Bugsy siegel

A series of newly colorized images brings the chilling faces of some of America's most notorious mobsters to life.

On June 20, 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the East Coast mobster who had relocated to and prospered in Los Angeles and was now intent on building up Las Vegas, sat in his girlfriend’s living room in Beverly Hills. He chatted with his long-time friend and associate, Allen Smiley, while reading the Los Angeles Times. Suddenly, shots exploded through the front window. An unknown assailant wielding an M-1 carbine had fired point blank at the couch. Smiley took three bullets through the sleeve…

Benjamin Bugsy Siegel

On the anniversary of "Bugsy” Siegel’s birth, check out nine fascinating facts about one of American history’s most iconic gangsters.

Sweet color image of Bugsy in the middle. Dude on the left looks like he's considering whether or not this photo should be taken.

Infamous and feared, Bugsy Siegel was also known for his sartorial style. He was as handsome and debonair as the Hollywood actors he socialized with.

Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, a Jewish-American mobster, is the man most responsible for the re-birth of the city of Las Vegas as the gambling capitol of the wor

An entrepreneur of the more questionable type, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906 - 1947) is popularly thought to be the impetus behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. According to legend, "Bugsy" envisioned building a large casino and hotel to which gamblers would flock by the hundreds, fueled by the fact that Nevada had legalized gambling in 1931. Back in the East, Siegel captivated his fellow mobsters with the idea of building a gambling mecca in the middle of the desert, complete with a…