History of the Mob in Las Vegas

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  • @CynicalHistorian
    @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +6

    Thanks to MyHeritage for sponsoring this. Goto bit.ly/TheCynicalHistorian for a free 2-week trial and 50% off from there. Click "read more" for further info, corrections, and bibliography
    If you’re ever in Las Vegas, be sure to check out the Mob Museum: themobmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/purchase-tickets/
    and the Clark County Museum: www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/parks___recreation/cultural_division/musuems/clark_county_museum.php
    To do some primary-source research, check out UNLV’s special collections: www.library.unlv.edu/speccol
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    *[reserved for errata]*
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    Playlist of my Las Vegas related videos: czcams.com/play/PLjnwpaclU4wWlBIcN6Xq0oJgMyEIoFrzw.html
    History of Las Vegas: czcams.com/video/AyQtQogodYw/video.html
    Bugsy review: czcams.com/video/4nhlqQ5qFf8/video.html
    Aviator review: czcams.com/video/GTQ-lFDhVw8/video.html
    *Bibliography*
    Sally Denton and Roger Morris, _The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and its Hold on America, 1947-2000_ (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001). amzn.to/3qYdnVo
    Ronald A. Farrell and Carole Case, _The Black Book and the Mob: The Untold Story of the Control of Nevada's Casinos_ (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995). amzn.to/3nsKsXp
    Michael S. Green, _Nevada: A History of the Silver State_ (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2015). amzn.to/3l1ymUt
    Mark Hall-Patton, _Asphalt Memories: Origins of Some of the Street Names of Clark County_ (Henderson, Nev.: Clark County Museum, 2009). amzn.to/3zMaQPz
    Eugene Moehring and Michael Green, _Las Vegas: A Centennial History_ (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2005). amzn.to/2L8u0pV
    Reed Redmond and Jeff German, _Mobbed Up: The Fight For Las Vegas,_ Las Vegas Review Journal and Mob Museum, podcast. 2020-2021, www.reviewjournal.com/podcasts/mobbedup/
    Hal K. Rothman, _Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century_ (New York: Routledge, 2002). amzn.to/3HwEIUS
    Geoff Schumacher, Sun, _Sin & Suburbia: The History of Modern Las Vegas,_ rev. ed. (2004; Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2015), audible. amzn.to/3nwwiU8
    David G. Schwartz, _Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond_ (New York: Routledge, 2003). amzn.to/30wQspj

    • @insertcolorfulmetaphor8520
      @insertcolorfulmetaphor8520 Před 2 lety +1

      That montage of the destruction of all those old casino hotels was... Very cool, but bitter sweet to see. I actually got sad, when the Stardust was shown... Then the Riviera destruction. I she'd some tears.
      The coolest intersection (incognito cool) is at Sahara and Maryland Parkway... Hole in the Wall Gang meets an Antique/Consignment store and a major setup takes place! Unfortunately, the store is no longer there at that intersection...

    • @Rogue_Nine416
      @Rogue_Nine416 Před 2 lety

      thanks for bringing more attention to estes kefauver's investigation on the mob throughout the US! as his great great nephew, i always enjoyed spending time learning and researching him and nobody ever really seems to care too much about that period of our history

  • @ecocodex4431
    @ecocodex4431 Před 2 lety +58

    "The mob doesn't own Las Vegas anymore, corperations do!"
    Me: "A distinction without a difference"

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Před 2 lety +60

    Las Vegas is one of those cities that I am constantly fascinated by people actually LIVING in. It is so wild to me to imagine people getting up, getting the kids to school, going to work and coming home in a city that's been advertised to me my entire life as one big theme park for people with no financial responsibility.
    I can only imagine the amount of oddities and idiosyncrasies that come with living in a city like that.

    • @ROBYNMARKOW
      @ROBYNMARKOW Před 2 lety +17

      I have a friend who lives in the suburbs & it's pretty much like everywhere else, just w/slot machines in Walgreens, etc. My friend rarely goes to The Strip , which is v. crowded & touristy & u can't win at their casinos( But she knows some places off-strip where your chances are better 😉👍)

    • @samwill7259
      @samwill7259 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ROBYNMARKOW Oh I'm sure, life goes on and all that. I'm not amazed by people living there, even thriving there just the...mundane realities of that sort of thing you know? Just going to the grocery store, dropping kids off at regular, everyday public schools save that there's in friggin Vegas!

    • @ROBYNMARKOW
      @ROBYNMARKOW Před 2 lety +5

      @@samwill7259 Lol-True, it's not like living in most American cities in many ways but they have suburbs that go on forever & other than the fact that your living minutes away from all these enormous hotels , they have things u can find in anywhere, USA; just slightly off-kilter such as slot machines in grocery stores & pharmacies ( that & your nextdoor neighbor could be a blackjack dealer or showgirl.) My parents lived there in early 1960's( yep, the "Rat Pack" era) my dad was working as a puppeteer then at one of hotels that has long been imploded. It featured puppets of celebs that were headlining at the time & was quite popular; many of the performers who were in puppet form went to see it as well 👍

    • @jeffgregg2221
      @jeffgregg2221 Před 2 lety +3

      That's had a big effect on the raiders who moved to vegas, which is a move that dumbfounded me. So many arrested players this season for them.

    • @vegasmarc7252
      @vegasmarc7252 Před 2 lety +6

      To me it's normal. I'm a journeyman lineman here. Basically without people like me modern society can't function. Especially in a city like Las Vegas.

  • @mrsnufflegums
    @mrsnufflegums Před 2 lety +66

    I love how your dad was just the coolest guy ever to have been a regular on pawn stars. I hope that doesn't really impact his day to day line of work I just think that's cool

    • @K2mtp
      @K2mtp Před 2 lety +3

      My first time in las Vegas was this year. What I understood las Vegas to be was not what I experienced. Everything and everyone was trying to just extract every little bit of money I had in my pocket. Want a beer worth a dollar at the liquor store? $10 bucks my man. Want to check out of your hotel that you have already paid for ? $75 bucks a day resort fee first fella. I will never be back. The whole experience was a grift!

  • @davidhochstetler4068
    @davidhochstetler4068 Před 2 lety +146

    Wait wait wait. Your dad is the guy Pawn Stars would call when they called an expert?!?

    • @AntoniePereira
      @AntoniePereira Před 2 lety +22

      Yeah ...I Saw the picture and my eyes went wide

    • @BackTheNerd
      @BackTheNerd Před 2 lety

      His dad actually narrated one of his previous Las Vegas videos: czcams.com/video/AyQtQogodYw/video.html

    • @domsquared9878
      @domsquared9878 Před 2 lety +19

      I think the proper term is “a buddy”

    • @canadaeh12345
      @canadaeh12345 Před 2 lety +12

      THE BEARD OF KNOWLEDGE! He's addressed it in various videos, and has had photos of his father in previous ones as well.
      And is also related to General Patton on his mother's side as well.

    • @FreshDnbz
      @FreshDnbz Před 2 lety +8

      Wait until you find out he is related to George S. Patton, the WW2 general

  • @sammosaurusrex
    @sammosaurusrex Před 2 lety +11

    My father played about 5 minutes of touch football with Bobby Kennedy. We always thought he was making it up - the story went that there was footage of it his father had filmed on a very new and fancy home camera, but his mother had burned it in a drunken rage during the divorce. But then his mother (God rest her soul) brought it up unprompted one day, verifying the existence of that mythic piece of footage, forever lost.
    Mostly unrelated to your video, but it’s just giving me secondhand nostalgia for those halcyon days of violence and intrigue, when a Politician could still be afforded the same status as a Saint, whose blessing could be received by touching their cloak in a game of football. I think the millennials of my generation are far better informed than the boomers of my father’s, but also more “cynical.” Cheers, great video

  • @Falcrist
    @Falcrist Před 2 lety +21

    *_"Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Green! I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."_*

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +5

      I only offhandedly mention him in this, as one of the 3 who took over the Flamingo after Bugsy's assassination. He played a prominent role in Green Felt Jungle, but not in reality

    • @Falcrist
      @Falcrist Před 2 lety +2

      @@CynicalHistorian I know it's just a movie quote, but it had to be done. ♥️

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +3

      @@Falcrist what movie?

    • @Falcrist
      @Falcrist Před 2 lety +1

      @@CynicalHistorian Godfather Part II
      /watch?v=wH6cLeCxxrQ

    • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
      @LadyTylerBioRodriguez Před 2 lety +5

      @@CynicalHistorian Godfather. Thats the Bugsy Siegal stand in character

  • @skafiend167
    @skafiend167 Před 2 lety +16

    Enjoy your time back here in Vegas.
    I do know all of us in the service industry here agree that things here are dying, and that the changes mostly happened when the modern companies took over where the focus was more on nickel and diming things then making a more memorable experience.

  • @trashrabbit69
    @trashrabbit69 Před 2 lety +14

    "Truth is, the game was rigged from the start." - The Expert, from Pawn Stars

  • @michaelhorn6029
    @michaelhorn6029 Před 2 lety +21

    Very very interesting. Especially the Ned day columns. You have shown how mob power, like all power, is subject to changing conditions. This also demonstrates how the US is a complex integrated political system that works well... over time.

  • @Commonwealth_Of_Pennsylvania

    "Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter"
    - Mobsters in Vegas

    • @neru1584
      @neru1584 Před 10 dny

      Dude I was just about to comment how the guy in the thumbnail is wearing Benny's suit lmao

    • @Commonwealth_Of_Pennsylvania
      @Commonwealth_Of_Pennsylvania Před 10 dny

      @@neru1584 Thanks for reminding me that this video exists.

  • @kennethjosephson134
    @kennethjosephson134 Před 2 lety +10

    Bravo on an accurate account! Very informative. As a retired SNMH/UMC employee, I am more than casually acquainted with other elements of the local political/business power structure. I suspect the popular narrative shielded the public from a lot of local shenanigans. Whether this was done intentionally or occurred inadvertently can always be debated.

  • @fenian123
    @fenian123 Před rokem +3

    Thanks for getting the story about the Flamingo right. So many times it is portrayed at Siegel's idea and vision, not even close.

    • @normasubia6807
      @normasubia6807 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes thankyou !!! It’s not Bugsy’s casino he just finished it with mob money

  • @Valkanna.Nublet
    @Valkanna.Nublet Před 2 lety +9

    I love that in Las Vegas even demolitions have to be a big show :)

  • @VintageLasVegas
    @VintageLasVegas Před 2 lety +6

    won me over in the Misconceptions chapter, excellent work.

  • @RoamingAdhocrat
    @RoamingAdhocrat Před 2 lety +4

    Had this on in the background while I showered and was very confused when the monologue stopped to be replaced by what sounded like the B-52 from Dr Strangelove mixed with muted cheering

  • @Trag444
    @Trag444 Před 2 lety +10

    Ur dad is the expert on pawn stars

  • @Whocares77-f4t
    @Whocares77-f4t Před 2 lety +4

    As a college kid from Nevada this is great content thank you!

  • @dillonford8301
    @dillonford8301 Před rokem +1

    Bro that's crazy at 7:41 it shows a Pic of Regulaters braking up a gambling house but he's smashing a pinball machine!! I didn't know they could gamble with thos back in the day

  • @Inignot12
    @Inignot12 Před 2 lety +4

    Loved the implosion montage at the end

  • @jimmyyu2184
    @jimmyyu2184 Před 2 lety +4

    Sally Denton's book (my best friends in Vegas actually knew her) "The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America". Highly, highly recommended read. It came out almost 25 years ago.

  • @lou1958
    @lou1958 Před 2 lety +1

    Last time I went to Vegas was in '83 and it was a dump at that time, but still one of the best memories of my life. I walked down the strip at night marveling at the vacant lots and trash juxtaposed against fancy hotels and exotic automobiles. Flew on an old propeller plane from Hughes airport to Reno that same week and drove a rental over to Lake Tahoe. Great memories of Nevada from the '80s.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 2 lety +1

    28:57
    "All right, get ready for the implosion!"
    "Implosion?"

  • @jurtra9090
    @jurtra9090 Před 2 lety +2

    TRUTH IS, THIS VIDEO WAS GREAT FROM THE START

  • @Thomao
    @Thomao Před rokem +1

    Once I saw Glick's face I recalled my memories of the book AND movie Casino.

  • @trentmilmeister6445
    @trentmilmeister6445 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for creating these videos. I love your videos, and the Vegas series means more as it is my hometown too.

  • @iammaxhailme
    @iammaxhailme Před 2 lety +4

    Harry Reid was a boxer???? Why did he never slug Mitch Mcconnel?

  • @SSand4
    @SSand4 Před 2 lety +2

    I keep forgetting that the spacey tower they blew up in "Mars Attacks!" was real hotel, the Landmark apparently.

  • @whimsicalhamster88
    @whimsicalhamster88 Před 2 lety +2

    This is a great video! The history of Las Vegas is super interesting! Love it!

  • @marissahondros5141
    @marissahondros5141 Před 2 lety +1

    I love this video! I grew up in Vegas, but didn't go to the Mob or Neon Museums until this last December. I love my city's history and telling others about it--there's so much more that meets the eye. Next on the list is the National Atomic Testing Museum next time I head home.
    Also a tip for anyone 21+ who visits the Mob Museum: check out the underground speakeasy! The atmosphere is amazing and the drinks are not only really good, but the presentation is something you can't miss. They change the entry password on their website every week, so it's a really fun experience.

  • @dnikkithatsame5990
    @dnikkithatsame5990 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for this videos.. rewatching the implosions made me a little sad (I miss small industry town Vegas where I grew up), but your video was very informative

  • @emsauce75
    @emsauce75 Před rokem +1

    Perfect representation of Ca. Well done!

  • @marcosgonzalez101
    @marcosgonzalez101 Před 2 lety +2

    Love your videos man! I've been watching/listening for months but I guess I forgot that you mentioned that you grew up in Vegas. I did too. Born at Valley Hospital and went to the Clark County schools too.

  • @michaelbuehler3897
    @michaelbuehler3897 Před rokem +1

    Even the movie Casino mentioned how service when down hill when the mob got pushed out by the corporations.

  • @timmytube12
    @timmytube12 Před rokem +2

    I love the movie & history of the mob in Las Vegas and I'm a New Yorker that's never been to Las Vegas . And I'm not even Italian I'm Black.❤😮❤❤

  • @cannibalholocaust3015
    @cannibalholocaust3015 Před rokem +2

    I’ve just started reading “The Money and The Power” by Sally Denton and Roger Morris. It’s pretty good so far wondered if you’ve read it and how it’s thought of in Vegas?

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před rokem +2

      It's one of the books i read for this, hence why it's in my bibliography. As far as I know, it's one of the best on the topic

  • @FloridaSean
    @FloridaSean Před 3 měsíci

    The son of “The Beard of Knowledge?” Cool!

  • @andysorensen1737
    @andysorensen1737 Před 2 lety +2

    TIL you don’t mess with Wayne Newton, which is a sentence I didn’t think I’d type.

  • @MurderousEagle
    @MurderousEagle Před 2 lety +1

    7:35 oh god, pinball prohibition. Now that's a story. That's a freaking weird story

  • @ChristianCampbellDiaz
    @ChristianCampbellDiaz Před 2 lety +2

    ¡Gracias!

  • @Will-tn8kq
    @Will-tn8kq Před 2 lety +1

    Great update! As always.

  • @kenshin4113
    @kenshin4113 Před 2 lety +2

    i read the thumbnail as "Morbed up Las Vegas" Omfg

  • @nomadsaucer3285
    @nomadsaucer3285 Před 2 lety +1

    You should do an episode on the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

  • @ruverbryh9998
    @ruverbryh9998 Před 2 lety +2

    Is it true there we’re gangs like The Kings, Great Khans, Powder Gangers, and Maud’s Muggers?

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois Před 2 lety

    I always enjoy a video about Las Vegas and the Mob. ;)

  • @kzonedd7718
    @kzonedd7718 Před 2 lety +3

    So, you're saying King is a Royal nuisance?

  • @sherirobinson6867
    @sherirobinson6867 Před 2 lety

    The pint-size poobah I had never heard that one before. I might have to read some of those old newspaper articles LOL

  • @bk2524
    @bk2524 Před 5 měsíci

    Great, uncommon use of insinuated.

  • @jonathandeutsch4010
    @jonathandeutsch4010 Před 2 lety +1

    Wait, your dad is the dude with the hat from Pawn Stars????

  • @pacoramon9468
    @pacoramon9468 Před rokem +1

    Mafia 4 is going to be a great game.

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify Před 2 lety +2

    Did you bring this up because of the bodies found due to low lake Mead water levels?

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +3

      This has been years in the making. Also those are probably from the Boulder City roommate murderer, not the mob

    • @LordQuas
      @LordQuas Před rokem

      @@CynicalHistorian Curious about "the Boulder City roommate murderer." Just searched this term and didn't find anything. Do you have any other name to look up?

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před rokem

      @@LordQuas I got that name from Mike Green. I don't know if there's anything more than looking it up in the RJ

  • @nickames3808
    @nickames3808 Před 2 lety +1

    YEAH!!! And the BODIES being found in Lake Mead add emphasis, shall we say!

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 Před 2 lety +1

    it's just a question of who become who....
    did mob become more corporate...or did corporate become more mob...
    or are the two of them just different sides of the same coin?

  • @qbob4202
    @qbob4202 Před 2 lety +1

    I gotta ask, is he dad one of the specialists from Pawn Stars?

  • @renel8964
    @renel8964 Před 2 lety

    20:28 hahahahahaha!
    "I'll fly ya to the moon alright!"- Sinatra

  • @coreylevine8095
    @coreylevine8095 Před rokem

    I been to Las Vegas in 2012 going back there this December

  • @Argos-xb8ek
    @Argos-xb8ek Před 2 lety

    The Casino Video will be worth the wait

  • @HistoryandHeadlines
    @HistoryandHeadlines Před 2 lety +4

    I have never been to Las Vegas, but would be interested going there some day. Who in this comments section has been there?

    • @theshenpartei
      @theshenpartei Před 2 lety

      I have been to Vegas two times

    • @HistoryandHeadlines
      @HistoryandHeadlines Před 2 lety +2

      @@theshenpartei Are there any particular sites/attractions you would recommend vs. those you wouldn't recommend?

    • @theshenpartei
      @theshenpartei Před 2 lety

      @@HistoryandHeadlines titanic museum at Luxor, atomic test museum, the mob museum and red rock canyon those are my recommendations. As for not to recommend I’m not so sure. I have been there both pre and post pandemic.

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +3

      If you're ever headed there, I recommend checking out the museums listed in the description

    • @HistoryandHeadlines
      @HistoryandHeadlines Před 2 lety +2

      @@CynicalHistorian Some day perhaps, if/when I can ever afford it. I love going to museums and I also love amusement rides!

  • @Frank-ev5fj
    @Frank-ev5fj Před 2 lety

    Hi Cypher, I just visited Vegas, it was my first time in the american West. I also visited the Mob Museum. They say that in the '40s/50's, the greatest american mobsters made an agreement to declare Vegas as an "open city", that meant that all criminal rackets were allowed to do business there. Was that important for Vegas' development?
    If you drive thru Vegas today, you read often the name "Siegel", e.g. Siegel Apartments. I strongly believe that this has to do something with "Bugsy". Did he want to improve his image by building cheap apartments for the poor and something alike?
    Your videos are a very good introduction in american history, thank you so much for that !!👏👏

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +1

      Not really and those are just names not something he did (he hardly did anything)

  • @animationfanatic2133
    @animationfanatic2133 Před rokem +1

    Did you ever meet Frank cullota? Also adorable cat 😺

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před rokem +2

      Don't think i ever did, but given how many local history events i got dragged to, i wouldn't rule out the possibility

  • @promiscuous5761
    @promiscuous5761 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you..

  • @insertcolorfulmetaphor8520

    Cynical Historian is gonna tell you a couple of three things...

  • @michaelhorn6029
    @michaelhorn6029 Před 2 lety +2

    Can you tell us the subject of the dissertation? Will you become Dr. Cynical historian?

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +8

      It's working title is "Vestiges of Violence: Incorporating the American Southwest, 1848-1919"

  • @jmiller3579
    @jmiller3579 Před 3 měsíci

    Your dad is the Nevadan treasure

  • @KevinButler55
    @KevinButler55 Před 2 lety +1

    Fantastic

  • @jarettrobak
    @jarettrobak Před rokem

    How come I didn’t see Joe Pesci on that black book list ?

  • @gmen1267
    @gmen1267 Před 2 lety +2

    Long live the king!

  • @Eyecyou64
    @Eyecyou64 Před 2 lety

    I wasn't aware you could use insinuate like that

  • @colefreer
    @colefreer Před 2 lety +1

    as a local, now I'm curious to know what high school you graduated from in the valley lol

  • @TheCorpseshredder
    @TheCorpseshredder Před 2 lety +1

    Now wait a minute. Your dad is THAT GUY?

  • @NotHPotter
    @NotHPotter Před 2 lety +1

    20:00 then the real criminals showed up

  • @2007cgarza
    @2007cgarza Před 2 lety +1

    Love the Mob Museum in Las Vegas :) A relative was in a booth at Golden Steer next to the mayor and her husband, the past Mayor and big presence Oscar in the Mob Museum, a couple of years ago, history in your face there!

  • @dendostar5436
    @dendostar5436 Před 2 lety +1

    COOL!

  • @julieverma1865
    @julieverma1865 Před 4 měsíci

    How do I find yhem

  • @HeroHistory480
    @HeroHistory480 Před 2 lety +1

    I get the impression that Las Vegas likes blowing things up.

    • @HeroHistory480
      @HeroHistory480 Před 2 lety +3

      (Also, good luck on your dissertation!)

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety +2

      thanks, and Las Vegans definitely like implosions - it's basically a cultural staple for locals

  • @irvingramirez2335
    @irvingramirez2335 Před 2 lety +1

    First live watch 😄

  • @BlackyBrownDestruction9337

    How did they know they were buried alive, they found the same dirt inside their lungs?

  • @kgregorius8550
    @kgregorius8550 Před 2 lety +1

    Demolition people must have made a lot of money doing all that work.

  • @UnPureMaddness
    @UnPureMaddness Před 2 lety

    LOL i recognize your dad from pawn stars

  • @tehp4t
    @tehp4t Před 2 lety

    i love your content put your pro cat antics need to be addressed

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 Před 2 lety

    It's bad enough to abandon your history. Blowing it up is even worse somehow.

  • @ehrldawg
    @ehrldawg Před rokem

    I wonder what Micheal Franzese thinks about this?

  • @diggs5142
    @diggs5142 Před 2 lety

    My Heritage (not hate guys fr) seems like a good service. Will they find my Mennonite brethren??

    • @CynicalHistorian
      @CynicalHistorian  Před 2 lety

      If they show up on census, birth certificate, marriage license, and baptismal records - yes. It's quite robust