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Queen Bee and the Murder of Bugsy Siegel: Closing the Case on the Killing of an American Gangster Audiobook
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With unprecedented access to an inside source, Queen Bee and the Murder of Bugsy Siegel finally solves one of the oldest cold cases in US history.
In 1947, notorious Jewish gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was brutally murdered in his girlfriend’s Beverly Hills home, a case that remains officially unsolved seventy-nine years later. Initially making a name for himself with his good looks and indifference to violence, Siegel went on to forge a kingdom of his own imagining in the eventual gambling mecca of Las Vegas.
Following the real-life story of Bee Sedway (née Kittle) and supported by her late-in-life interviews with the author, this book reveals Bee’s story—from her small town upbringing, her life as an accessory to organized crime, her close association with Siegel, and her personal account of the murder of the most (in)famous American gangster of the twentieth century.
Compiled from extensive interviews and exhaustive background research, Queen Bee and the Murder of Bugsy Siegel offers a detailed examination into the murder, the killer, and his motivations, as well as a history of both American organized crime in the early twentieth century and the emergence of Las Vegas as the entertainment destination it is today.
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About Stuart Sobel
Stuart Sobel began his writing career while still attending the highly acclaimed business school in Los Angeles, Woodbury University. He is an accomplished journalist and ghostwriter of many well-received martial arts books. In addition, he was the manager, 1980–1990, to world-famous kickboxing champion, Benny “The Jet” Urquidez. He has also been the owner of Thriftee Storage Co. in Echo Park, California, since 1977.
Stuart met Robbie and the Sedway family while they were both still in grammar school and single digits, and many years later, this friendship ultimately allowed him access to interview Bee Sedway in the final years of her life. These interviews yielded his debut book, Queen Bee and the Murder of Bugsy Siegel, the true crime story. Sobel first published on the topic in a 2017 exclusive for the Beverly Hills Courier to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of Bugsy’s killing. He lives with his wife Eleanor in Los Angeles.