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Las Vegas Mob stories attract Hollywood interest

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Las Vegas Mob stories attract Hollywood interest

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Of the many Mob movies and television shows now in the works, several are focused on underworld figures who had…


Separating fact from fiction in ‘Casino’

Posted on January 30, 2018March 1, 2018 by Brenda Hengel

Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is surrounded by the press at a Nevada Gaming Commission meeting portrayed in Casino. Rothstein’s…


Fat Herbie’s rise and fall

Posted on January 10, 2017December 8, 2017 by Brenda Hengel

Second of two parts. Part One looks at Herbie Blitzstein’s murder twenty years ago. Herbert “Fat Herbie” Blitzstein was born…


A late Mob hit in Las Vegas

Posted on January 9, 2017January 5, 2018 by Brenda Hengel

First of two parts. Part Two looks at Blitzstein’s criminal activity in Las Vegas. By the mid-1990s, death had claimed…


Slaying of singer Barbara McNair’s Mob-connected husband in Las Vegas remains a mystery since 1976

Posted on December 17, 2015October 6, 2016 by Brenda Hengel

Who killed Rick Manzie, husband of popular singer and actress Barbara McNair, in the couple’s Las Vegas home 39 years…


I vote ‘Aye’

Posted on October 22, 2015October 6, 2016 by Brenda Hengel

There may never have been a better time to live in Las Vegas than in the early to mid-1990s. The…


Lefty’s house, equipped with bulletproof windows, is on the block

Posted on February 13, 2015July 2, 2015 by admin

Despite being so safe, the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath, two-story house still has a wide-open feel thanks to the expansive windows…


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300 Stewart Avenue
Downtown Las Vegas
Steps From Fremont Street

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Museum: Daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Underground (speakeasy and distillery): Daily 9 a.m. to midnight
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