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need a chance to have a fresh start in life and begin again? then come to the Sierra Madre casino in all its glory and let go of your past, we"ll be waiting.
Would like to have heard more about Vegas since my father was the architect on the Flamingo. Siegal was making changes daily, that can get expensive in a hurry. Dad had to sue him for the architect's fee. Siegal couldn't threaten dad because dad was an honorary sheriff and had designed the courthouse, he knew all the judges! Siegal ended up providing dad with two bodyguards!
When the guy who was building the Flamingo was short on money Bugsy invested the Mobs money and then stole the Flamingo casino from him ,the guy who came up with the idea to build a lavish casino in Las Vegas was not Seigal. Bugsy found out about it while playing poker with him.
Genuine question, why do you think there’s so much glorification of the mob ? You don’t see Netflix or the huge movie makers producing films or series glorifying black Chicago gangs? By the way, I don’t support any glorification of any type of gang but it’s quite interesting how the mob/white gangsters - Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie n Clyde are made into cult like heroes..
One member of Lansky's family has fond memories going to boxing matches with "uncle" Bugsy and Lansky as a kid. They had a great family time going to the boxing matches with Bugsy and Lansky who would start taking bets during the matches.
@@sherlockgnomes8971 that’s a great question. I’ve always wondered that myself. I will say, the black gang life is glorified, particularly in rap music. I think it’s just because we glorify people living an outsider, rugged life, answering to no one. But I agree, the glorification of a life of violent crime is unfortunate.
@@sherlockgnomes8971 that’s a great question. I’ve always wondered that myself. I will say, the black gang life is glorified, particularly in rap music. I think it’s just because we glorify people living an outsider, rugged life, answering to no one. But I agree, the glorification of a life of violent crime is unfortunate.
I was there yesterday with my Mom. It was pretty fascinating, but it did have its heavy moments when we visited the section where it showed pictures of dead mobsters, including Bugsy Siegel. Seeing the pictures of his bloody corpse and his toe tag was pretty chilling.
Does anyone else think it'd be a cool idea if Simon did a Biographics on himself? Even as like an April Fool's Joke thing where he embellishes a lot of his life and personal details. That would be a fun watch.
Good idea. Especially if he just makes up the rest of his life, career and eventual escape, capture and death. Possibly including a time in gaol, a bankruptcy maybe, before finally leading Cornwall to freedom. While residing in Tintagel Castle after a long and bitter battle with the UK and the EU he masterminds the resurgence in the value of tin, pasties and mobile homes becoming the richest man in the world and buying the Duchy from the Prince of Wales. Perfect Business Blaze material.
Business Blaze is like a Biographic of Simon's life -- except instead of covering major events in his life, the Blaze has ramblings about his addiction to KFC and cocaine.
His good looks made him an instant hit with the Hollywood crowd and he was urged to screen test. Had he gone that route thus story could have a vastly different ending. The Mob made in roads into Hollywood as well
I've seen the seigel memorial. After being dragged along to way too many vegas trips, The flamingo became the pink hotel from hell to me and my brother
The Flamingo is nice but it's old. In just stayed there because it was cheap, but damn it's old. And it being right across from the Belagio and Caesar's makes it look unimpressive.
I watch all Simons videos across his 100 channels, and this is a topic (organised crime) I’d love for you to cover more. Not sure which channel it would exactly fit in, but a full episode on the commission would be AMAZING!
Great video! The Roman Emperors, Ancient Warriors, and Mobsters are my favorite videos! As usual, I am here to politely ask for a Biographic on Ip Man, martial arts mentor to the late, great Bruce Lee! I'd love to see the Biographic touch on the life of a man who is simply summed in a series of action movies. Thank you in advance and keep up the great work!-A Loyal Subscriber
I remember hearing a rumor that Buggs Bunny got his name and mannerisms from Siegel. His voice is an impersonation of a cartoon gangster and he chews on a carrot instead of a cigar. Not sure how true it is but it's an interesting story.
1:45 - Chapter 1 - Early years 4:55 - Chapter 2 - The syndicate is born 9:10 - Mid roll ads 10:25 - Chapter 3 - Bugsy goes to hollywood 14:30 - Chapter 4 - Viva las vegas
Simon is an absolute top of youtube.I found Simons chanels a few months ago and I watched most of them.Great topics,people and crimes.I never loved history more.Greetings from Croatia.
Simon loves a good segway into an ad. He's excellent at changing the tone from interesting historical information to an ad for razors... and that's why I'm changing to dollar shave club
Eugen Alimănescu aka the "Iron Comissar" would make a great suggestion. He basically was a combination of a coldblooded vigilante mixed with an amazing trigger-happy detective.
Time magazine called Virginia Hill the queen of mob molls.She was a country girl from the deep South who went north and became intimate with so many big names .And they put her to work in the business,too. She was a really fascinating lady.But she wasn't a would-be actress,as the Bugsy movie portrayed her. She'd make a good subject for a Biographics profile. And Hollywood should make a movie about her.
Have you considered making a biography about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim? Not demanding anything, I think your channel is great and do whatever you wish to, but it would be cool.
@@ivanrenic4243 Mannerheim was a great general and astute politician. He was able, in a sense, to play Hitler off against Stalin. The prosperous and peaceful nation of Finland today would probably not exist without Mannerheim.
The ultimate Alpha Male. The guy every man wanted to be and the guy every women wanted to be with. That saying was made for him. Brilliant video, very informative and accurate.
there's even a crazier story I read about his Italian meeting with the Nazi: when visiting at his Italian friend castle, Hitler too spent there the week-end. Bugsy, being a one-man army, and a Jew, thought about killing him but didn't because it would have been a big problem for his friend. this was presented as true story! imagine...
Micky Cohen wasn’t from New York. He grew up in Boyle Ht’s then went to Chicago under Capone. That’s why wore hats like Capone . Then he came back to LA and pretty much took over Hollywood and other parts of LA ares
Siegel reminds one of that great line from 'The Marathon Man'...William Goldman described this crude tyrannical Jewish businessman at the beginning of the novel that is eliminated with the description: "If he hadn't been borne a Jew he would have been a Nazi.""
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Uncle Bugsy became a bit too greedy. Enough would never be enough. Until his business associates finally got tired of his financially cheating them. A marksmanship style bullseye 🎯 shot to his eye. Put a quick end to his dishonesty.☠
Great video. Interestingly though, the image used of Salvatore Maranzano isn’t actually him. This revelation came in 2009. Have just done a video on the Maranzano myth myself. Love your work Simon!
My grandparents were from Galicia. From the late 1700s to the end of WW1,it was part of the Austrian Empire. Now,it's a part of Ukraine. But your geography is correct.
met couple mobster from back then they were so loyal nd mainly in there old roots the new guys dont even know how all of this started beside lucky structures for the mob only its crazy no loyalty
My father told me a story of how my grandfather once saw Bugsy Siegal heading towards him; that he hated being called "Bugsy", and was so crazy he'd kill you just for calling him that. Needless to say, my grandfather was scared sh*tless, and thought he was about to die. However, Siegal just passed him by, and my grandfather lived on to tell of his almost-encounter.
Amazing video! Course I've been obsessed with the lacostra nostra for a long time, but always refreshing to hear it from a different perspectives.. keep up the good work 👍 Luciano helping the WW effort would be a awesome video.. and the really nucky thompson.
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Hey could we get a Geographics on Western Sahara?
Can you do a Biographics of Edgar Cayce?
“Everybody deserves a fresh start every once in a while”
Bugsy Siegel
need a chance to have a fresh start in life and begin again? then come to the Sierra Madre casino in all its glory and let go of your past, we"ll be waiting.
Could you do an episode on Tom Pendergast? He's a Kansas City mob boss that basically built the city and got Harry Truman into politics.
Ooooo! Good one.
No
I'm an oldtimer now, but when young a couple of oldtimers told me that Harry Truman was a runner for the KC mob before politics.
@@liquidmidnight1 HE WAS NOT
@@chuckschafer942 How sure are you about that? Are you from KC? Truman was definitely involved with them.
Would like to have heard more about Vegas since my father was the architect on the Flamingo.
Siegal was making changes daily, that can get expensive in a hurry.
Dad had to sue him for the architect's fee.
Siegal couldn't threaten dad because dad was an honorary sheriff and had designed the courthouse, he knew all the judges!
Siegal ended up providing dad with two bodyguards!
😂😅🤣 sounds about right
Your dad practically built Vegas! Richard stadelman also did the reno of the el Rancho, the other oldest casino here.
What’s your Fathers name?
When the guy who was building the Flamingo was short on money Bugsy invested the Mobs money and then stole the Flamingo casino from him ,the guy who came up with the idea to build a lavish casino in Las Vegas was not Seigal. Bugsy found out about it while playing poker with him.
Vegas would be just a truck stop today if it wasn't for Bugsy Siegel. This is the man who made my city world famous.
Not even a street named after him, or a statue! When he got killed, I didn't ask who or why because it was business...
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is pretty good. Some of the pictures are fascinating and the history is accurate.
Genuine question, why do you think there’s so much glorification of the mob ? You don’t see Netflix or the huge movie makers producing films or series glorifying black Chicago gangs? By the way, I don’t support any glorification of any type of gang but it’s quite interesting how the mob/white gangsters - Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie n Clyde are made into cult like heroes..
One member of Lansky's family has fond memories going to boxing matches with "uncle" Bugsy and Lansky as a kid. They had a great family time going to the boxing matches with Bugsy and Lansky who would start taking bets during the matches.
@@sherlockgnomes8971 that’s a great question. I’ve always wondered that myself. I will say, the black gang life is glorified, particularly in rap music. I think it’s just because we glorify people living an outsider, rugged life, answering to no one. But I agree, the glorification of a life of violent crime is unfortunate.
@@sherlockgnomes8971 that’s a great question. I’ve always wondered that myself. I will say, the black gang life is glorified, particularly in rap music. I think it’s just because we glorify people living an outsider, rugged life, answering to no one. But I agree, the glorification of a life of violent crime is unfortunate.
I was there yesterday with my Mom. It was pretty fascinating, but it did have its heavy moments when we visited the section where it showed pictures of dead mobsters, including Bugsy Siegel. Seeing the pictures of his bloody corpse and his toe tag was pretty chilling.
Simon is like the tireless bunny from a famous battery brand: he just keeps going and going with awesome video making!
But when is Simon going to start whistling?
He's got like 10 channels lol I'm not sure how he has time for anything but UA-cam
Energizer bunny
@@jonwingfieldhill6143 Maby he hasn't.
I like bunnies!
Does anyone else think it'd be a cool idea if Simon did a Biographics on himself? Even as like an April Fool's Joke thing where he embellishes a lot of his life and personal details. That would be a fun watch.
Good idea. Especially if he just makes up the rest of his life, career and eventual escape, capture and death. Possibly including a time in gaol, a bankruptcy maybe, before finally leading Cornwall to freedom. While residing in Tintagel Castle after a long and bitter battle with the UK and the EU he masterminds the resurgence in the value of tin, pasties and mobile homes becoming the richest man in the world and buying the Duchy from the Prince of Wales. Perfect Business Blaze material.
He was born in 1916. He was an astronaut. He died doing what he loved: answering phones for people.
He has said previously he won't do one on himself. Then again he vowed never to do one on hitler and that eventually got done
Business Blaze is like a Biographic of Simon's life -- except instead of covering major events in his life, the Blaze has ramblings about his addiction to KFC and cocaine.
"Allegedly"
Sal Marcano: if they find out about the casino they want a cut of everything
Vito Scaletta: 🤔
Why did Simon calling his scalp “upstairs” have me ROLLING😭😭😭
Does anyone remember when Drunk History covered this guy? Definitely one of my favorite segments
I do remember that segment it was pretty good
The Kris Kristofferson episode was okay. I tried to like the rest but it was the equivalent of pissing thumbtacks
Can you guys do lucky luciano? Just saw a simple history video about the mob and the navy during world war two and it look really interesting
I’m actually surprised with how much they’ve covered the mob, Lucky hasn’t been done yet.
@@chaseorosco9017 now he has
He just did, mate. Go watch it, it's a good video
Give this man an award for that sponsor transition.
Simon might be the only guy that can segue from mob murders to $ Shave Club with little effort.
I stayed at the Flamingo 2 years ago, the casino, shops and restaurants were ok but the hotel, creepy.
Why creepy?
Now onto Meyer Lansky, or Mickey Cohen, just more mobsters!
I think Mickey Cohen would be really interesting.
Benny from Fallout New Vegas was based on Bugsy, as were a ton of pop culture characters out there.
FACTS
He got the Moe Greene special.
the other way around
His good looks made him an instant hit with the Hollywood crowd and he was urged to screen test. Had he gone that route thus story could have a vastly different ending. The Mob made in roads into Hollywood as well
Except he couldn’t act🤣
It’s Mayer (Like in Oscar Mayer)
Not Mayor (as in Mayor McCheese)... we still love you.
He butchers a lot of names I guess it's because of his accent but other than that he's done a great job
It's actually Meyer. Mi-yer
Simon either does this on purpose or as a child he never watched T.V.
Get off Simon's case. So petty.
@@I_am_enigma53 Right!
I've seen the seigel memorial. After being dragged along to way too many vegas trips, The flamingo became the pink hotel from hell to me and my brother
The Flamingo is nice but it's old. In just stayed there because it was cheap, but damn it's old. And it being right across from the Belagio and Caesar's makes it look unimpressive.
The junkie joint
Cats: Meow
Dogs: Woof
Idiots: First
Idiots would also call this a stolen comment, I just say that no jokes are original anymore
@@judochopmaster8233 joe is original
@@AB-rv2lj whos Joe?
@@judochopmaster8233 joe mama
@@AB-rv2lj damnit you got a laugh out of me. Well played good sir
At this point Simon you're the voice of knowledge inside my brain
😂
I watch all Simons videos across his 100 channels, and this is a topic (organised crime) I’d love for you to cover more. Not sure which channel it would exactly fit in, but a full episode on the commission would be AMAZING!
There is an excellent book on The Commission by Andy Petepiece. Well worth a read.
@@OCSHORTZ
Love your channel 😉❤️
@@phillipblunk Thank you Phillip, that is very kind of you to say.
Siegal was the one pointing the gun !! and Mayer came in and calmed him down as he was fuming.
Great video! The Roman Emperors, Ancient Warriors, and Mobsters are my favorite videos! As usual, I am here to politely ask for a Biographic on Ip Man, martial arts mentor to the late, great Bruce Lee! I'd love to see the Biographic touch on the life of a man who is simply summed in a series of action movies. Thank you in advance and keep up the great work!-A Loyal Subscriber
im replacing the expression "you could sell a shell to a snail" with "you could sell atomite to mussolini" in my vocabulary
*"My dream is to own a fly casino like Bugsy Siegel and do it all illegal".*
Ain't nothing but a gangsta party party.
My dream is to be famous with a warrant ahahaha
Maybe cop dope in panama
I remember hearing a rumor that Buggs Bunny got his name and mannerisms from Siegel. His voice is an impersonation of a cartoon gangster and he chews on a carrot instead of a cigar. Not sure how true it is but it's an interesting story.
1:45 - Chapter 1 - Early years
4:55 - Chapter 2 - The syndicate is born
9:10 - Mid roll ads
10:25 - Chapter 3 - Bugsy goes to hollywood
14:30 - Chapter 4 - Viva las vegas
$6,000,000 in 1946 is worth $80,119,384.62 today! So $6 million dollars was a LOT of money in 1946!
Wish HBO would start an old school mob series, I'd watch it.
It’s called boardwalk empire lol
@@pkubinski2260 that's exactly what I was going to say lol
@Awesome Matt I see what you did here
Boardwalk empire fam
No mob drama is as interesting as the real thing.
I know him from the movie with DeNiro(or was it Pacino)and Pesci
Simon is an absolute top of youtube.I found Simons chanels a few months ago and I watched most of them.Great topics,people and crimes.I never loved history more.Greetings from Croatia.
"The force of the bullet caused it to pop out."
Grusome.
A Turtle approves this cool video.
Let me milk you 🐢🥛
@@interferis6252 this cursed comment
@@Basedapple *i can milk everyone, you know..*
How do you type with flippers?
Simon loves a good segway into an ad. He's excellent at changing the tone from interesting historical information to an ad for razors... and that's why I'm changing to dollar shave club
You're my new television programming, congratulations! Haven't stopped watching since I started about 12 hours ago. I love your show.
Just visited CA from TN for the first time ever, got back yesterday I had to see Hollywood forever cemetery got a pic of his grave/tomb
I appreciate the work you put into these videos; some other channels only spend 2 minutes on a topic, yet add 10 minutes of ads.
that man Lucky had a fade fresher than mine... 100 years ago lmao
Always loved Benny's story, he may not be the one who started Vegas but he certainly is The Godfather of what it is today
Eugen Alimănescu aka the "Iron Comissar" would make a great suggestion.
He basically was a combination of a coldblooded vigilante mixed with an amazing trigger-happy detective.
He was making his bones in that town when you were still dating cheerleaders!
That shave club plug was so smooth haha
I love these, Simon can you please do more Mob videos??? thanks!
Thank you for the Moe Greene reference, even though you've never actually watched The Godfather.
Time magazine called Virginia Hill the queen of mob molls.She was a country girl from the deep South who went north and became intimate with so many big names .And they put her to work in the business,too. She was a really fascinating lady.But she wasn't a would-be actress,as the Bugsy movie portrayed her. She'd make a good subject for a Biographics profile. And Hollywood should make a movie about her.
Thank you Mr. Seigel
Have you considered making a biography about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim? Not demanding anything, I think your channel is great and do whatever you wish to, but it would be cool.
Who is he?
@@theawesomeman9821 former finnish general and prime minister that defended Finnland from the Soviet Union in the Winter War and WW2.
@@ivanrenic4243 have they done one on Simo?
@@travisk9542 they didn't yet.
@@ivanrenic4243 Mannerheim was a great general and astute politician. He was able, in a sense, to play Hitler off against Stalin. The prosperous and peaceful nation of Finland today would probably not exist without Mannerheim.
We all know Simon is awesome but let's not forget he has a team!
Been waiting for this one for a long while now! Thank you for all of your hard work, as always, Team BioG!!!!
Out of them all Lanky was the most successful. Never convicted of a crime, died from old age. Not many of his peers had his success.
Siegal was killed by 2 shooters out of Mickey Cohen's crew on a contract out of NY.
Mystery solved then?
"And I think I got a Beamer, but my dream is to own a fly Casino like Bugsy Siegel" -Snoop Dogg 2 of America's most wanted
"Do you know who I am. I'm Moe Greene. I my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."
Ain't it odd that mobsters don't think it's quite as funny when you are cheating them? :-)
Yes it seems cheating would be admired by mobsters. I don't understand their psychology?.
The ultimate Alpha Male. The guy every man wanted to be and the guy every women wanted to be with. That saying was made for him. Brilliant video, very informative and accurate.
He’s a textbook sociopath. I guess if ppl think that’s an alpha male then they must wish they were born as sociopaths.
there's even a crazier story I read about his Italian meeting with the Nazi: when visiting at his Italian friend castle, Hitler too spent there the week-end. Bugsy, being a one-man army, and a Jew, thought about killing him but didn't because it would have been a big problem for his friend. this was presented as true story! imagine...
Micky Cohen wasn’t from New York. He grew up in Boyle Ht’s then went to Chicago under Capone. That’s why wore hats like Capone . Then he came back to LA and pretty much took over Hollywood and other parts of LA ares
Its impossible for me to picture Bugsy in my mind and see any face other than Warren Beatty!
Same lol
Isn't Hollywood a hoot? He looked nothing like Clyde Barrow, either. 😊
In that frickin chef hat too!
@@WoodlandPoetry And Faye Dunaway looked nothing like Bonnie. Was shocked when I saw the real Bonnie! haha
Wait a minute. Contractors took advantage oh him?? And they lived?? These guys are more bad ass than all these mobsters.
I love these guys especially Meyer Lansky and Lucky. Meyer Lansky retired in Miami Beach and my mother used to take care of him
There’s a really cool restaurant in my city that his family started called Bugsy’s and it’s said that he did a lot of work in the area. Pretty cool
Mob guys do good sometimes
Cue loads of Casino references!
1:44 damn if you've ever seen Boardwalk Empire, the dude who played Lucky Luciano is a 100% doppelganger for Bugsy
Siegel reminds one of that great line from 'The Marathon Man'...William Goldman described this crude tyrannical Jewish businessman at the beginning of the novel that is eliminated with the description:
"If he hadn't been borne a Jew he would have been a Nazi.""
thanks
Nice
Without Hot Springs Arkansas the mob would have never made Las Vegas!!
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Uncle Bugsy became a bit too greedy. Enough would never be enough. Until his business associates finally got tired of his financially cheating them. A marksmanship style bullseye 🎯 shot to his eye. Put a quick end to his dishonesty.☠
"Mayor" Lansky 🤣
More mob figures please!!! John Gotti, Greg Scarpa anyone like that!
I think he did cover Gotti
I'd love to see a biography on Vince McMahon, the Chairman/CEO of WWE
I just stayed five days at the Flamingo in Vegas. Ate at Bugsy's too.
Great video. Interestingly though, the image used of Salvatore Maranzano isn’t actually him. This revelation came in 2009. Have just done a video on the Maranzano myth myself. Love your work Simon!
Correction: Galicia was closer to where southern Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia are now
My grandparents were from Galicia. From the late 1700s to the end of WW1,it was part of the Austrian Empire. Now,it's a part of Ukraine. But your geography is correct.
@@billrener4897 thanks! I'm Polish. Galicia was Polish, taken by Austrian Empire during the partitions.
Great job on this biograph of Busgy Seigle, Simon. 💯 I definitely learned more than I thought I knew already about this infamous mobster. 👍
His preferred name was Benjamin, Benny or Ben. Addressing him as Bugsy could get you shot!
@@lhzook But he won't get that you are talking about him when you make two spelling errors in his last name.
Lol I think of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT when I hear BUGSY
“Mayor” Lansky?
Please do an episode on Charles “Lucky” Luciano!
A legend. Have just posted a video on Luciano myself. Fascinating character!
Rest in peace to those that passed away.
It's the outfit baby, we don't say syndicate anymore.
Great job, as usual. But what happened to the podcast-version of these? It’s been a while since the last one was uploaded.
It look like simon got a platinum gold record on wall behind him!😊
I thought Moe Green was the man who created Las Vegas!
Moe Greene: He( Fredo) Was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time! Players couldn't get a drink at the table!
So was he what they called a "Goodfella" .......lol
I got married right near that monument at the Flamingo Hotel. It was a great ceremony. Thanks, Bugsy.
met couple mobster from back then they were so loyal nd mainly in there old roots the new guys dont even know how all of this started beside lucky structures for the mob only its crazy no loyalty
Started Broad walk Empire recently its class. Dont know why I never watched it sooner cus I loved Hbo Sopranos
Check out the Wire. Best show I've ever seen.
I live in Las Vegas and the El Cortez is still a staple of downtown. That's where I park every time I go downtown and have stayed there many times.
I've just discovered this channel. it's quite good mate. Keep up the amazing work
With each day, Simon’s grip on my UA-cam algorithm increases.
At 12:04 , Mickey Cohen was from Cleveland, Ohio, not New York.. and at 12:10, that man is NOT Mickey Cohen...
Love the fast pace and humor.
My father told me a story of how my grandfather once saw Bugsy Siegal heading towards him; that he hated being called "Bugsy", and was so crazy he'd kill you just for calling him that. Needless to say, my grandfather was scared sh*tless, and thought he was about to die. However, Siegal just passed him by, and my grandfather lived on to tell of his almost-encounter.
Can you make a video about lucky luciano
Amazing video! Course I've been obsessed with the lacostra nostra for a long time, but always refreshing to hear it from a different perspectives.. keep up the good work 👍 Luciano helping the WW effort would be a awesome video.. and the really nucky thompson.
Next episode do Beanie Seagal.
My wife was friends with Bennies granddaughter in NJ. Interesting stories
Saved for later, great topic