Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas

By Las Vegas Review-Journal | The Mob Museum

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Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: ex-mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians and journalists. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit basements to the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip, the Review-Journal's Reed Redmond will guide listeners through the 20th-century criminal underworlds of Chicago, Kansas City and Las Vegas.

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Bonus: Season 2 Epilogue

09.15.2021

In this season-ending forum at The Mob Museum, Nigro joins Season 2 host Jeff German and former Gov. Robert List in a discussion about the Aladdin’s troubles under the control of the mob and how the state and the courts ...

Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas episodes:

09.15.2021 Bonus: Season 2 Epilogue In this season-ending forum at The Mob Museum, Nigro joins Season 2 host Jeff German and former Gov. Robert List in a discussion about the Aladdin’s troubles under the control of the mob and how the state and the courts ...
08.17.2021 Bonus: Stories from the Steer Jeff German, Review-Journal investigative reporter and host for Season 2, interviews longtime Golden Steer waiter Venko Nikolov about his memories of mob hitman Frank Cullotta and some of the celebrities he served at the iconic Las Vegas steakhouse.
08.02.2021 Aladdin‘s curse \| S2E8 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
07.26.2021 A judge falls from grace \| S2E7 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
07.19.2021 Wayne Newton’s ‘nightmare’ \| S2E6 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
07.12.2021 Threats, Bombs and Stings \| S2E5 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
07.05.2021 Wayne Newton vs. Johnny Carson \| S2E4 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
06.30.2021 BONUS: Introducing Mafia Mafia is an Audioboom Original that delves into the criminal underworld, exploring the lives and careers of America’s most infamous gangsters.
06.28.2021 ‘Close the Place Down‘ \| S2E3 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
06.21.2021 The Genie in the Lamp \| S2E1 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
06.21.2021 Hoffa: The Strip’s Kingmaker \| S2E2 Mobbed Up chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians, journalists, and Las Vegas Strip icons. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit ...
06.14.2021 Introducing Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas. Season 2 Season 2 of “Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas,” an eight-part, true-crime series, takes you to the late 1970s and early 1980s, an unforgettable era in the battle against organized crime in Las Vegas. Mafia families wielded hidden control ...
08.07.2020 BONUS: Mobbed Up (Almost) Live This week, Mobbed Up host Reed Redmond and Mob Museum VP of Exhibits of Programs Geoff Schumacher hosted 'Mobbed Up Live,' which aired on the Las Vegas Review-Journal website and Facebook page. The livestream included panel discussions with voices from ...
08.04.2020 'Mobbed Up Live' airs tonight Don't miss 'Mobbed Up Live,' streaming tonight, Aug. 4, on the Las Vegas Review-Journal Facebook page. Visit https://www.facebook.com/reviewjournal/ at 7 p.m. to watch the live event, which will feature new stories from many of the voices you've heard throughout the ...
07.28.2020 Implosion \| S1E11 "I'm probably the only guy standing right now." Decades after it was at the center of a federal racketeering case, the aging Stardust hotel-casino is imploded to make way for a new resort project. Meanwhile, Frank Cullotta has returned to ...
07.23.2020 BONUS: Stories from the Steer "They didn't care if you were a mobster or a corporate executive or a politician or a federal agent." When Frank Cullotta arrived in Las Vegas in 1978, one of his first stops was The Golden Steer Steakhouse, where he ...
07.21.2020 Family Secrets \| S1E10 “He always said if you pull a gun on somebody, you finish it.” Tony Spilotro goes missing in June of 1986, last seen driving away from his brother's home in suburban Illinois. Over two decades later, a racketeering trial in ...
07.14.2020 Dirty Laundry \| S1E9 "You never become a rat." Following their arrests for attempted robbery of a home furnishings store in Las Vegas, Frank Cullotta and five other members of the "Hole in the Wall Gang" face steep prison sentences. Loyalty wears thin, and ...
07.07.2020 Strawman \| S1E8 "Las Vegas was the last thing on our mind." In the spring of 1978, the FBI’s Organized Crime Squad in Kansas City placed microphones in a restaurant, hoping to pick up information about local mob activity. Instead, they picked up ...
06.30.2020 Hole in the Wall \| S1E7 “This was the end of organized crime in Las Vegas.” In 1978, mob-connected thief Frank Cullotta moves from Chicago to Las Vegas to work alongside his childhood friend, reputed Las Vegas mob enforcer Tony Spilotro. When he arrives, Frank says ...
06.23.2020 Cleanface \| S1E6 "Now I’m getting this directly from, you know, Cleanface. You follow me?" In 1977, future Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was appointed chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Before long, Reid would find himself battling bribery accusations, working with the ...
06.16.2020 The Argent Empire \| S1E5 "You don’t buy Mr. Spilotro drinks. He buys you drinks." In 1971, Tony Spilotro moves from Chicago to Las Vegas to look after the mob's interests, alongside a longtime oddsmaker named Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal. A few years later, a mob-connected ...
06.09.2020 Open City \| S1E4 “The mob had been, of course, heavily integrated in the casino industry here from day one.” To understand the city of Las Vegas as it existed in the 1970s, we have to back up to Dec. 26, 1946: opening night ...
06.02.2020 Claim to Fame \| S1E3 "It supersedes family." Tony Spilotro always dreamed of becoming a ‘made’ man—a full-fledged member of the Chicago Outfit—according to his childhood friend Frank Cullotta. In the spring of 1962, as Cullotta recalls, an unauthorized triple murder on mob turf would ...
05.26.2020 The Family Business \| S1E2 "And I said, 'What's your name?' And he says, 'Tony Spilotro.'" As a kid, Frank Cullotta’s first job was stealing. His second job was shining shoes on Grand Avenue in Chicago. One day, another young shoeshine yelled at him from ...
05.26.2020 Our Religion \| S1E1 “You never become a rat. That’s against our religion, let’s say.” Thursday, October 11, 1979. Around 4:30 a.m., a woman returns to her home in Las Vegas to find her belongings tossed around, bullet holes marking the walls and a ...
05.05.2020 Introducing Mobbed Up 'Mobbed Up' chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas through the eyes of those who lived it: ex-mobsters, law enforcement officials, politicians and journalists. From back alleys to bank vaults, dimly lit basements to the neon ...