--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King <abrasax93@...> wrote:
> This is interesting. A similar claim is made by Donald H. Wolfe,
author of THE BLACK DAHLIA FILES, who, in that book, advances a very
peculiar conspiracy theory around Bugys Siegel and Elizabeth Short and
an LA Police cover-up. Apparently several future writers grew up in
close proximity to the mansion owned by Virginia Hill Where Siegel was
murdered 5 months after Short's melodramatic demise. I wonder if
anybody left alive really knows anything about these crimes that has
not been brought to light?
>
I think the great Luciano movie by Francesco Rosi goes into this in
some detail, though it's been years since I've seen it. As I recall,
Lansky and Luciano made a deal to bump off Siegel. I don't know about
the police and the coverups. Nobody was too eager talk, I assume.
That is a movie I have to see again. Volontè was fantastic in it. I
also remember a great Italian book on Luciano's career. I am almost
sure that I lost the book in some move or other.
Best,
mrt
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