#OnThisDayinHist ory in 1945, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano was born in Brooklyn, NY. Gravano, who once said he was inspired to a life of crime after seeing “The Godfather,” served as the Gambino family’s brutal bite to John Gotti’s bark. Though he was once Gotti’s loyal underboss, he flipped and joined...
This evening at 7 p.m.! Dr. Michael Green, associate professor of history at UNLV, and Geoff Schumacher, vice president of exhibits and programs for The Mob Museum, chart the gambling industry’s rise from legalization in 1931 through the Mob-controlled golden age of the 1950s.
This week's Las Vegas Weekly cover story looks back at some of our city’s most infamous and mysterious murder cases with a little help from The Mob Museum's vice president of exhibits and programs Geoff Schumacher.
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Tune in for free online today at 2 p.m. as Officer Caitlyn Ebert explains what she and her fellow @NLVPD C.O.P. (Co… https://t.co/SucUxuJtJX
In March of 1987, 21 American Mafia figures were convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering in the Pizza Co… https://t.co/pNz8UG3aIw
In March of 1888, Elmer Irey was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Irey, as chief of intelligence for the Treasury Dep… https://t.co/vyXLsJVvB3
Toast to #NationalAbsintheDay with The Underground at The Mob Museum's limited-edition Absinthe Minded cocktail. A… https://t.co/l9Dv6kw7gy
In the 2nd part of our online series on 90 years of legal gambling in Nevada, Larry Gragg, curators' teaching profe… https://t.co/TGheL5zRgh
Nevada’s gambling industry will recognize its 90th anniversary in March. In this video, Dr. Michael Green, associat… https://t.co/FRs59Zub8F