Great example of how minimal and innocent seeming a “lair” can be even for a high end crime org: The Midnight Rose…

Great example of how minimal and innocent seeming a “lair” can be even for a high end crime org: The Midnight Rose Candy Store run by an run by a little old lady in her 60’s, Mrs. Rosie Gold was the headquarters for Murder Inc, one of the most infamous and deadly assassin groups of the 1930s.

“Exact numbers aren’t known, but it is estimated that Murder Inc., carried out 400-1000 executions, making the innocent looking candy store responsible for more murders than anywhere else in the United States… Rosie Gold kept a wall of pay phones along the back wall of the candy store; the members of Murder Inc., would pass the time at the Midnight Rose, sipping on Rosie’s malted milks until one of the phones rang, giving the details of the hit.”

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-headquarters-of-murder-inc

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-headquarters-of-murder-inc