News about Bugsy Siegel

The house was not owned by the owner. Virginia Hill, the mistress who served as a courier for the mob, leased it for his mistress, who leased it for the mob. Siegel was shot and killed by an assassination attempt with an M1 Carbine through the front window of the house on June 20, 1947, giving him two gunshots to the head. The investigation was never concluded. (A photograph in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner collection depicts a detective pointing to five bullet holes in the wall the day after the murder.)

Frank Sinatra was 'almost married to the crowd,' according to a recent book, despite openly denying that he had any links to organized crime for the bulk of his life and career. In upcoming biography, Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders, new information about the legendary mafia bosses, including notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel and Sinatra's role as a mafia courier, is set to be revealed on Thursday, September 8. Sinatra, who was known for championing his working-class Italian roots, had vehemently denied allegations or suspicion that he was also associated with the Italian mafia, slamming the allegations as "vicious lies" during his long career.' Sinatra was actually so enthralled by gangsters that he even wanted to imitate a notorious mobster bug, Bugsy Siegel (bottom left) who chopped up his victims with axes, according to authors Douglas Thompson and Mike Rothmiller. The mafia is also accused of starting Sinatra's career and investing $50,000 on his image as an 'investment' that was then compelled to pay back in favors. Sinatra was also 'central to the scheme' of becoming socialite,' according to the book, who was sleeping with mob boss Sam Giancana close to JFK (right).

On Monday, a new set of human remains was reported to the National Park Service. The remains were discovered at Swim Beach, the third and fourth discoveries, which a coroner said may be the same individual. If the fifth set is also linked, it is uncertain. In May, the bodies were first discovered. Lake Mead is now receding at a rate of 12 inches a week in the midst of a searing drought.

In May, the first body was discovered in May. On Lake Mead's (inset) muddy shore, the skeletal remains of a man were discovered crammed inside a rused metal barrel (top right). He had been shot in the head, Mob style, sometime in the 1970s or 1980s, according to police. Since then, the corpses have been coming out of America's largest reservoir, which has been spilling its decades-old mysteries. The lake is notable for being just 20 miles from Las Vegas at its nearest point. So, perhaps unexpectedly, although other drying reservoirs in America's parched Southwest have uncovered wonders like a fossilized mastodon skull and ancient Native American dwellings, Sin City's one closest to Sin City is delivering more gruesome surprises.