Back In The Day, This Quiet Southern California Town [Palm Springs] Was A Mob Hangout

It is fairly common knowledge that for decades, Palm Springs has been a haven for celebrities and Hollywood A-Listers looking to escape the craziness of Hollywood and relax in a sort of wide-open exclusion – a place where they could hang out and be pretty much left alone. As it turns out, during the 1950s and 1960s, the laid-back vibe of the Coachella Valley desert was attractive to more than just movie stars. The presence of mobsters in Palm Springs turned this town into the first so-called “Gangster’s Paradise.”