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Casino, Frank Cullotta, the Hole in the Wall Gang

“CASINO” Tours with Frank Cullotta Launch to Mark 20th Year of Movie’s Release

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    This year marks the 20th anniversary of the blockbuster movie “Casino,” which provided a fast-paced dramatization of an era in Las Vegas when organized crime controlled many of the city’s casinos. Beginning March 18, history buffs and film aficionados alike can join former mobster Frank Cullotta himself for a two-hour tour of the places where iconic scenes from “Casino” actually took place. The tour will begin at The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, with a special private tour by former FBI Special Agent Dennis Arnoldy and Mob historian Robert George Allen. Following the visit to the Museum, guests will depart on a bus tour that will take them to locations immortalized in history and in film, such as The Casino House, the site of the Frankie “Blue” death scene, Bertha’s robbery site and more. In addition, participants will learn the true stories behind the events that transpired in the film. Cullotta is the former leader of Las Vegas’ “Hole in the Wall Gang,” as well as a …

Frank Cullotta's Casino Tour

Casino (The Movie): 20 Years After

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  Amidst the bright flashing lights in the city with no clocks, time was ticking for those who were skimming millions from the most popular gambling spots in Sin City, Las Vegas. The blockbuster movie of 1995 was Casino, based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi and filmed by Martin Scorsese. Filled with stars like Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci, and the backdrop of Las Vegas in its heyday, Casino was another Mafia hit from the genre that gave us The Godfather and Goodfellas. Audiences were taken back to a time when Vegas was ruled by the Mob, specifically the Chicago Outfit. Gaining a foothold in the gambling mecca meant millions were skimmed off the top, with no record, and delivered to the Mob bosses via Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. The film re-creates the true story of power, money, and murder and how it all came tumbling down. Frank Cullotta played an integral part in the burglary operations of the Vegas crew known as the Hole in the Wall Gang because of their signature …

Kim Kolton’s Crime Wire: Mobsters and More at MOB-CON!

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You can hear Crime Wire   Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern.  Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE or to the PODCAST Gangsters and G-Men, Good Guys and Bad Guys, Mobsters and those who write about them, all aboard in Vegas for the first MOB-CON! Join the show with host, Kim Kolton as she talks with Dennis Griffin, Robert Allen and Frank Cullotta all about Mob-Con 2013. Learn first hand about what’s in store for visitors of the first ever Mob Convention! You’ll meet real “Wise Guys, Goodfellas and Goombas.” Hear their incredible fascinating and true stories of secrecy, murder and mayhem. Former ”Made Men” who lived “the life” and now are willing to share its good and bad sides with you. You learn what it was like living among the underworld.  You’ll also meet the good guys who brought them down and put ’em away. Hear the stories of the dedicated law enforcement officers who chased the bad guys and put them out of business. These former FBI, Metro Police and …

Crime Wire: Talking to the MOB!

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  You can hear Crime Wire Investigates Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern. Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insidelenz   It’s a Mob takeover on Crime Wire! Join host, Dennis Griffin, and a couple of his friends and former mobsters for an hour of discussion about their life of crime within the Mob.  Andrew DiDonato began his criminal career in Brooklyn in 1979 at the age of 14. In 1982 he became an associate of the Nicky Corozzo crew of the Gambino family and for the next 15 years his crimes ranged from larceny and robbery to credit card fraud, bank robbery and attempted murder. In 1997 he was on the lam from law enforcement and under a death sentence from his own crew and another organized crime family. The law caught him first and he eventually became a cooperating government witness. DiDonato is the subject of the popular book, Surviving the Mob by Crime Wire host, Dennis Griffin. After a lengthy criminal career in the Windy City with the Chicago Outfit, Frank Cullotta joined his boyhood …

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The Roth Show Hosts Author Dennis Griffin

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 Listen LIVE: http://therothshow.com Join Dr. Laurie Roth and Susan Murphy Milano each Wednesday BROADCASTING AT A NEW TIME!  8-9 Pacific, 11-12am Eastern Denny Griffin is a man who wears many hats, a former officer of the law turned author, radio host, and crime investigator, he has turned his retirement into the busiest time of his life! Denny has written several books on the history of the Las Vegas Mob, interviewing and befriending several former mobsters including Henry Hill and Frank Cullotta, the subject of his book Cullotta:The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster, and Government Witness and Andrew DiDonato, whose story of life in the Gambino family is told in Surviving the Mob. His latest venture is something new and different. Griffin has been contracted to write the story of Don Hill, the noted saxaphonist of The Treniers. Titled House Party Tonight, the book is scheduled for a November, 2012 release to celebrate Don Hill’s 91st birthday. As the managing partner of Bear Media, Inc., Denny participates in Real Wiseguys, an event planning entity which revolves around …