Bugsy Siegel FBI Files
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Bugsy Siegel: Crime, Investigations, and Demise
- 1944: An attempt is made to induct Bugsy Siegel into the U.S. Army, despite his age.
- Undated (prior to 1947): Bugsy Siegel is involved in illegal activities surrounding the construction of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
- Undated (prior to 1947): The FBI conducts extensive investigations into Bugsy Siegel for racketeering, murder, and other criminal activities, including requests for and information from phone taps.
- Undated (prior to 1947): Transcripts of phone conversations between Virginia Hill and Bugsy Siegel are recorded and collected by the FBI.
- Undated (prior to 1947): Transcripts of phone conversations between Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky are recorded and collected by the FBI.
- June 19, 1947: Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel is murdered in Los Angeles, California, at the mansion of his mistress, actress Virginia Hill.
- Post-June 19, 1947: The FBI determines that Bugsy Siegel was responsible, either directly or indirectly, for at least thirty murders.
Cast of Characters
- Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: A notorious gangster extensively investigated by the FBI for racketeering, murder, and other criminal activities. He was involved in illegal activities related to the building of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and was the subject of an attempt to induct him into the Army in 1944. The FBI determined he was responsible for at least thirty murders. He was murdered on June 19, 1947.
- Virginia Hill: An actress and Bugsy Siegel’s mistress. Siegel was murdered at her mansion in Los Angeles. Her phone conversations with Siegel were transcribed by the FBI.
- Meyer Lansky: A known associate of Bugsy Siegel. His phone conversations with Siegel were transcribed by the FBI.
- FBI Agents/Informants: Individuals working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation who conducted investigations, wrote memos, collected informant accounts, and transcribed phone conversations related to Bugsy Siegel’s criminal activities.
Bugsy Siegel FBI Files
2,968 pages of FBI files covering Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel. Files contain approximately 2,300 discernable informational pages made up of memos written by FBI agents, informant accounts, transcripts of tapped phone conversations miscellany, and newspaper articles.
The FBI investigated the infamous gangster for racketeering, murder, and numerous other criminal activities. Siegel was murdered on June 19, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, at the mansion of actress Virginia Hill, his mistress. The FBI determined that Bugsy Siegel was responsible, either directly or indirectly, for at least thirty murders.
Coverage in the files include requests for, and information learned from taps on his phones, an attempt to induct Siegel into the Army in 1944 despite his age, transcript of conversations between Virginia Hill and Siegel, coverage of illegal activity surrounding the building of the Flamingo Hotel in Vegas, and transcripts of phone conversations between Siegel and Meyer Lansky.
