Special Attorney Stan Hunterton starts by rolling back time through his description of what Las Vegas was during the mob era of the 70s. This will set the scene for helping the audience understand the mob’s presence in the community at a time that was very glamorous for our town. We will flash forward to today where Oscar talks about his homage to Spilotro in his downtown restaurant. This has been met with some controversy from outsiders but Oscar fiercely maintains there is nothing controversial about it and it instead represents history. Part of that history was a telephone soliciting in 1981 in which 67 federal agents snuck into Nellis Airforce for a raid in which LAPD officer Mike Powell was the only undercover operative. Mike will recap that case and describe his encounter with Spilotro. We will then hear from Oscar about the 1986 case and how he got involved in defending Spilotro. We will dive deeper into Spilotro’s death and find out what Oscar thinks happened in the days between Spilotro going missing and then his body being found.
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From the Las Vegas Review Journal studio welcome to season three, episode two of mobbed the Fight for Las Vegas, presented by pro group Management.
Additional sponsorship provided by the Golden Steer.
I'm John Katsolamides, and I've covered Las Vegas since 1996.
In season three of mobbed up the fight for Las Vegas, I go one on one with Oscar Goodmande, one of the last living legends of the mob era.
A heads up before we dive into season three, mobbed up contains explicit content such as strong language and depictions of violence, including murder.
Please be advised, this podcast might not be suitable for all audiences.
Call some big cities by their nicknames, and most people know just where you mean the Big Apple, Beantown, the Big Easy.
And even though it's not favored by locals, Sin City.
Like it or not, Las Vegas spent decades building its brand as a town that would deliver, indeed celebrate, things considered taboo elsewhere.
Regarded as an open city for the mob, many representatives called Las Vegas a home away from home for decades.
I came here in the fall of 1978, and this was a much different town, not only as it relates to organized crime or the mob, but everything else.
This is longtime Las Vegas attorney Stan Hunterton.