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THE REGENCY HOTEL HEIST - BIGGER THAN THE PIERE HOTEL HEIST

“Dapper Thieves Startle a Posh Hotel” was the headline of the feature story in the New York Times by Steven Lee Myers telling of the daring robbery of the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue by “well-mannered and well dressed” gentlemen wearing professional facial prosthetics to hide their true identities,

Capt. Michael Gardner of the Third Detective Division told reporters that the hotel's front door is usually locked at 3:45 a.m., “so it was not clear how the robbers got in, but once they did they worked quickly and efficiently. only breaking into the [safe deposit boxes] ones they knew from a list of registered guests were full. It was a very smooth operation," he said. "I would classify it as a professional job. The sophisticated thieves worked with concentrated precision for ninety minutes to confiscate a fortune in spectacular jewelry from the hotel’s safe deposit boxes.”

This robbery, eclipsing that of the Pierre Hotel, didn’t receive the same widespread publicity because the Regency put a lid on it immediately.  Debra Kelman, a spokeswoman for the Loews Corporation, which owns the Regency, declined to discuss the incident, refusing to release the names of the guests held hostage or the names of the guests who were robbed.

To this day, this case has never been solved.   Not any more.  Saturday we will know every detail of the crime as told by the man who opened those safe deposit boxes, who planned it and what happened to the jewelry after the robbery -- then we solve the armored car warehouse robbery of over Eight Million Dollars! 

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LIVE FROM NEW YORK -- Anthony M. DeStefano -- Mob Expert Deluxe

Listen live Saturday August 18th 2018  by clicking this link at 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm UK

The press nicknamed him “The Prime Minister of the Underworld.” The U.S. Treasury’s Bureau of Narcotics described him as “one of the most powerful and influential Mafia leaders in the U.S.” But to friends and associates, he was simply “Uncle Frank.” Who was Frank Costello really? That’s the question Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony M. DeStefano sets out to answer—in this definitive portrait of one of the most fascinating figures in the annals of American crime . . .  
 
Using newly released FBI files, eyewitness accounts, and family mementos, Top Hoodlum takes you inside the Mafia that Frank Costello helped build from the ground up, from small-time bootlegging and gambling to a nationwide racketeering empire. The book’s stunning revelations include:
 
* Costello’s secret interviews with federal investigators—now released for the first time
* His private meetings with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover
* His partnership with Charlie “Lucky” Luciano and how they brutally displaced the old guard of the Mafia
*Surviving an assassination attempt by Genovese Family hitman Vincent “Chin” Gigante
*His crime family’s role in the now legendary suicide of Abe “Kid Twist” Reles, a Murder, Inc. member who was about to rat out the mob
* His personal involvement in the notorious 1947 “mob summit” in Havana, Cuba
* His secret interests, both real and suspected, in Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Manhattan night clus like the Copacabana
* His power over politicians, rapport with reporters, and amazing ability to evade the feds
* His refusal to admit his crimes long after he retired—until his death in 1973
 
Sometimes shocking, sometimes amusing, and always riveting, these are the stories that have inspired American crime classics like The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos. This is the man who made the Mafia such a powerful force in our nation’s history. This is Top Hoodlum.

Dog Foils Evil Plot — PETER BOWMASTER LIVE 2pm pt/5pm et

On our Facebook fan page, I saw an ad for a new “mini” true crime book about a dog witnessing a murder... or at least the dog saw something worthy of being published in True Crime. 

 

WHAT THE LITTLE DOG WITNESSED. (Not a kids book)  A conniving couple devises a cruel plan to steal a farmer’s wealth, but the little dog Jim isn’t going to let them get away with murdering his master. Career convict and con artist Ed Hubbard and his accomplice Willie Roberts, a young and attractive prostitute, set out to play a long game against the farmer Pleas Burns, who owned a spread on the Spring River in Arkansas. But Willie grows tired of waiting and pressures Hubbard to “fix the old man.” Even with a backstory of multiple marriages, extramarital affairs, an incompetent judge, an extremely messy divorce, a death sentence, two jail breaks, incest, a connection to one of the most infamous criminal gangs of the 1930s, three murders, a terrible miscarriage of justice, and two sensational murder trials, the most fascinating part of the story is an amazing and heroic canine.

A true Crime story for sure —-= PATRICK BOWMASTER joins us Saturday 2pm PT/ 5 pm ET

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