Explore Los Angeles’ Mafia History: Crime Legends & Mobsters Tour

Key facts

What's included

Itinerary

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   This historic Art Deco landmark in Hollywood once housed the corner office of infamous mobster “Handsome Johnny” Roselli, a key figure bridging organized crime and Hollywood. Discover where glamour met Mafia intrigue in LA’s underworld.

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   Cruise Hollywood's streets on your limo tour, where 1930s-40s mobsters like Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel ruled with ruthless ambition amidst Tinseltown glamour. Catch glimpses of gangster haunts and shadowy power plays.

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   Visit Hollywood’s Crossroads of the World, built on the site where bootlegger Charlie Crawford met his violent end. This landmark embodies the clash of old Hollywood elegance and dark underworld history.

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   See the former Tops Café, where Lana Turner was discovered. Once a hub for stars and dreamers, it captures Hollywood’s magic and its ties to organized crime.

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   Inside the Hollywood Reporter’s original headquarters, founded by Billy Wilkerson, known as “The Hollywood Godfather,” who shaped the city’s power dynamics during Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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   Visit the Hollywood Syndicate’s headquarters, explore the vault used by Bugsy Siegel for secret gambling, and step into the city’s true crime history.

   20 minutes

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   See the studio lot where labor union battles erupted under mob influence, revealing the dark labor history of old Hollywood.

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   View the residence of Johnny Rosselli, the mob fixer who connected Hollywood, Vegas, and organized crime, once under FBI surveillance.

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   Visit Virginia Hill’s first LA home, where she rose from small-town girl to mob courier, and learn how her address became linked to Hollywood scandal.

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    The Sunset Tower Hotel, where Bugsy Siegel was arrested in the 1940s, still exudes old Hollywood glamour and mafia history.

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    Former home and bordello of Hollywood madam Brenda Allen, a key figure in LA’s underground sex trade and corruption scandals of the 1940s.

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    Site of the mob-linked Trocadero restaurant, a hotspot for celebrities and underworld figures, now a legendary piece of Hollywood nightlife history.

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    Drive through Beverly Hills, where mob money funded lavish estates and influence. See the streets masking organized crime’s hidden hand.

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    Visit the former Samuel Goldwyn Estate, now Taylor Swift’s home, and a relic of Hollywood’s Golden Age where legends once visited.

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    See Harry Cohn’s Beverly Hills mansion, where the Columbia Pictures boss ruled with an iron fist, inspiring Hollywood stories of power and corruption.

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    The Beverly Hills Hotel, the “Pink Palace,” where Hollywood elites and gangsters met, and mob enforcer Johnny Stompanato moved through its grounds.

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    Virginia Hill’s Beverly Hills home, where Bugsy Siegel was famously shot in 1947, turning it into one of LA’s most notorious crime scenes.

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    The residence of Lana Turner’s daughter, Cheryl Crane, where Stompanato was stabbed during a Hollywood scandal, a landmark of true crime history.

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    Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s Beverly Hills home, linked to mob rumors and Hollywood glamour, now a historic landmark.

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    Cruise West Hollywood, once built by mobsters, and see the nightlife hubs that fueled organized crime’s influence in LA’s entertainment scene.

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    Drive along the Sunset Strip, where Mickey Cohen’s empire of gambling and violence once thrived amid Hollywood’s glitz and grit.

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    Visit the Saharan Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, where Sicilian mob boss Jack Dragna spent his final days, a key site in LA Mafia history.

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    Explore Ciro’s, the legendary nightclub where Hollywood’s biggest stars and mob figures mingled, infamous for its violent reputation.

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    The Hollywood YMCA, site of the first meeting between Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel, a pivotal moment in LA’s mob history.

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    The Largo Club, once a hotspot for burlesque and adult entertainment, linked to Mickey Cohen and organized crime’s nightlife scene.

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    The Beverly Estate, known for the horse head scene in The Godfather, was once Jack Woltz’s luxurious mansion, a symbol of Hollywood’s glamour and crime.

Meeting point & pickup

Meet at the starting point

We will meet customers in front of the Pandora storefront on level 2 of the Ovation (Hollywood and Highland) center.

Cancellation & confirmation