Cleanface | S1E6

Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal | The Mob Museum

Documentary, History, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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"Now I’m getting this directly from, you know, Cleanface. You follow me?" In 1977, future Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was appointed chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Before long, Reid would find himself battling bribery accusations, working with the FBI on a sting operation and going toe-to-toe with Chicago mob associate Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal at licensing hearings. For more on this episode, visit www.reviewjournal.com/mobbedup. To learn about The Mob Museum, visit www.themobmuseum.org.

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0:00.0	A heads up before we get started. Mobbed up contains explicit content such as adult language and
0:06.4	depictions of violence including murder. Please be advised that this podcast might not be suitable
0:11.7	for all audiences. About a week ago, you know, a week ago, one of the guys.
0:24.0	Ayenayor,
0:26.0	about a week ago,
0:31.0	you know, there's two guys here running a for governor one of the
0:34.6	guy named Spapelisk which is here to the channel the other one is Bob Rose
0:38.2	one is the republic then the one that's democrat the attorney general is the general is the one that is
0:44.4	in the run his campaign around the Rosenthal, you know, around the
0:50.5	Rosenthal. The conversation you're hearing is actual audio of a phone call between two
0:57.4	associates of the Kansas City crime family. One of the men is on a payphone
1:02.3	at a hotel in Kansas City, the Breckinridgein, and the other is on the ground in Las Vegas.
1:09.0	The call is taking place on Friday, November 3rd, 1978, four days before statewide elections in
1:16.2	Nevada, and in the governor's race, the state's lieutenant governor, Bob Rose, is up against
1:21.0	the state's attorney general, Bob List, whom you heard from on the previous episode.
1:26.6	On this call, Kansas City Mob Associates, Joe Augusta, and Carl, or Tufts,
1:31.7	are talking about this election.
1:34.0	How it might impact the Mob's Casino operations in Vegas,
1:38.0	specifically at the Stardust Hotel,
1:40.0	which Kansas City has a stake in alongside a handful of other syndicates,
1:43.9	most notably the Chicago outfit.
1:45.7	The
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