My guests are retired Las Vegas Metro detective Louie Detiberiis and former mobster Frank Cullotta. In the late 1970s and early '80s, they were the hunter and the hunted. Tune in to hear some real cops and robbers stories.

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My guest is Tony "Nap" Napoli, a former member of the Genovese crime family and author of the new book My Father, My Don. Tony's father, Jimmy Napoli, was a capo in the family and ran one of the largest illegal gambling operations in the country. We'll talk about Tony's life as a wiseguy, how he survived it; and his successful fight against alcohol addiction.

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My guests today are Paul Scharff, whose father was murdered in his Lakemoor, Illinois, tavern 27 years ago, retired FBI agent Dennis Arnoldy, and mobster-turned-government witness Frank Cullotta. This past summer Paul read the book CULLOTTA, the biography of Frank Cullotta. On page 130 he found something very interesting: the account of his father's 1981 murder and the name of the killer. We'll spend an hour talking about how this news has impacted Paul's life and his plans to ask authorities to close out the cold case.

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My special guest today is actually from New York, where he was an associate of the Lucchesi crime family. His name is Henry Hill; and in the movie Goodfellas, actor Ray Liotta played a character based on him. We'll spend an hour talking about Henry's life of crime, the Witness Protection Program and the movie. Your calls are welcome.

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Tonight we'll discuss one of the major turning points in the law's battle against the Tony Spilotro gang that took place on July 4, 1981: Bertha's. My guests will be former FBI agents Dennis Arnoldy and Donn Sickles, retired Metro Police Dept. detectives Kent Clifford and Louie Detiberiis, and former mobster Frank Cullotta.

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Tonight I'll continue my interview of April 15 with Bernie Sindler. Bernie first came to Las Vegas in the mid-1940s at the suggestion of his friend, New York gangster Meyer Lansky. He has some very interesting stories of the old days in Sin City.

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Tonight I have two guests. Tempest Storm is a former burlesque star who was known as the girl with the million dollar boobs. She slept with Elvis and JFK, among others. She also rubbed elbows with some of the most influential mobsters of the day. Joining Tempest is her friend Nikki Artale, a columnist specializing in celebrity interviews.

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Tonight's guest is Bernard Sindler. In the mid-1940s,at the age of 18, Bernie was a magician with a deck of cards, possibly the best sleight of hand man around. While taking a train ride to Florida he had a chance meeting with Meyer Lansky, and a friendship developed that lasted until Lansky's death in 1983. Lansky sent Bernie to Las Vegas where he worked as a spotter at Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo. He went on to be part owner in the Silver Slipper, Circus Circus, and the Frontier.

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Tonight's guests are Kent Clifford, former commander of the Las Vegas Metroplitan Police Department's Intelligence Bureau, and Louie Detiberiis, former Metro undercover detective. They'll talk about the June 9, 1980, police shooting of Frank Bluestein and its aftermath.

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Tonight's guest is Sid Rudich. In 1987, Sid was co-owner of the Silver Spur casino in Henderson, Nevada. That October he escaped being executed by two robbers, only to become the target of a skimming investigation by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. He is currently writing a book about his experiences called The Las Vegas Squeeze.

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