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Failed Assassination Attempt on JP Morgan

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First piece of advice on assassinations: when you're going to assassinate someone, make sure you know what they look like. Luck for JP, his assassin didn't know this tip.

Neighborhood: East Village
Place: Stuyvesant Square
Storyteller: dario
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Business Crime History

Big Vinny

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This nefarious Hell’s Angel allegedly killed a woman at the headquarters of the infamous biker club in the East Village. Although he later passed away, his memory is preserved with a plaque on the wall of the building.

Neighborhood: East Village
Place: Hell's Angels Headquarters
Storyteller: catherine
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Crime History

A Fatal Game of Poker

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Arnold Rothstein was the chief of New York organized crime and the toughest Jew in town. For some reason, one night he failed to pay a poker debt. This decision proved fatal as he was gunned down in his room.

Neighborhood: Midtown West
Place: Congress Apartments
Storyteller: mike
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Crime History

Plot to Kidnap President Lincoln

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Had a plot to kidnap President Lincoln been a success, the President may have never been shot at the Ford Theater, and the theater would have actually had to be the venue for some impressive plays to gain notoriety instead of taking the easy way out.

Neighborhood: West Village
Place: 45 Grove Street
Storyteller: rachel
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Crime History

The Death of Herman

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Hello Herman. Good bye Herman. The life of a gangster never usually ends on a high note - that is, unless, you like violence.

Neighborhood: Midtown West
Place: Casablanca Hotel
Storyteller: dario
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Crime History

O.K. at the Tyco Trial

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I had the displeasure of covering the Tyco trial. Yet, I had the pleasure of sitting next to the courtroom sketch artist who drew an image that forced a mistrial.

Neighborhood: TriBeCa
Place: New York County Supreme Court
Storyteller: jason
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Crime