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Welcome to Almost L.A. - a funny and informative podcast co-hosted by the mother and son duo of Audra and Aidan. Follow them each week as they combine their love of music, celebrity, and the history of Los Angeles with their own brand of quirky humor and personal stories.
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Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
L.A. has its own sordid mob history. From its humble beginnings as Italian street gangs called Black Hands to Mickey Cohen’s “Sunset Wars” with Jack Dragna, L.A.’s Mafia grew to have immense power during the Prohibition Era. The Sunset Strip became the mobster’s playground with its black tie supper clubs, like Cafe Trocadero and Ciro’s, which had plenty of bootlegging, illegal gambling and many mob hits thanks to the rise of hometown mobster Cohen and transplant Ben “Bugsy” Siegel.