history - Video - Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org2024-03-29T10:51:20Zhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/feed/tag/historyGangsters on the Water: The Rise and Fall of California’s Floating Casinoshttps://gangstersinc.org/video/gangsters-on-the-water-the-rise-and-fall-of-california-s-floating2022-10-31T15:08:40.000Z2022-10-31T15:08:40.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10858990861?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>From the late 1920s through the late 1940s, gambling racketeers operated a series of floating casinos three miles off the Southern California coast – just outside the state’s jurisdiction. Crime historian J. Michael Niotta, the great-grandson of Los Angeles Mafia boss Jack Dragna, will discuss the men who ushered in the floating casino era and how some of them found their way to Las Vegas.</p>
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</ul></div>Detroit Mob Confidential | docu directed by Al Profit & Scott Burnsteinhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/detroit-mob-confidential-docu-directed-by-al-profit-scott-burnste2022-01-22T15:39:43.000Z2022-01-22T15:39:43.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10033735876?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>In-depth documentary on the Detroit Mafia family directed by Al Profit and Scott Burnstein. </p></div>The Forgotten Capital of Vice: The Mob in Hot Springs, Arkansashttps://gangstersinc.org/video/the-forgotten-capital-of-vice-the-mob-in-hot-springs-arkansas2021-10-29T12:08:14.000Z2021-10-29T12:08:14.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9747716467?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Before Las Vegas became the underworld’s casino playground, Hot Springs, Arkansas, was a favorite vacation spot — and hideout — for the nation’s big-time mobsters. Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello and dozens of other organized crime figures descended on the town’s soothing hot springs and dens of gambling and other vices. In this Mob Museum program on August 19, 2021, author David Hill provides a detailed portrait of this often-overlooked corner of Mob history.</p></div>