1996 Chicago, a song called Po Pimp hits number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. Number one on Hot Rap singles. 600,000 copies sold before the year is out. Do or die, Twister, Johnny P. Three names out of Chicago’s West and South Side that suddenly the whole country knew. The man…
The woman steps out of a Cadillac on East 60th Street on a Tuesday night in the year 1966. She is 20 years old. She is from Lawrence, Long Island, a dental assistant, a daughter of accountants neighbors, a person whose previous boyfriends took her to Chinese restaurants and shopping [music] malls….
August 16th, 1968, approximately [snorts] 10:17 in the evening. The North Rosemont neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona is quiet the way desert neighborhoods are quiet after dark. The kind of silence that makes sound travel. Two explosions rip through it roughly 30 seconds apart. Close enough together that the second one arrives before the first…
August 27th, 1979. Chino State Prison, California. 11:40 a.m. The yard was hot, the concrete shimmering, and Robert Robot Salis was walking the track with a cup of instant coffee when three men came up behind him. No words, no warning. The first shank went into his kidney. The second hit a…
There is a scene in Casino that almost nobody talks about. Not the murder scenes. Not the money counting scenes with the cash piled up in back rooms. Not the car bombing. Not the cornfield. Not Sharon Stone in the poolside argument. A [bell] quiet scene. A young man in a nice…
March 15th, 1981, South Philadelphia. Shortly before 500 a.m., Philip Ta stepped onto his porch at 2117 Porter Street. The spring air was cold, typical for early March in the city. He had spent the night at his social club, followed by a late meal. Behind him, his front door clicked shut….
March 15th, 1981, South Philadelphia. Shortly before 500 a.m., Philip Ta stepped onto his porch at 2117 Porter Street. The spring air was cold, typical for early March in the city. He had spent the night at his social club, followed by a late meal. Behind him, his front door clicked shut. Beneath…
They called him Mr. Las Vegas. For 40 years, he sold out every showroom on the strip, shook every hand, kissed every cheek, and made every tourist feel like they were the most important person in the world. He performed more than 30,000 shows. He owned a ranch the size of a…
They say Benny Bingan built Las Vegas on guts in a suitcase full of Dallas gambling money. They say he was the cowboy who tamed Fremont Street and created the World Series of Poker. But what if I told you that Benny Bingan never ran his own casino? that every major decision,…
May 2nd, 1957, 10:25 p.m., the Majestic apartment building, Central Park West, Manhattan. Frank Costello stepped out of his Cadillac and walked toward the lobby doors. He never made it inside. Vincent “The Chin” Gigante emerged from the shadows, raised a .38 revolver, and screamed, “This is for you, Frank. ” The…
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