Our committee has found that organized crime does operate on a syndicated basis across state lines in the United States. That is a much bigger, more sinister and a larger operation than we had ever suspected. That is having very devastating and bad influences upon our economy upon the morale of morals, of our people, and upon politics and government. And thanks for joining us for congress investigates an American History tv series looking back at historic and significant congressional hearings this week. Our focus is organized crime. Well, it was in the early 1950s that democrat senator Estes Kefauver of tennessee and his special committee in interrogated major organized crime figures like Frank Costello. The hearings held over a series of months, had 600 witnesses and went to 14 cities. Many americans learned details about organized crime for the first time in 1951. 12 million us households had tvs and this became a major and Early Television event. The hearings also made Estes Kefauv
Sinister and a larger operation than we had ever suspected. That is having very devastating and bad influences upon our economy upon the morale of morals, of our people, and upon politics and government. And thanks for joining us for congress investigates an American History tv series looking back at historic and significant congressional hearings this week. Our focus is organized crime. Well, it was in the early 1950s that democrat senator Estes Kefauver of tennessee and his special committee in interrogated major organized crime figures like Frank Costello. The hearings held over a series of months, had 600 witnesses and went to 14 cities. Many americans learned details about organized crime for the first time in 1951. 12 million us households had tvs and this became a major and Early Television event. The hearings also made Estes Kefauver a household name and helped fuel his political career. Here to talk about the work of the Kefauver Committee is daniel holt, associate u. S. Histo
Peeling back the trash bags, it revealed a torso of a white male. The torso contained the arms, hands, and head of the white male. Narrator as with the body parts in the first suitcase, there was no way to identify the remains, but the contents of the second suitcase at least provided some clues to the victims identity. The description white male between 25 and 35, about 180, 160 pounds, a shortcropped military haircut, but no other scars, marks, or tattoos. Narrator in addition to the plastic bags that wrapped the body, there was a hospital blanket around his head. An autopsy on the remains indicated the likely cause of death. We xrayed the torso and found that there was an Entrance Exit through his head and then two Bullet Wounds to his chest cavity. Prezioso the second suitcase, the largest suitcase that probably had the most amount of evidence in it. Recovered in there were two projectiles,. 38 caliber. Narrator where was the rest of the body . The answer came five days later, when
Peeling back the trash bags, it revealed a torso of a white male. The torso contained the arms, hands, and head of the white male. Narrator as with the body parts in the first suitcase, there was no way to identify the remains, but the contents of the second suitcase at least provided some clues to the victims identity. The description white male between 25 and 35, about 180, 160 pounds, a shortcropped military haircut, but no other scars, marks, or tattoos. Narrator in addition to the plastic bags that wrapped the body, there was a hospital blanket around his head. An autopsy on the remains indicated the likely cause of death. We xrayed the torso and found that there was an Entrance Exit through his head and then two Bullet Wounds to his chest cavity. Prezioso the second suitcase, the largest suitcase that probably had the most amount of evidence in it. Recovered in there were two projectiles,. 38 caliber. Narrator where was the rest of the body . The answer came five days later, when
Peeling back the trash bags, it revealed a torso of a white male. The torso contained the arms, hands, and head of the white male. Narrator as with the body parts in the first suitcase, there was no way to identify the remains, but the contents of the second suitcase at least provided some clues to the victims identity. The description white male between 25 and 35, about 180, 160 pounds, a shortcropped military haircut, but no other scars, marks, or tattoos. Narrator in addition to the plastic bags that wrapped the body, there was a hospital blanket around his head. An autopsy on the remains indicated the likely cause of death. We xrayed the torso and found that there was an Entrance Exit through his head and then two Bullet Wounds to his chest cavity. Prezioso the second suitcase, the largest suitcase that probably had the most amount of evidence in it. Recovered in there were two projectiles,. 38 caliber. Narrator where was the rest of the body . The answer came five days later, when