Family Secrets | S1E10

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

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

“He always said if you pull a gun on somebody, you finish it.” Tony Spilotro goes missing in June of 1986, last seen driving away from his brother's home in suburban Illinois. Over two decades later, a racketeering trial in Chicago reveals what happened after that. 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.
0:02.0	Mobbed up contains explicit content, such as adult language and depictions of violence, including
0:07.8	murder.
0:08.8	Please be advised that this podcast might not be suitable for all audiences. What was your relationship with Mr Spilatro? I worked for him? He was my boss.
0:37.0	What do you mean when you say that you worked for Tony Spolatro? I committed burglaries, murder, extortions from dope dealers,
0:42.0	grab messages back and forth to the casinos,
0:45.4	collected juice money.
0:47.2	Of this litany of this long list,
0:50.7	what was your main occupation?
0:53.0	I was a burglar.
0:55.0	If the back and forth you're hearing sounds familiar, that's because you heard it in the opening scene of this series.
1:02.0	It's taking place in June of 1985 during the third day of a public hearing held by the President's Commission on Organized Crime, an advisory committee set up under President Ronald Reagan.
1:13.9	The witness is testifying from behind a screen to protect his present appearance.
1:18.8	If you're connecting the dots, you've probably guessed that the witness is Frank Kalata, who in 1985 is still in witness protection
1:25.2	and living under an assumed identity. The voice you're hearing is a voice actor reading a
1:30.7	transcript of Frank's testimony.
1:33.4	The questioning continues.
1:35.8	How many burglaries did you and your crew commit in Las Vegas?
1:40.0	Well over 200.
1:41.0	Not in Las Vegas, but throughout my lifetime.
1:44.7	You know of the Stardust Hotel, do you not?
1:47.9	Yes, I do.
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