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Wikipedia: Bugsy Siegel
Biography of the gangster. Topics include Siegel's underworld business ventures in Los Angeles and Las Vegas (Flamingo Hotel), and his 1947 assassination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
FBI: Freedom of Information Act: Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel
Bureau files on New York/California/Las Vegas racketeer Siegel contain 2,421 pages.
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/siege.htm
Crime Library: All About Mickey Cohen
Writer Mark Gribben's biographical essay on the New York street tough who became a California gambling czar.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outl...
Crime Library: Arnold Rothstein
Writer Allan May presents a biography of New York mobster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outl...
Wikipedia: Mickey Cohen
Biography of the California gambler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Cohen
LIFE Books: At Home With Mickey Cohen
Photo gallery and brief interview from "Mobsters and Gangsters" shows Cohen and wife LaVonne at their Brentwood, California, home in the 1950s.
http://www.life.com/Life/lifebooks/mobster...
Wikipedia: The Purple Gang
Article describes the history of the Detroit bootlegging gang.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Ga...
Wikipedia: Meyer Lansky
Biography of the New York gangster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky
MurderInc.com
A web page on Murder Inc. and its relationship to the Mafia. Includes profiles of some law enforcement officers who dismantled the assassin unit.
http://www.murderinc.com/
Wikipedia: Dutch Schultz
Biography of the New York gangster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Schultz
Wikipedia: Arnold Rothstein
Biography of the New York gambler and racketeer. Topics include the 1919 "Black Sox" World Series scandal, bootlegging activity and Rothstein's 1928 murder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rothst...
Crime Library: Meyer Lansky: Mastermind of the Mob
Writer Mark Gribben states, if there was a golden age of organized crime, it began with Lansky.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters/meye...
Crime Library: Dutch Schultz: Beer Baron of the Bronx
Writer Allen May delivers a biography of Arthur "Dutch Schultz" Flegenheimer.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters/schu...
Bugsysiegel.net
Website examines "the man who invented Las Vegas," Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Features include biography, quotes, photos, official documents, web links, information and photos of the Flamingo Hotel.
http://www.bugsysiegel.net
Crime Library: Bootlegger's Paradise
Writer Mark Gribben's feature article on the Jewish Purple Gang of Prohibition Era Detroit; photos and bibliography.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters/purp...
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