Few murders have seared the soul of Las Vegas like one that didn’t even happen in the city—the June 20, 1947, murder of mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel in his girlfriend’s Beverly Hills home. David G. Schwartz, Vegas SEVEN
The stories of old Las Vegas continue to intrigue us. Even sixty-five years later, we are still fascinated with stories of mob guys and their gals.
Wendy Mazaros was one of those gals. Her husband then, mob hitman Tom Hanley, helped Virginia Hill move out of her mansion after Bugsy got whacked and gave him her sable coat, which their daughter Amy now wears.
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