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Bugsy Siegel

Released Wednesday, 13th September 2023
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Bugsy Siegel

Bugsy Siegel

Bugsy Siegel

Bugsy Siegel

Wednesday, 13th September 2023
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Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was one of the most notorious, and visible gangsters to ever live. He secured a fortune from bootlegging during Prohibition, along with his friend and partner Myer Lanksy, and their mentor Arnold Rothstein, However, Siegel had bigger dreams. He wanted to be a silver screen star like his childhood heroes Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks. So he moved to Los Angeles and maintained a criminal empire on the West Coast. While he was there, he had the idea for a city, deep in the desert, filled with the high class casinos that you'd find in Monaco. He was set to open a casino called The Flamingo in this arid nowhere called Las Vegas. But before the papers could be signed, he was shot and killed. The murder has never been solved. Jason, Nat, and John take a look at what could have brought Bugsy to an early grave. 

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