COHEN, MICKEY: Mobsters: Mickey Cohen TV - James Ellroy - Bruce Henstell -
When Mickey wasn’t selling papers and hustling on the streets he was boxing. Mobsters: Mickey Cohen
Where he had failed as a boxer he hoped to succeed as a gangster. Mickey Cohen would soon meet another notorious Jewish mobster – Bugsy Siegel. Together they would re-write mob history in Los Angeles. ibid.
Mickey Cohen was ready to take on Hollywood. ibid.
When visionary New York gangster Meyer Lansky looked west he saw an untapped resource. Lansky wanted to secure some of the rackets for himself ... Siegel was the perfect choice for Lansky. ibid.
Off-track betting was still illegal. It was a high-stakes racket. Bookmakers would pay as much as $1,200 a week for access. ibid.
And when Mickey went out he liked attention. ibid.
For the first time in his life Mickey Cohen felt he was on the A-List. ibid.
While Mickey embraced life in LA, Bugsy Siegel was bored with the same old Hollywood scene. In 1945 Bugsy came up with an idea that he pitched to the Mob families – an investment opportunity. The Flamingo hotel. A first-class destination in Las Vegas, Nevada, complete with a 105 rooms, private bungalows, and a casino. Siegel told them all they had to do was put up the money to build the place and watch their wallets grow. ibid.
By the time Mickey arrived in Las Vegas it was too late. The hotel was already $5 million over budget. Bugsy had promised the Mob a sure thing; the Flamingo was anything but ... The Assassin fired into the house hitting Bugsy three times in the head, killing him instantly. Bugsy Segal had bet everything on Vegas. And lost. ibid.
With Bugsy dead, Mickey Cohen operated LA’s illegal gambling and wire service himself: Mickey Cohen was now the boss of Hollywood. And when Mickey went out, the locals took notice. ibid.
The underworld attracted the attention of the Senate sub-committee on organised crime ... For hours Mickey answered questions. ibid.
In April 1951 the once lucky gangster was formally charged with tax evasion. ibid.
Even in prison Mickey was a big player ... After almost four years in prison Mickey was released for good behaviour. Cohen was a free man again. ibid.
Mickey took divorce badly. ibid.
Mickey agreed to an unprecedented interview on The Mike Wallace Show ... ‘I have killed no men that in the first place didn’t deserve killing.’ ibid.
The Feds sent him away again: for tax evasion. This time he was sent to Alcatraz. ibid.
The Mobster was partially paralysed and would have to walk with sticks for the rest of his life. ibid.
Times had changed and many of his associates had died. By the end of 1973 Mickey was a shell of his former self. But still enjoyed watching a fight. ibid.
Mickey Cohen died in his sleep. ibid.
The race-wire broadcast the results to bookmaking runs throughout Los Angeles. So that people could lay bets up to the last moment. It was split-second timing. And Mickey [Cohen] was the king. James Ellroy, author L A Confidential
Mickey Cohen didn’t spend time at school; he spent time on the street as a newsboy scuffling for pennies and for coins. Bruce Henstell, author Sunshine and Wealth
COKER, BILL: People Magazine Investigates TV -
Some sorts of love triangle create serious conflict … In July of 1999 Phil & Cheryl [Coker] get married, and he formally adopts Cheryl’s daughter Merissa. People Magazine Investigates s4e11: Suburban Secrets, ID 2020
Around 2006 Cheryl had suspicions of Bill seeing somebody and she ended up finding another phone in Bill’s car. ibid.
Bill is in the cross-hairs of investigators. ibid.
COLEMAN, ALTON & DEBRA BROWN: Born to Kill: Class of Evil TV -
Killer couples: perverse partnerships … A case so depraved Gary’s residents would be shocked to the core … A man and a woman who baited those kids into tagging along with a promise of some clothes. Born to Kill: Class of Evil s1e3: Alton Coleman & Debra Brown, Really 2018
Few could believe his socially awkward girlfriend was capable of such a heinous crime … Over a three year period it’s thought that Coleman moulded the meek-mannered Debra Brown … ‘from a church mouse to a serial killer.’ ibid.
The body count rose. ibid.
The dysfunctional [Coleman childhood] household was also known as the place to go for sex. ibid.
COLEMAN, KAREN et al: True Crime with Aphrodite Jones TV -
A dedicated family man murdered and set on fire. Was a sinister plot forged in prison? Fuelled by drugs and an illicit affair? But then a voice reaches out from the grave heating up a 20-year-old cold case. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s6e4: Sex, Drugs & Murder, ID 2016
23rd October 1992 3 a.m.: ‘We found your husband’s truck on fire around 9 p.m. out in Franklin. When firemen put the fire out they found your husband.’ ibid. rozzer
After the discovery of Danny Coleman’s body in the early hours of October 23rd 1992 the hunt is on to capture a killer. In addition to being burnt beyond recognition there’s evidence of blunt force trauma to his head. ibid.
Karen wasted no time collecting on Danny’s life insurance policies. ibid.
The devoted housewife was quite the partier, using and dealing in methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana with her longtime friend Michelle Nolan. ibid.
Larry was Michelle Nolan’s husband, and Michelle was Karen Coleman’s best friend. ibid.
And Karen Coleman seems to be at the centre of it all. ibid.
COLEMAN, MATTHEW TAYLOR: True Crime Recaps 2021 -
Matthew Taylor Coleman: The monsters he was trying to save the world from were his two innocent children. True Crime Recaps: Serpent DNA?! Matthew Taylor Coleman the QAnon Killer Dad, Youtube 7.07, 2021
Along the way to complete madness he said he started to get signs and visions that his wife had serpent DNA and she’d passed it on to his children. ibid.
COLLIER, DEBBIE murder: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
September 2022: Naked, burned and dumped in the Georgia woods – that was the fate of Debbie Collier … Somewhere in the trail of clues she left behind is the answer to Debbie’s murder. True Crime Recaps: Chilling Clues in the Developing Case of Debbie Collier, Youtube 8.01, 2022
COLLINS, MICHAEL murder: viz Assassinations: COLLINS, MICHAEL & IRA
COLOMBO, JOE: Mafia’s Greatest Hist TV - Mobsters Greatest Hits TV - Inside the America Mob TV -
Brooklyn, 1962: this was Mafia country. The hunting ground of Joseph Colombo. The 40-year mobster lived and worked these streets. He was Capo. Or Captain. Mafia’s Greatest Hits: Joe Colombo s1e3: The Maverick Mobster, AHC 2012
The target this time was none other than Carlo Gambino. From a young hoodlum he had become New York’s biggest Mafia godfather. He was unquestionable the most fearsome mobster in town. Gambino had built his family in New York’s toughest clan. ibid.
Colombo decided to tip him off ... He went straight to the man he’d been told to kill. The move worked well. ibid.
The Profaci family became the Colombo family in 1964. ibid.
Colombo also made money from hijacking trucks and cargoes. ibid.