10 Places in Florida The Mob Used to Control

Florida's mob didn't operate from fortresses — it operated from supper clubs, hotel lobbies, strip-mall bars, and a quiet corner table where a man in plain glasses ran an entire state for thirty-three years. In this video we travel from the bottom of the Keys all the way up to Tampa, visiting ten ordinary places where bookmakers, bosses, and crooked lawmen built an empire out of horses, bolita, and the telephone wire. Most of these addresses are still standing, and you can drive past every one of them today without knowing a thing. Along the way: a famous island house, a bay that gave up a secret it was never meant to, an undercover agent nobody saw coming, and a hotel room where the U.S. government sat down across from the men it was trying to imprison. Tell us in the comments which of these you've driven past.