#Bugsy Siegel

[superheroesandspies]

Sam Rockwell as Bugsy Siegel in Drunk History (2015)

[soapkaars]

Ever since @faustiandevil talked about what could’ve been with 'All Through the Night', and ever since he introduced me to 'Gangsters vs Nazis' I've been wondering what kind of film could’ve been made if the people back then had guts. There’s a chapter about Bugsy Siegel in the book, and when I read that I realised we'd been robbed of a perfect role: Peter Lorre as Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel, a charismatic, baby-faced, elegant-looking gangster with a cold, fucked up demeanour who was a maniac with a gun, facing off American nazis.

Anyways, when I read all that (and also how he apparently was staying at the same hotel as Goring and Mussolini, and how he was ready to kill them if it wasn’t for his girlfriend stopping him because she was afraid for consequences to her family), I decided to make some studies of Peter Lorre as Bugsy Siegel !

[realitywarpinq]

that scene in s5 where team ny are really annoyed by tonino and it’s clear he gets on their last nerve and charlie makes reference to him possibly having been the one to kill gyp (? dunno if they’re supposed to know that for sure) is so funny to me bc like. guys. that happened eight years ago. cmonnnnn that was sooooo 1923 get over itttt why have you kept him around for so long just to keep making snide remarks about how incompetent he isss. I guess even gangsters experience That Coworker

[deadwaterss]

[thecoparoom]

RIP Bugsy

Life, 1947

[myhauntedsalem]

The Ghost of Bugsy Siegel

One of the few original hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada that remains today is the Flamingo Hotel. This hotel has a very famous ghost residing in its Presidential Suite. At 10:30 P.M. on June 20, 1947 Benjamin Bugsy Siegel a well-known gangster was shot and killed at his girlfriend’s home in Beverly Hills, California.

Siegel rose from the poverty-ridden slums of Brooklyn, New York to become a famous racketeer. Ben as he liked to be called, was tall, charming, athletic and handsome. He had the gift of gab, was a sharp dresser and it was said his piercing blue eyes were fearless. From his early teens Siegel was a successful criminal.

Siegel was also the classic textbook sociopath. He took what he wanted without a thought for his victims. He was a master manipulator of people. He had a long history of robbery, rape and murder. His fellow criminals dubbed him Bugsy because he was known to take jobs others wouldn’t take. He became the mob’s most feared hit man. Bugsy is a fitting nickname because Siegel often would go bugs with anger if others crossed him.

Yet Siegel is not remembered for his crimes but for his flamboyant lifestyle, which included many mob connections and Hollywood friends. He is also remembered because he was one of the first to see the opportunity that Las Vegas, Nevada presented. Because of this his name is synonymous with gambling in Las Vegas. But it would be his association with this town that caused his death.

Siegel seeing Vegas’ potential convinced his mob and Hollywood friends to invest in a project that he assured them would result in quick profits. He started to build a hotel/casino called the Flamingo. The project turned into a money pit costing over 6 million dollars. This drained his mob friends treasury dry. To add insult to injury his mob friends back east, including Meyer Lansky, learned that Siegel was skimming money from the building budget and putting it in numbered Swiss bank accounts.

The mob decided to put a hit out on Siegel. Lansky, who was a close friend of Siegel because Bugsy had saved his neck on several occasions in the past convinced the Syndicate to hold off. He convinced them that the Flamingo was going to be a moneymaker therefore they could get their money back. At its first opening the Flamingo flopped but months later when Siegel reopened the hotel it was a success. But this did not save his life. To this day it is not known if the Syndicate fulfilled the hit contract they had out on Siegel or if other enemies had him killed. His murder was done mob style. The Syndicate did take over the Flamingo after Siegel’s death.

Las Vegas is no longer owned by the mob. The Hilton Corporation owns the Flamingo Hotel and Casino today. In 1997 the Flamingo celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is the fourth largest hotel in the world with more than 3,500 guest rooms. Siegel was not mentioned during the anniversary celebration. As one writer put it:

“…the lesson that the life of Benjamin Bugsy Siegel imparts on us: a killer with a good idea is, after all, just another bum.”

But the sightings of Siegel’s ghost indicate that he is pleased that his predictions for Las Vegas came true. Since his death, many witnesses have seen Siegel’s ghost at the Flamingo Hotel. For four years before his death in Beverly Hills, Bugsy lived in the Presidential Suite at the Flamingo. Guests that have stayed in this room have reported many strange encounters.

Moving cold spots are reported and objects vanish or are moved around the suite. Witnesses have seen his apparition in the bathroom and near the suite’s pool table. It is reported that he appears to be happy and content to still be present. Some witnesses state he looks to be pleased about something. Maybe he is happy that Las Vegas turned out how he envisioned it.

[wulfesheud]

bugsy siegel's jackets at 810 n. linden drive (1947)

[whatsyourghoststory]

Meet Jean Pesce, LA Crime Buff & Ghost Tour Guide

We are excited to welcome a new storyteller to the American Ghost Walks-California team: Jean Pesce. I know American Ghost Walks founder, Mike Huberty & I both love finding the perfect guide & Jean has researched these stories on her own for years.

We are so excited to welcome a new storyteller to the American Ghost Walks-California team in the person of Jean Pesce. I know American Ghost Walks founder, Mike Huberty, and I both love finding the perfect guide. Many people can memorize a script and recite it to a group, but it’s especially fun when you have a storyteller who legitimately loves the material and, in Jean’s case, she researched…

[artbyalgernon]

I did some mobsters as animal puns

[thehistorybuffgangsters]

Bugsy Siegel and Dutch Schultz

[mountain-of-madness]

Picture of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel in 1947, (looking awfully skinny) the day before his death.

[soapkaars]

Some agenda doodles of Peter Lorre as Bugsy Siegel during the time he was recruited by Judge Perlman to go fight Nazis with other gangsters in their own territories while thinking about how All Through the Night could be remade

[astratv]

Bugsy Siegel: Στο σφυρί η έπαυλη όπου δολοφονήθηκε ο διαβόητος μαφιόζος

Έναντι 17 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων βγαίνει στο σφυρί η έπαυλη του διαβόητου μαφιόζου Bugsy Siegel. Ήταν εκεί όπου δολοφονήθηκε ο γνωστός Αμερικανός γκάνγκστερ, ο οποίος έπαιξε καθοριστικό ρόλο στην ανάπτυξη του τζόγου στο Λας Βέγκας. Ο Benjamin «Bugsy» Siegel, σύμφωνα με το Hollywood Reporter, είχε νοικιάσει την έπαυλη με τα επτά υπνοδωμάτια και τα έξι μπάνια για την ερωμένη του, ηθοποιό Virginia…

[myhauntedsalem]

The Ghost of Bugsy Siegel

One of the few original hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada that remains today is the Flamingo Hotel. This hotel has a very famous ghost residing in its Presidential Suite. At 10:30 P.M. on June 20, 1947 Benjamin Bugsy Siegel a well-known gangster was shot and killed at his girlfriend’s home in Beverly Hills, California.

Siegel rose from the poverty-ridden slums of Brooklyn, New York to become a famous racketeer. Ben as he liked to be called, was tall, charming, athletic and handsome. He had the gift of gab, was a sharp dresser and it was said his piercing blue eyes were fearless. From his early teens Siegel was a successful criminal.

Siegel was also the classic textbook sociopath. He took what he wanted without a thought for his victims. He was a master manipulator of people. He had a long history of robbery, rape and murder. His fellow criminals dubbed him Bugsy because he was known to take jobs others wouldn’t take. He became the mob’s most feared hit man. Bugsy is a fitting nickname because Siegel often would go bugs with anger if others crossed him.

Yet Siegel is not remembered for his crimes but for his flamboyant lifestyle, which included many mob connections and Hollywood friends. He is also remembered because he was one of the first to see the opportunity that Las Vegas, Nevada presented. Because of this his name is synonymous with gambling in Las Vegas. But it would be his association with this town that caused his death.

Siegel seeing Vegas’ potential convinced his mob and Hollywood friends to invest in a project that he assured them would result in quick profits. He started to build a hotel/casino called the Flamingo. The project turned into a money pit costing over 6 million dollars. This drained his mob friends treasury dry. To add insult to injury his mob friends back east, including Meyer Lansky, learned that Siegel was skimming money from the building budget and putting it in numbered Swiss bank accounts.

The mob decided to put a hit out on Siegel. Lansky, who was a close friend of Siegel because Bugsy had saved his neck on several occasions in the past convinced the Syndicate to hold off. He convinced them that the Flamingo was going to be a moneymaker therefore they could get their money back. At its first opening the Flamingo flopped but months later when Siegel reopened the hotel it was a success. But this did not save his life. To this day it is not known if the Syndicate fulfilled the hit contract they had out on Siegel or if other enemies had him killed. His murder was done mob style. The Syndicate did take over the Flamingo after Siegel’s death.

Las Vegas is no longer owned by the mob. The Hilton Corporation owns the Flamingo Hotel and Casino today. In 1997 the Flamingo celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is the fourth largest hotel in the world with more than 3,500 guest rooms. Siegel was not mentioned during the anniversary celebration. As one writer put it:

“…the lesson that the life of Benjamin Bugsy Siegel imparts on us: a killer with a good idea is, after all, just another bum.”

But the sightings of Siegel’s ghost indicate that he is pleased that his predictions for Las Vegas came true. Since his death, many witnesses have seen Siegel’s ghost at the Flamingo Hotel. For four years before his death in Beverly Hills, Bugsy lived in the Presidential Suite at the Flamingo. Guests that have stayed in this room have reported many strange encounters.

Moving cold spots are reported and objects vanish or are moved around the suite. Witnesses have seen his apparition in the bathroom and near the suite’s pool table. It is reported that he appears to be happy and content to still be present. Some witnesses state he looks to be pleased about something. Maybe he is happy that Las Vegas turned out how he envisioned it.

[wulfesheud]

ben bugsy siegel (1940)

[whatsyourghoststory]

Haunted Filming Location: Formosa Cafe & LA Confidential (Plus updates on new hauntings & the Bugsy safe)

The Formosa Cafe is one of my favorite places in LA. Doesn't matter if it's haunted, where a favorite film was shot, if it has historical ties to classic Hollywood or the Mafia. But lucky for me, it has all of that... plus delicious food!