Murder Mystery at South Shore

Casino History, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Murder / Killing, Gambling History, Gaming History, Harrah's Lake Tahoe (Stateline, NV), It Really Happened, Lake Tahoe--Nevada, Law Enforcement / Judicial System: El Dorado County Sheriff Ernest Carlson--California, Nevada, Stateline--NevadaLeave a comment

1958-1959 Clarence Thayer grew ill with flu-like symptoms on Thanksgiving Day in 1958 while visiting his sister in Oakland, California. He was a well drilling contractor who lived in South Lake Tahoe. He and his wife Norma also owned a dry cleaning business that adjoined their home, which she ran and where he sometimes worked.…

Movie Starlet Murdered by Mobster?

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, California, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Murder / Killing, Frank Nitti, It Really Happened, Meyer Lansky, Mobsters / Gangsters / Syndicate Members (Alleged) / Organizations, Movies / Movie Stars / Entertainers / Celebrities3 Comments

1934-1935 Today, 80 years later, the circumstances of actress Thelma Todd’s death remain a mystery, and the case still is one of Hollywood’s infamous unsolveds. A deep cover-up precluded the truth about the incident from surfacing. On December 16, 1935, the famous, 29-year-old blonde was found dead in her garage, her beaten, slumped body behind…