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Category: WEHO Vice

The Sunset Strip Was Once a Gamblers’ Playground. Could Its Future Be a Return to the Past?

With a slew of new upscale hotels coming to the Sunset Strip and the number of visitors to the boulevard […]

Bloody Gang Violence on the Sunset Strip in 1949 Repeats Itself in 2014

The attempted murder of a rap mogul Suge Knight in a Sunset Strip nightclub early Sunday morning has striking parallels […]

Millionaire Producer Howard Hughes’ Racism Triggers Emotional Collapse in a West Hollywood Screening Room

Movie producer Howard Hughes, then America’s most famous millionaire, spent his last years in the throes of what many believe […]

High-Class Stripper Lili St. Cyr Arrested after Performance at Ciro’s

In 1951, Ciro’s owner Herman Hover booked Lili St. Cyr, a high-class stripper, to perform in his world-renown venue, making […]

Mickey Cohen Moves Vice Operations Headquarters to the Strip

Mickey Cohen assumed control of the East Coast syndicate’s interests in Southern California not long after the assassination of Benjamin […]

Arrest of Hollywood Madam Brenda Allen Leaves ‘Hollywood Agog’

On the morning of May 5, 1948, dozens of powerful Angelenos — movie stars, moguls and other movers and shakers […]

Charges dropped: from left, Allen Smiley, attorney Jerry Geisler, Patricia Dane Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey

Battle of the Balcony: The Mother of All Celebrity Brawls

The mother of all celebrity brawls occurred on the balcony of bandleader Tommy Dorsey’s apartment at 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive* […]

Bugsy Busted on Bookmaking Charge at Sunset Tower

On May 25, 1944, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, the infamous gangster, was arrested in the luxurious Sunset Tower Apartments building on […]

Wrong Door Raid: The Celebrity Scandal That Irked Sinatra, Made a Fool of DiMaggio – All at Marilyn Monroe’s Expense

On a quiet night in November 1954, Florence Kotz awoke to the sound of someone taking an ax to her […]

Mickey Cohen Robs Hollywood Elites in Raid on Unsanctioned Pop-up Casino on the Strip

On New Year’s Eve 1945, a Hollywood society crowd celebrated at an opulently appointed gambling club on the Sunset Strip […]

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