Meyer Lansky: The Genius Behind the Mob

For 21 FREE meals with HelloFresh plus free shipping, use code HISTORYDOSE21 at https://bit.ly/3X73bXB
—------
The Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky rises from humble beginnings to become one of the wealthiest and most elusive architects of the Mafia and organized crime in general. Alongside names like Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano, Al Capone and Arnold Rothstein, Lansky changes the landscape of American organized crime, expanding into Vegas and Havana, and running from the law along the way.
---------------
00:00 Prologue
00:35 I. Moving Up
03:36 II. The Business
07:07 III. War
11:49 IV. Exodus
—------------
SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL
Join the Patreon here!
  / historydose  

ORIGINAL ART PRINTS
https://joseph-feely.pixels.com/colle...

COOL HISTORY MERCH
Buy episode-themed merch here!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/Hist...
—---------------------
An enormous thanks to all of our Patreon supporters, especially:
SilentLuxury
Amalia
Patrick Ellis
Janek Valcarcel
Baahcuse Gamer
Winston lee
Mad Bear Osceola
Matt Busch
Will Hatton
Carlos Nevarez
AdamYang2049
Lucas Fratzke
Dilovan Kamil
Katheryn McWilliams
Andre Vo
Ian Pendleton
Bug VS Windshield
Nathan Racher
Matthew Sammon
Broc Smith
Andy Ortega
loljayzus
D. O. Christian Rieger
Christopher
Frausty the Snowman
Sean F

—---------------------
Chapter Title VFX credit:
   / @thinkmakepush  

Music sourced from:
Wikimedia Commons

Special mentions from Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Artlist
Epidemic Sound

Special mentions from Epidemic Sound:
Martin Landström
OTE
—-------------------
SOURCES

Buchanan, E. (1998, December 7). Lucky Luciano: Criminal mastermind. Time. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://content.time.com/time/magazin...

English, T. J. (2009). Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution. HarperCollins Publishers.

Lacey, R. (2015). Meyer Lansky: The Thinking Man's Gangster (2nd ed.). Apostrophe Books. Most important secondary source used.

Lehmann-Haupt, C. (1991, October 17). Books of the Times; a life of Meyer Lansky says he died hard up. The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/17/bo.... A solid review that pushes back on a few of Lacey's more contentious assertions.

Rockaway, R. A. (2000). But he was good to his mother: The lives and crimes of Jewish gangsters. Gefen.

Saviano, R. (2014, December 15). How the mob gets rich off of recessions. VICE. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnqyg...

Sifakis, C. (2005). The Mafia encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Facts on File. Referenced for specific entries, especially the Atlantic City Conference, Havana Conference and the Castellammarese War