An Offer You Can't Refuse: the History of Organized Crime in the United States
Ryan Pettengill
39 episodes
3 days ago
An Offer You Can't Refuse is a podcast that focuses on the history of organized crime in the United States. It employs an academic approach to its study in that it places organized crime within the broader context of American history.
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An Offer You Can't Refuse is a podcast that focuses on the history of organized crime in the United States. It employs an academic approach to its study in that it places organized crime within the broader context of American history.
The Desert Oasis: the Mafia's Takeover of Las Vegas, 1941-1947
An Offer You Can't Refuse: the History of Organized Crime in the United States
42 minutes 8 seconds
2 years ago
The Desert Oasis: the Mafia's Takeover of Las Vegas, 1941-1947
In Episode 23, Pettengill revisits the mob's conquest of the West. He notes that gambling and vice were fixtures of Las Vegas long before the mob showed up but what Moe Dalitz, Billy Wilkerson, and especially Benjamin Siegel brought was innovation. By focusing on the ways the Mafia profited from legalized gambling, Pettengill uncovers the evolution of modern Las Vegas - a luxury destination in the desert where an assortment of characters came together to gamble away their fortunes.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: the History of Organized Crime in the United States
An Offer You Can't Refuse is a podcast that focuses on the history of organized crime in the United States. It employs an academic approach to its study in that it places organized crime within the broader context of American history.
