Criminal Case

The Shell Game


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The  Magic Castle in Hollywood has been a private club for magicians since  1963, and its walls are lined with portraits of magicians past and  present. Among them is a portrait of one of the  earliest American organized crime bosses and conmen, Jefferson Randolph  "Soapy" Smith. And though it may seem strange that this "mecca of magic"  honors a criminal, Soapy's legacy reveals just how blurry the line is  between a delightful trick and a dirty one.

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