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My main source for this episode is the book called Bugsie Segal, the Dark Side of the American Dream by Michael Schneirson.

And I also used a lot of old newspaper articles where we last left off the cops were looking into Segal for the murder of Tony Fobratso.

Prohibition ended and Segal had recently moved into a house with his wife and daughters in scars Dale, New York.

Segal's next move was to try his luck on the West Coast. He wanted to seek out new opportunities for the syndicate as well as reinvent himself.

In glamorous Los Angeles. Ben Segal first arrived in Los Angeles in 1933. He already had a contact there. Gangster turned Hollywood actor George Rafft.

Rafft had recently acted in the 1932 movie Scarface, propelling him into stardom. While Segal's main objective in Los Angeles was to seek new opportunities for the syndicate, according to Rafft, quote,

he came out here because he wanted to be somebody. Segal had long been fascinated by the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and now he had a chance to be a part of it.

Segal managed to elbow his way into the city's underworld, taking on a reluctant partnership with LA Crime Boss Jack Dragna.

Now, Dragna was not happy about partnering up with Segal and sharing in the profits from his gambling rackets.

He had his own thing going on. He's like, who is this guy coming in from New York and stepping on my turf?

That's always something that happens in movies about the mafia. They're like, hey, I'm helping out now. It's like, no, you're just taking a cut and not adding anything to the mix.

Yeah. Segal had lucky Luciano's blessing, so it's like Jack Dragna had no choice.

Yeah, so he's basically just giving this guy money for being around. Right. Yeah. In 1934, Segal rented a home in Beverly Hills and he split his time between LA and New York.

His wife and daughters remained in New York while he was out gallivanting around LA, fucking a lot of brods.

In addition to making money through the gambling rackets, Segal himself gambled nearly every day.

He loved the horse tracks and because he had inside info on which horses were good, he made a lot of money doing this.

A percentage of Segal's earnings went to the syndicate, but he also used some of his riches to fund his brother Maurice's education.

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