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Beverly Hills Confidential

~ A Century of Stars, Scandals and Murders

Beverly Hills Confidential

Category Archives: 1940s

Tricked Out Mobster Mobile

October 11, 2013

Mickey Cohen was mad. The Beverly Hills Police Department and the California Highway Patrol had just denied Cohen the special …

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Tony, Tony Tony!

October 6, 2013

Meet one of three gangsters shot in Beverly Hills within 18 months of each other: We bring you the story …

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Charlie Chaplin: The blistering paternity scandal

August 5, 2012

So was this child’s father Charlie Chaplin? The mother said yes, the jury said yes, but Chaplin said no. Back …

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“Borrowed Baby” Bank Robbery

August 1, 2012

That woman on the right? She and her newlywed husband (with the hat) “borrowed” another woman’s toddler, then took the four-year-old …

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The Slickest of Gangsters

July 18, 2012

Tony Cornero, seen here in a rare photo, was king of the super-popular floating casinos that were prolific during the …

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Gangster Pauley Gibbons car shot up

June 25, 2012

Call this story: The Case of the Stinky Goodbye.  Police Chief Anderson and another officer were attending the funeral of …

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