Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas
True Crime
In the premiere episode, Oscar Goodman sets the stage for what has been described as the crime of the century. Oscar talks about how he landed in the middle of the Jimmy Chagra case in which Chagra allegedly paid Charles Harrelson $250K to murder Judge John Wood outside his home. This case put Oscar under the microscope and in turn, the spotlight on Las Vegas.
The feds indicted Jimmy Chagra, Charles Harrelson, Joe Chagra, Liz Chagra, and Jo Ann Harrelson in the judge’s murder. In a plea agreement, Joe Chagra got a 10-year sentence. Charles and Jo Ann Harrelson and Liz Chagra were convicted at trial. Liz got a 30-year sentence. Jo Ann got a 25-year sentence. Charles got double life sentences but due to an error in the renderings of the murder scene, Oscar was able to render witness testimony as not credible. Chagra was the only one who received a not guilty verdict to the murder charge and walked on that case but received an additional 10 year sentence in a drug case - a much lesser crime. With audio from The Mob Museum’s Courtroom Conversations: The Life and Crimes of Jimmy Chagra, we will help tell this story as the made-for-movie moment it was in the courtroom.
We will highlight the tie that actor Woody Harrelson has to the case through audio clips in the process of being cleared. We also hear from Jimmy Chagra’s daughter, Catherine who reveals a never before heard excerpt from her mother’s diary during the trial. Author, Jack Sheehan speaks on the prominence of the case and how Jimmy Chagra felt about Oscar Goodman and the time the two men reunited. We will explore how this case and the national attention primed Oscar to be known as the ultimate Mob lawyer and set up his successes in Las Vegas with another well-known name: Tony Spilotro.
No Place Like Home | S3E8
Truth Challenged | S3E7
From Mob to Mayor | S3E6
The War with the FBI | S3E5
Rats | S3E4
No Judgment | S3E3
The Ant | S3E2
Bonus: City Cast LV Feed Swap : Did the Mob Dump Those Human Bodies in Lake Mead?
Bonus: Season 2 Epilogue
Bonus: Stories from the Steer
Aladdin‘s curse | S2E8
A judge falls from grace | S2E7
Wayne Newton’s ‘nightmare’ | S2E6
Threats, Bombs and Stings | S2E5
Wayne Newton vs. Johnny Carson | S2E4
BONUS: Introducing Mafia
‘Close the Place Down‘ | S2E3
Hoffa: The Strip’s Kingmaker | S2E2
The Genie in the Lamp | S2E1
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