‘November 1963’ puts Chicago Outfit at center of JFK assassination
A new feature film about the Kennedy assassination puts the Chicago Outfit at the center of a plot to kill the nation’s 35th president. Directed by Roland Joffé, November 1963 stars John Travolta as mobster Johnny Rosselli, Jefferson White as accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and Mandy Patinkin as Outfit boss Tony Accardo. It also features Robert Carlyle as Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner with suspected Mob ties who fatally shot Oswald on live TV two days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The movie, filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is set to debut in theaters on December 4. The official details of ...
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El Cortez, first luxury hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas, turns 80
In the late summer of 1939, John C. Grayson, casino manager of the Mt. Baker illegal gambling ship, was arrested…
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When the Mob owned a minor-league hockey team
Standing up to a reputed Mob associate was a part of Richard Brosal’s job 15 years ago. As commissioner of…
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Capone tax evasion trial: Jury finds Chicago mobster guilty on 5 of 23 counts
Last of two parts. On October 10, 1931, a Saturday, the prosecution read into the record Al Capone’s admissions to…
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Capone tax evasion trial: 90 years ago, the T-Men had the goods on Mob chief
First of two parts. Spectators gathered outside each doorway to the U.S. District Court building in Chicago in the fall…
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The world’s top five organized crime rackets
Online display ads on your computer and apps on your smart phone might include malware linked to a truly modern…
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‘The Many Saints of Newark’ brings ‘Sopranos’ saga to the big screen
From his work infiltrating real-life Soprano-type mobsters in New Jersey, former FBI task force undercover officer Giovanni Rocco knows “the…
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The fall of Murder Inc.
It was the most brutal collection of bloodthirsty characters ever produced by organized crime in America. Murder Inc.’s inception, activities…
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