10 Places in Dallas the Mob Used to Control

They didn't hide. They ran Dallas from restaurants, drugstores, and nightclubs — in plain sight. In this video, we count down 10 real places in Dallas the mob used to control — from a Deep Ellum numbers racket stolen in a 1936 street murder, to a drugstore where a mob enforcer's shotgun "went off" in broad daylight, to a grocery store that fronted the entire Dallas crime family, to a second-floor strip club at 1312½ Commerce Street where Jack Ruby changed American history forever. Some of these places were bulldozed. Some were bombed. Two of them are STILL OPEN — and you can walk in tonight. Chapters: #10 Deep Ellum's Policy Racket / #9 The St. Paul Drugstore (1928) / #8 Civello Import & Liquors / #7 The Adolphus Hotel (Still Open) / #6 The Loser's Club & Castaway Bar / #5 The Vegas Club / #4 The Herb Noble War (1949–1951) / #3 The Egyptian Lounge (Still Open) / #2 Benny Binion's Dallas Empire / #1 The Carousel Club / The Common Thread If you love hidden Texas history, subscribe to Texas Revealed — new Texas stories every week. #Texas #MafiaHistory #TrueCrime