Newport "Sin City" Mobster Tour

We will begin our tour at the Wooden Cask Brewery, former site of the 633 Flamingo Club and learn about its connections with the notorious New York Syndicate and the famous celebrities who performed there!

gest premiere "carpet club" casinos and perhaps the biggest illegal Horse Racing bookmaking clubs in the 1930's. You will learn about the owner's feud with the mafia and the club's eventual takeover by the mob.

Stardust Casino (the Neon star is still on the building!). You will learn about the indictment and conviction of one of Newport's most notorious mobsters, and how prostitution fueled the local economy.

We will visit the John Thompson house, home of the inventor of the Thompson machine gun ("tommy gun") and you will learn about how this weapon became a favorite of mobsters in the 1920s and 1930s and its role in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre!

's Playtorium, and you will learn about the owner's feud with the Cleveland Mafia that nearly cost him his life.

of the Beverly Hills Supper Club and the third most deadly night-club fire in U.S. history. You will learn about the troubled history of the club, the owner's feud with the Mafia, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the fire that eventually destroyed it, killing 165 people in the process.

n and an illegal Speakeasy, where you will learn about some mafia rituals and about the restaurant's connection with a famous Hollywood film from 1988.

u will learn about a victim of the mob and a mysterious fire where a gruesome discovery was made!