Sunday, November 15, 2009

THE VEGAS MOB TOUR


The Vegas Mob Tour is a two and a half hour bus tour that reveals the sordid history of Las Vegas. According to Robert Allen, CEO and founder, " People are fascinated by anything about Las Vegas. They want to hear about the celebrities, the casinos, the mob and all that's synonymous with this town." Allen says he based his tour on the stories found in the popular book "The Battle for Las Vegas" written by well known author Dennis Griffin and personal interviews with Dennis Arnoldy, retired FBI Special Agent.

The experience begins with tales about the mob's connection with Vegas. You'll visit the sites where murders, strange disappearances and mob activity occurred. Your tour guides, dressed in Pinstriped Suits and Fedoras, weave "eerie" stories about Las Vegas' darkest secrets. Strange tales of Sin City's colorful past fill the air.

You will hear about the notorious gangster/casino builder Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and infamous mob enforcers Tony "The Ant" Spilotro and Frank Cullotta. Guests learn the truth about casino boss Frank "Lefty"Rosenthal, as well as celebrity deaths, suicides and many other strange and puzzling Nevada mysteries.

If you are looking for something different "The Vegas Mob Tour" provides a spine tingling look into the dark and mysterious side of the Neon City!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Frank Cullotta


Frank Cullotta was born in Chicago in 1938. As a youth he embarked on a decades-long criminal career, hanging around with some of the toughest kids on the Windy City’s streets. Frank and several of his associates went on to become accomplished thieves, arsonists, and killers. One of those was Frank’s friend, Tony “the Ant” Spilotro, who gained notoriety as a ruthless Chicago Outfit enforcer. Tony was the mob’s top man in Las Vegas during the 1970s and through the mid-1980s. Frank was his main man for much of that time. Together, they and their gang ruled the Vegas underworld.

In 1982, the two men had a falling out that resulted in Frank rolling and becoming a government witness. His testimony was instrumental in putting a number of mobsters behind bars and causing the Outfit to lose its control over Las Vegas. Although the mob issued a contract on his life, Frank survived his time in prison and the Witness Protection Program. He is now a free man. His tell-all biography, Cullotta, was released in May 2007.
See: www.VegasMobTour.com

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Chicago Mob in Las Vegas


Tony "the Ant" Spilotro

In the 1970s and thru the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit was the dominant organized crime family in Las Vegas, with business interests in several casinos. During those years the Outfit was using Sin City as a cash cow. Commonly referred to as the “skim,” unreported revenue from Outfit-controlled casinos was making its way out of Vegas by the bag full and ending up in the coffers of the crime bosses in Chicago.

Led by mob boss Tony "The Ant" Spilotro and his enforcer Frank Cullotta, Las Vegas was under a rein of mob control.

Now you can take a 2,5 hour guided "Vegas Mob Tour" and learn the unvarnished truth about the mob's influence over Las Vegas. Visit crime scenes and mob hangouts. Discover the real facts about Bugsy Seigel, Sam Giancona, Meyer Lansky, Frank Rosenthal, Tony Spilotro, Frank Cullotta and more! For more Information visit: www.VegasMobTour.com