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Frank Cullotta, the Hitman Turned Vegas Tour Guide

Posted on May 13, 2015 by admin

John L. Smith interviews Huntington Press author Frank Cullota on being a Vegas tour guide. Back when Frank was just a boy, his father was killed steering a car for the Outfit with the cops in hot pursuit. Frank was … Continue reading →

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Justin Bieber, Frank Cullotta, What Went Down?

Posted on November 20, 2014 by admin

As promised, here’s the scoop on the question to which even gossip mavens TMZ could find no answer, namely: “What the heck was Justin Bieber doing chatting with Frank Cullotta?” (or vice versa, for that matter). It turns out that … Continue reading →

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Frank Cullotta meets Bieber

Posted on October 22, 2014 by admin

For reasons as-yet unknown, former Mob hitman Frank Cullotta, the subject of Huntington Press’ eponymous memoir, was caught on camera by gossip site TMZ chatting with Justin Bieber. We will update this post next time we chat with Frank, or … Continue reading →

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Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness

Posted on January 20, 2010 by admin

    Jan. 18, 2010 The UK’s CasinoOnline.com site gives a five-star “Love!” review to Huntington Press title, Cullotta. “For those who can stomach it, Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness is a … Continue reading →

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Ex-Mobster Separates Truth From Fiction in Casino-Based Tour

Posted on May 13, 2015 by admin

DTLV reports on Frank Cullotta’s casino tour on the Las Vegas Strip where he provides insight to his former life in the Mafia. Las Vegas’ reputation is built on a myth of showgirls and mobsters cavorting on a pile of … Continue reading →

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Infamous Mafia Hit Man Tells How He Rebuilt Identity In Witness Protection Program

Posted on May 13, 2015 by admin

Mafia Today interviews ex-Mafia hit man Frank Cullota on live after the Mafia. How difficult would it be to assume a different name, create a new Social Security number and rebuild a new identity from scratch? How would banks, landlords, … Continue reading →

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Mob Confessions

Posted on August 7, 2012 by admin

  Episodes in new Discovery Channel series “Mob Confessions” feature the subjects of two Huntington Press books — Cullotta and Surviving the Mob — with interviews with former mobsters Frank Cullotta and Andrew DiDonato, plus ex-cop-turned-author Dennis Griffin. The series debuted June … Continue reading →

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Mob Ties

Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

The Jan./Feb. 2012 issue of Nevada Magazine carries an interview with Huntington Press author/subject and notorious ex-Vegas mobster Frank Cullotta, who has been instrumental in advising the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement, a.k.a. The Mob Museum, which … Continue reading →

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Witness Protection: Intimate Stories of Mobsters Who Sqealed

Posted on August 9, 2011 by admin

Strip Las Vegas magazine features another of Huntington Press’ “mob” memoirs for its “Witness Protection” series, with excerpts from Frank Cullotta and Dennis Griffin’s collaboration, Cullotta. The man you see in the film Casino is the real Frank Cullotta, the same … Continue reading →

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Bar slaying case closed: 1981 DOUBLE-MURDER | Baby-sitter tipped authorities decades after informant

Posted on July 22, 2009 by admin

  July 21, 2009   BY CAROL MARIN AND DON MOSELEY Staff Reporters   The McHenry County sheriff’s office has concluded that a now-dead mob hit man named Larry Neumann, in all likelihood, killed two people in 1981 in the … Continue reading →

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Some wiseguys were killers while others really lived to kill

Posted on February 19, 2009 by admin

    Columnist John L Smith continues his coverage of the Frank Cullotta story, in which interest has recently been rekindled due to the ex-Vegas mobster’s role in helping to solve a three-decades old murder case in Illinois.   Jesus, don’t … Continue reading →

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Mobster’s biographer scoops clueless Illinois detectives, fingers 1981 killer

Posted on February 19, 2009 by admin

    Columnist John L. Smith writes in the Feb. 15, 2009 Las Vegas Review-Journal. "Dennis Griffin admits he’s no Shakespeare, just a retired New York health care fraud investigator who had a story to tell and caught the writing … Continue reading →

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