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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 254: When The Mob Ran Hollywood
Description: In America, one organization has seemingly been in control of every industry we have at some point and time in our history. That group is known collectively as The Mob. From prostitution, to running unions, to funding government officials, some form of organized crime has been in control since the Mayflower. We are going to talk about one such industry today, an industry that is arguably our largest export: The Film Industry. Yes, in the early days of the film industry, Bugsy Siegel was sent over by one of the big crime families in New York to get in on th...