Mobbed Up: The Fight For Las Vegas, Season 2

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🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

From casino floors to count rooms to courtrooms, and from Washington, D.C., to Detroit to the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German guides listeners through stories he covered as a young journalist in the 1970s and 1980s. Season 2 of “Mobbed Up” is an 8-part narrative detailing Mafia-family control of about one-third of the Strip’s casinos; the rise and disappearance of Teamsters legend Jimmy Hoffa, who used pension funds to bankroll the construction of many mob-run resorts; fighting among federal investigators and judges; the clash between entertainment legends Wayne Newton and Johnny Carson to replace the mob and own the Aladdin hotel, and a congressional impeachment and conviction of a key figure in the fight for Las Vegas.

The first two episodes will be released on June 21st, with new episodes added each Monday. The Mobbed Up series is a collaborative production from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Mob Museum. For more information, visit www.reviewjournal.com/mobbedup. And now here's an exclusive look into Mobbed Up, Season 2.

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0:30.9	Mobdub, the fight for Las Vegas Season 2. Examines hidden mob interests at the Aladdin and other Las Vegas
0:38.9	casinos in the late 1970s and early 80s. The most colorful era in the fight to rid the industry of organized crime.
0:47.9	Mobdub dives into the disappearance of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, whose mob connected union
0:53.9	pension fund loaned millions of dollars to strip casinos. Those casinos were a precursor to the mega
1:00.9	resorts that now dominate the strip and attract millions of tourists each year. Mobdub takes you inside
1:07.9	the bit of feud between Las Vegas strip icon Wayne Newton and talk show host Johnny Carson as they fight for the
1:14.9	right to buy the Aladdin after the state banned its mob tainted owners from the industry. Mobdub also looks
1:21.9	back at the unprecedented war between federal prosecutors pursuing the mob and Nevada's two federal judges
1:28.9	who questioned their tactics. One of those judges Harry Clayborn was ultimately indicted on charges of
1:36.9	taking bribes from notorious brothel baron Joe Conforte and impeached by Congress.
1:42.9	And they've got connections. Mobdub is produced by the Las Vegas Review Journal and the podcast is in
1:51.9	partnership with the mob museum. The series will be told through the eyes of Newton, national Hoffa
1:57.9	experts and a long list of former gaming regulators, prosecutors and elected officials who played key
2:04.9	roles in the fight against the mob. The first two episodes will be released on June 21st,
2:10.9	new episodes added each Monday. Be sure to subscribe to Mobdub the fight for Las Vegas on Apple Spotify
2:19.9	or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. And now here's an exclusive look into Mobdub.
2:48.9	And so was their piggy bank. They had the ability to get loans for whoever they wanted to get loans for.
2:53.9	Crime. You're in with every gangster in the United States. I don't go for that, Mr. Kelly. I don't go for that kind of action.
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