‘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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San Francisco crime boss ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow convicted of racketeering and murder
The two-month federal racketeering trial of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, alleged boss of a San Francisco organized crime group, ended…
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Author disputes Mafia witness testimony in Lufthansa robbery case
Written: January 6, 2016 — Scroll to the bottom for a story update On November 12, in a stunning upset for the…
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FIFA executives Blatter and Platini banned from soccer for eight years
Check out The Mob Museum’s interview with journalist Andrew Jennings from our Video Vault When lame-duck FIFA President Sepp Blatter…
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Slaying of singer Barbara McNair’s Mob-connected husband in Las Vegas remains a mystery since 1976
Who killed Rick Manzie, husband of popular singer and actress Barbara McNair, in the couple’s Las Vegas home 39 years…
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Nevada gas chamber chair goes on display
Jesse Bishop was ready to face death. The man convicted in the 1977 killing of a tourist during an armed…
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Ten legacies of Prohibition
The end of Prohibition was perhaps the biggest political reversal in American history. The passage of the 21st Amendment to…
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Best Bars in Downtown Las Vegas
Home to lavish resorts and grandiose casinos, Las Vegas has earned quite the reputation for its extravagant lodging and gambling…
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