How The Mafia Built Las Vegas… Then Executed Bugsy Siegel

Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel helped create modern Las Vegas. He built the Flamingo Hotel with millions in Mafia money, surrounded himself with Hollywood celebrities, and believed he was untouchable. Then the Syndicate decided he had become a problem. On June 20, 1947, Bugsy Siegel was shot dead in Beverly Hills while reading the newspaper in Virginia Hill’s mansion. Within minutes, the Mafia quietly took control of the Flamingo. This documentary reconstructs the true story behind Bugsy Siegel’s rise and fall using FBI files, witness testimony, court records, and historical archives. From Murder Inc. and Meyer Lansky… to the birth of the Las Vegas Strip… to the execution that changed organized crime forever. This is the real story Hollywood never fully told. 📚 Sources & Further Reading: → FBI Vault: Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel Files Declassified FBI surveillance records, investigations, and internal reports related to Bugsy Siegel and organized crime.