DEAD MAN’S POCKETS: Bugsy Siegel’s Post-Murder Possessions Coming to Vegas Mob Museum

When mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was murdered on June 20, 1947, the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) collected 22 personal effects from his pockets as crime scene evidence. The Mob Museum recently acquired some of these items, and will begin displaying them on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. The items include: Siegel’s Social Security card Meyer Lansky’s business card, which identifies him as a distributor of Wurlitzer jukeboxes in New York Photograph of Virginia Hill: The wallet-sized snap bears the handwritten message: “Sweetheart Benny I love you Pup,” on the back Nevada certificate of vehicle ownership: Issued less than two months…