Floor 2

Kefauver Hearings

In the aftermath of World War II, the public started hearing more about organized crime and its corrosive influence in communities across America. Business and political leaders demanded action. A freshman U.S. senator from Tennessee, Estes Kefauver, seized...

Open City

As law enforcement across the nation cracked down on illegal gambling, mobsters cast their eyes toward Las Vegas. Why worry about the next police raid of your illegal gambling hall when you could operate legally in Las Vegas? In the 1940s and ’50s, Mob-conn...

Spinning a Deadly Web

Public corruption goes hand in hand with organized crime. From paying police officers to look the other way to buying off politicians to land lucrative contracts, the Mob has infiltrated some of America’s most essential institutions. The Mob collaborated wi...

Mob’s Greatest Hits

For the Mob, murder was an all-too-frequent solution to internal conflicts. Mob bosses used violence to exert power and eliminate enemies. Up-and-comers displayed brute force to prove their mettle. Hit men earned a living by assassination. This culture of b...