"There were corrupt officials" -- "I'm SHOCKED! SHOCKED to hear this."

In the conclusion I say that Kefauver ran as Stevenson's running mate in 1960. Of course that was actually 1956. I apologize for the error. A few viewers have complained. To be clear, the animated logo at the start is not intended to encourage vandalism.

Love the Mr. and Mrs. History Guy selfie in front of the Mob Museum.

It's nice that you remembered Senator Kefauver. He literally started with nothing. The greatest honor I received as a young man was to be the recipient of the Estes Kefauver Memorial Scholarship to the University of Tennessee.

I was eleven years old when the hearings were being broadcasted. We had a broken down old 10 inch TV and y dad got a brand new nineteen inch model so we could watch the hearings without having to sit six inches away from the screen. It was really quite riveting.All this crime and corruption going on all around me in Cleveland and I had no idea anything was amiss. That was a time when people were actually ashamed of being criminals and didn't have instagram to use to become public figures about how smart they were.

J. Edgar Hoover denied that organized crime existed. Every Wednesday the track was open he went to Pimlico and, surprise, every horse he bet on won. (Any FBI agent who went to any place where gambling was allowed except on official duty would be fired on the spot.) Only in the 1960s did the FBI take on organized crime.

It's amazing how Main Stream Media has changed. Reporting the truth might be something that the History Guy needs to do a video on. BECAUSE TRUTH DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED.

I thought the "lifeblood of organized crime" was politics

The more things change, the more they stay exactly the same.

Thinking, “Why are those kids spraying a wall- ohh! Crime.”

Mr. Volkman, my history teacher in Klondike middle school was a Korean war vet. His parents moved to the states from Germany in the early 40`s. The only better history teacher I have ever had since that was more informative than he, was you. Thank you.

Great video, the Mob Musuem is in the old Downtown section of Las Vegas near the "Freemont Street Experience." I always stay at the El Cortex Hotel, which is a block from the Mob Museum, was once owned by Bugsy Segal and is the oldest operating Casino / Hotel in Vegas. It's still a great place to stay and the restaurant, "Segals" is highly recommended, great food. Another bonus is the El Cortez is usually around 30 to 40% cheaper than any hotel on the strip; check it out on Tripadvisor; they also have a KZfaq Channel that pretty much gives you a full history. Enjoy

Nice job on a not so subtle but timely topic! Let the Grassley Committee be formed and the public trials begin!

Probably the earliest I've seen one of your vids, so I hope you see this Your videos are the best on KZfaq, man. Your enthusiasm for the stories you tell makes them come alive, and 20 minutes feels like 5. I hope you keep doing these as long as you can! Thanks for the distraction, every time

The Florida county of Broward is still in the news, since that was the location of the Florida school shooting where the deputy sheriff, hid, cowering in the bushes outside the school, instead of attempting to stop the shooter. So, old j edgar was "forced into" investigating organized crime, which would seem to indicate that either the Mob was supplying the material for his dresses, OR, and most likely, he was "on the take". As far as law enforcement turning a blind eye, over the last 50+ years, law enforcement has far surpassed the Cosa Nostra as being an organized, nationwide, criminal organization.

Wow, amazingly brave to face the mob. Kewaunee was on WHAT'S MY LINE, lead me here. Need many more like him now! Great episode

If we knew you were coming, the VIP accommodations would have been happily extended. Born and raised in Las Vegas, our first hand knowledge plus anecdotes would have been a privilege to recite to you and Mrs History Guy. Alas, maybe next time we could throw in the nickel tour... Hope you went to the Neon Museum as well. Even within COVID restrictions, the town continues to produce history...

Here in Nashville Tennessee the US Federal Courthouse is named after Estes Kefaufer.

Never shy to tackle a provacative subject. Well done.

I always learn something while watching your short episodes. Very enlightening. It doesn't hurt that I was born in 1952 and was way too young to want anything but my bottle. Thanks again.

I learned about this at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas

Thank you for another great video. A follow up suggestion could be the next phase of the battle against organized crime under Bobby Kennedy and the connection between the mob and Joe Kennedy.

In 1960 (12:40) the candidates for president and v.p. were Kennedy/Johnson and Nixon/Lodge.

I love that you're not only a hometown boy at heart (SouthSide Hoosier here), but that you also tend to focus in on the STL and Missouri aspects of things like this. Keep up the great work my friend, and happy (early) election day!!

I grew up in Youngstown Ohio in the 1950's. There was a strong mob presence there. I remember the car bombings -- referred to as" The Youngstown tune up" Now all that is gone and the city is quiet -- too quiet. The steel mills that were the lifeblood of the city are gone. The history I would like to see remembered , would be the history of the steel mills in that area including Pittsburgh and Indiana. The loss of the mills took a sad toll on the families who counted on it to support their family. Youngstown was never the same and continues to decline.

I love this channel. It quenches my thirst for unknown history. I have a potential topic for you: The Terrace Mutiny of 1944. It lasted 5 days and is the most serious breach of discipline in Canadian military history

My friends grandfather ended up in prison in the U.S. during the thirties after formidable assaults on bar patrons and then four police officers trying (yes trying, they needed two more to get him cuffed) to arrest him, and then assaulting officers during interrogation. He was a scandinavian sailor, working on freighters, and was thrown out of the states and banned re-entry after his prison stint. Well he ended up in the same prison as Al Capone, and was in a cell located three cells away from Capone. He did not see much of him, but he said that during evenings and nights one could smell cigar smoke in the air. This sailor also found himself imprisoned in Kongo at some point, but never elaborated to anyone why.

As a truck driver needless to say I have a lot of time on my hands when I’m on the road. I love listening to your stories. Then it dawned on me, I don’t know of another person since, that can be equivocated too greater stories other than Paul Harvey. The only thing that separates you from him are the years. I would love to see you do a story on Paul Harvey and if you don’t and the segment with; “... and now you know the rest of the story“; I will be so ashamed of you! 😁🤣😅

Congrats THG! Love that intro. Very creative!

Kefauver's year as running mate would be 1956. Excellent information and another great episode!

I went to the mob museum back in August it was so neat to see the wall and bullets from the valentines massacre and to be in the courtroom where some of the hearing took place

Organized crime is still a problem.

There's a pretty good movie called "At Close Range" starring Christopher Walken and Sean Penn, about an organized crime gang in rural Pennsylvania in the 70s. It's loosely based on Bruce Johnson's gang in the 60s and 70s who stole drugs, farm equipment, etc. around the Lancaster County area.

6:04 reminds me of the scene in the movie "The Sting" where Redford and Newman set up an elaborate scam using fake reports of a horse race.

As a boy in Florida, I remember people speaking of Fuller Warren. I also rem this committee. Ironically, gambling was the key to organized crime when today it is largely legalized or even taken up by the state itself via lotteries. At 12:00 he mentions J. Edgar Hoover. The story was, he didn’t believe there was an organized crime problem. Robert Kennedy later got in on crime-fighting. Maybe if we had moved more decisively against it we could have saved Cuba from communism.

I remember my teacher Mrs Finney telling me how she would wave at Al Capone and his entourage as they came north on the highway, and Capone would wave back and be all smiles. Of course they headed west on 19th road in Beaver to stop at a local farmer's still for "supplies", as part of their business venture. Considering farmers barely survived on a few hundred dollars a year, and what was normal in the European immigrant cultures around Chicago was suddenly banned, it was almost inevitable that the trade would find a way around the law. Even so, it's a good thing the law reigned in the monsters, for they got out of hand in other areas which took advantage of innocent people.

Thank You for the video's. I learn more from you than I ever did in school. Thank you for you're research. Stay safe and healthy.

When I was growing up in the Deep South in the 1960's & '70's, there was a guy who "ran things". He was descended from English & Scottish like many typical Southerners and his family had been on this side of the ocean (US) for more than 200 years. He ran the lottery (illegal in those days), distributed moonshine (Many counties were still dry) & had a vending machine operation which covered for slot machines. He also had a few conveinience stores or small grocery stores. He was a nice guy to all us locals, but we all instinctively knew not to cross him. I remember, that someone who didn't know him robbed him, and people asked one of his men, whatever happened to that guy, he said, "You know, that man jumped in the river & drowned". It was funny how that guy said it. I liked his "OG" boss, because I could cash a personal check at his grocery stores, a couple which were open 24 hours, which was a little unusual back then, but it was good to be able to get money, after the banks were closed, and before ATM's were common & cash was still king, as credit cards weren't too common. I didn't think of it at the time, but he didn't mind cashing checks for us locals, because it helped launder money. Good PR too as well. He attended church regularly and wss always generous, when they passed the plate. Everyone in our city knew what he was up to, but the community would have kept quite if any federal agents came asking about him. We saw him as kind if a pillar of the community. Anyway, he lived to be 101 and died of natural causes. The last 20 or so years of his life, he mostly just ran his various legal businesses, which although began as fronts, always made money as legit businesses too. ...Anyway, Like it says in the video, many organized crime operations were local or regional, and not all gangsters were Italian or Italian descent.

Good morning THG

My brother stole a car and left it in back of the Syracuse NY police station. I was in Syracuse at the time and he rode home with me. When dad found what he had done. He made a phone call dad said we had till seven in the morning to get it. the car was parked in a towaway zone and facing the wrong way on a one way street. their even was 2 police watching it to make sure no one towed the car. I had always heard my dad had connections, that is when I found out they where true.

Love your show History Guy!

If that was going on in the 50s, just imagine what’s going on nowadays. :(

I recall reading that exposure on television similarly effected the McCarthy hearings. Bringing the vile & crazy into the light for public scrutiny is excellent weed killer. Love this intro! I wish I was watching on my computer at home rather than at a stoplight, I can't tell who the hooligans are, I would suspect mr. And mrs. THG, but I can't really tell.

Wow THG! I thought I had a pretty well rounded knowledge of this. Not so! You filled in so many holes that I never knew existed! Great job again!👍

Learned most of your material from my visit to the Mob Museum last year... Great time!

I love the new intro and the phaser on the shelf

Mob Museum was awesome! Even my 12 year old enjoyed it:)

Helping to bring recognition to all of the illegal gambling establishments around the country may have been the biggest benefit of these hearings. Until this time, they were in more communities than not. My native Ohio had many, in the Cleveland and Cincinnatti areas as well as Ironton and smaller towns. My adopted Wyoming was littered with them also, most of them disguised as "Supper Clubs" as they were in Ohio and the Tri-State region along the Ohio Valley. The unwanted attention brought to them helped to bring their demise.

I am so glad I found your channel a little while ago. I absolutely love learning about these differnet historical events and figures that are not usually in the mainstream history lessons or books. Keep up the amazing work and production. As a veteran I would request more military history. Important war time, front line figures. I have throughly enjoyed the multiple military videos you have done to date. Thank you again.

Something new! Never knew about this; thanks for the video!

Thanks for your fantastic work on bringing history alive. I've watched so many peices on prohibition and organized crime. Would like to see something in depth about what drove the country to prohibition. I've read a little about how women organized because alcoholism was so bad with the men and was destroying so many families.

The History Guy needs to look at the history of the mob and Hot Springs Arkansas. They liked to come down for the spa, horse racing and gambling.

Great video, thanks history guy!

I’m related to Sen Kefauver. Las Vegas has a Mob Museum that has some space dedicated to the Kefauver hearings.

Thank you for this video and your channel. I watch all your videos, they are so informative.

Very Timely Sir Thank You

If only someone straight and honest could start this again. Sadly, no such person is around anymore. Not in DC.

Another awesome video from "The History Stud".

We have the Estes Kefauver Bridge in Savannah,Tn but I never really knew who that was. Thanks!

thank you !!!

Always a pleasure

Thank you for a very interesting and informative article !

Excellent video as always History Guy! I hope we’ll meet up again with Kefauver during the Comic Trials.

From someone that lives near the location of the Apalachin summit i was wandering when that would come up.

Love this youtube channel..... SOOO interesting and he tells it so well..... 👍

Interesting topic, well done. One error, Estes Kefauver ran for vice president in 1956 not 1960. Lyndon Johnson was the Democrat nominee in 1960.

Thank you for the research you do for these, the details you include, and your enthusiasm! Could you please do an episode on the Battle of Athens, TN, in August 1946?

My Fifth Grade teacher was his niece - Thanks

I love how your intros change. This one really tops them all.

Thx for the video

Thanks for this video! I loved the start up, very creative! (Those few... ridiculous. Yes, let's all change things to please them.)

There's a phaser now! Very nice.

You 2 have so much fun doing your "job". Love it!

Now that, was a funny intro. Thank you so much for the amazing content!

Good topic choice. In his book, *Last Call* Daniel Okrent traces the rise and fall of prohibition. Me makes the point that prior to that amendment, criminals needed little organizational skill - but the large scale of production and distribution of illicit alcohol favoured those better able to sustain complex infrastructure. There is a fascinating connection between the KKK, organized crime and the FBI. I’ll have to see if you’ve covered in one of your talks. Thanks for making these.

The graffiti opening is my favorite to date. Truly an act of unruly artistic expression!😁 And I agree that the pic in front of the Mob Museum was well placed! I'd love to see an episode or two about some of the early Chicago "underworld" figures. Most people are unaware that most of downtown Chicago is layered and in some places 4 stories down. Building a city on a swamp will cause that. ALSO....is that a Batman figure I noticed on the shelf behind you on your left? Comics have figured prominently in my life and few characters cut as wide a swath as the Dark Knight. Our thanks for your ongoing dedication to quality content.

okay, blown away by the intro

Nice animation and a very nice tie, well done THG.

Love the opening that’s awesome

Have you considered doing a video on Ludwig Guttmann? He was an incredibly innovative physician who founded the Paralympic Games. He escaped NAZI Germany (he was Jewish) and was eventually put in charge of a hospital ward for patients with spinal injuries (soldiers and civilian victims of the blitz). At that point in time, about 80% of patients with spinal injuries died from their injuries. Dr. Guttmann created and implemented new treatment protocols that were so successful that the percentage of patients who died from spinal injuries dropped to *eleven percent * (from eighty percent )! This led to the problem of survivors needing something to do, so Dr. Guttmann basically invented rehab protocols from scratch. This benefitted the patients, but general public had difficulty accepting that anyone with that type of disability could be productive (or even enjoy any quality of life). Dr. Guttmann responded by dedicating his post war years to developing the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games had an outsized (& often overlooked) influence on how people with all kinds of physical disabilities were viewed and treated by society.

Always a joy to see a History Guy video in the feed! Make THG mandatory in school!

I just shared this video with one of his great, great granddaughters ( I’m not sure which generation.). We always knew he was a VP candidate but not this history. He still has family active in politics.

My late grandfather was initially a US customs officer from 1924 until the 1930s when he became an INS agent until he retired in 1958. But during Prohibition he road horseback or Indian motorcycles chasing bootleggers on the Maine-New Brunswick, Canada border. He had a lot of stories. With INS, in 1954, he was sent to El Paso, TX for Operation Wetback (how un-PC these days).

Perhaps you could do an episode on the history of hemp (the non smoking type) -v- cotton in terms of rope and fabrics etc. Love your work THG.

The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is well worth a trip if you like history. It was well done and run by a good group of folks. Plus, its something cool to do in Vegas that doesn't involve a casino if you aren't into casinos.

Here in Denver we had the Smaldone gang that ran in the 60's and 70's.There's a book out about them.

This was a really neat look at Kefauver. For whatever reason I'm more familiar with his legislative work as it related to healthcare at the time. After watching this, I can get a real appreciation for his character and motivations as a representative.

"Paid my tax!" Frank Costello.

1960 was Kennedy/Johnson vs. Nixon/Lodge.

Have you ever done a piece on the Eads Bridge? It's a fascinating story, and J.B. Eads, the engineer, was a fascinating person.

The intro reminds me of gameplay in GTA: San Andreas, where random movements with your spraycan will result in a certain pattern on the way (which did NOT match your movements). Now: off to watch this video!

I'm still hoping you'll do something soon on Canada's October Crisis, which happened 50 years ago.

My grandfather actually was friends with Kefauver.

Suggestion for a future episode. The soap box derby magnet car would be great and one my kids would enjoy.

It's almost like the public wants to legalize gambling, and doesn't support the government meddling in their personal affairs...

I really enjoy your content. And yet another great segment.. Have you considered Newton Knight? He fought a guerilla war against the Confederate Army. I was raised not far from Jones County and would love to hear your comments on him. Thanks for your hard work in your videos.

Great story.

Please do a show on the busting of the Appalachian Summit!

There's a great movie called "The Captive City" that he appears in as himself. Probably the first time I'd heard of him. He appears in the juvenile delinquent movie "Mad at the World" as well. (haven't seen it yet, but it's a Frank Lovejoy movie, so I pretty much need to!)

Love the videos. You've still got that VMI cap on your wall, and no VMI stories. Maybe do one on the WWII training programs ran through VMI? Or WWII vets?