning leads to shooting in Prohibition Era
The Prohibition Era is at times characterized by the speakeasy, with men in suits and women in gowns drinking free-flowing…
Don’t dare call him ‘Three Finger Brown’
The 1960s marked the end of an era for some of America’s underworld leaders. The forward-thinking, Prohibition-era architects of New…
Seventy years ago today, Bugsy Siegel’s storied Mob life came to an abrupt end
It is important to our Museum and to me as the resident historian that criminals and their criminal acts are…
The hit that could have sunk Las Vegas
On May 2, 1957, Frank Costello thought he had problems, but he had no idea. He was appealing a five-year…
Organized crime runs rampant in Latin America
In the United States, organized crime groups steal about $66 billion from retail, cargo, auto and jewelry businesses each year….
Archbishop: No more Mafia godfathers
The climactic montage from The Godfather begins with a baby’s cries. A priest recites the ritual Latin phrases over a…
Legendary comic Don Rickles, a Las Vegas showroom staple, has died
Don Rickles, who comically insulted Las Vegas audiences for seven decades and had a prominent role in Casino, died Thursday…
Sixty years ago, the Tropicana opened under Mob’s hidden control
Las Vegas was in the middle of a slump. It was April 1957, and the town was still coming to…