#OTD in 1946, the #Flamingo casino in #LasVegas, financed in large part by underworld investments funneled through racketeer Benjamin "Bugsy" #Siegel, opened its doors for the first time.
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Possibly I've been writing #crime history too long. While rewatching It's a #WonderfulLife recently, I couldn't help but compile a list of legal offenses presented within the 1946 #holiday classic #movie - charges ranging from child abuse to possible homicide.
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All the way from #Skeldale House: The holiday #YuleLog from #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall
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#TCM will show four #Reiner #movies on the night of January 28, 2026:
- The Princess Bride,
- When Harry Met Sally,
- Stand By Me,
- This Is Spinal Tap.
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The network will host four of the late filmmaker's film in January, including the premiere of 'The Princess Bride.'Kate Erbland (IndieWire)
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#OTD (Dec. 23) in 1948, the #FBI captured fugitive Leonard #Calamia - wanted in connection with the 1947 Nick #DeJohn murder case in #SanFrancisco - at his government job in #NewMexico.
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#OTD in 1929, gunmen robbed a #BronxNY testimonial dinner for Magistrate Albert #Vitale, exposing a link between officials and organized crime..
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#OTD in 1928, #Cleveland police broke up a national #Mafia convention, taking a couple of dozen suspicious men into custody.
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In 1928 police broke up a socialist meeting and took suspicious men into custody
we have a 4thA for a reason, right ?
#OTD (Nov 30) in 1916, Gaetano #DelGaudio is shot and mortally wounded in #EastHarlem. He is thought to be a casualty of the #MurderStable feud.
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#OTD in 1914: William Moore, better known by the alias Patsy #Doyle, is murdered by gangland rivals on the West Side of #Manhattan.
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Painting calls to mind Irish-American gang bosses of the #Prohibition Era. We take the opportunity to launch a series on the careers of rum-runners Daniel #Walsh and Charles "Vannie" #Higgins.
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#OTD (Nov 12) in 1941, informant Abe #Reles dies after falling from a sixth floor window at the Half Moon Hotel at #ConeyIsland.
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#OTD (Nov. 12) in 1941, Abe "Kid Twist" #Reles fell to his death at the Half Moon Hotel on #ConeyIsland.
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.Justin Cascio (YouTube)
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On the eastern bank of the Connecticut River... meet Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts youtu.be/KPzQqpB2Dn0Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts (book)
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On the eastern bank of the Connecticut River... meet Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts youtu.be/KPzQqpB2Dn0Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts (book)
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