Mysterious vault found, to be opened live on internet

[Casey]

http://gizmodo.com/5833964/a-man-fo...all-and-plans-to-open-it-live-on-the-internet

A Man Found a Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Inside a Casino Wall and Plans to Open It Live on the Internet


Mike Laub recently bought Bill's casino in Lake Tahoe and was in the process of renovating the building. But when he started tearing down walls, Laub found a four foot tall, black locked safe that was hidden underneath a staircase and sealed off behind a wall.
What the hell? How did no one know about this? What could be so important to seal the safe off completely? To not even let it be accessible, even. That's the question that'll be answered in the next few days.
Laub thinks the safe belongs to a previous owner of the casino, Richard Chartrand. Chartrand was killed in 1968 when a bomb exploded underneath his car as he backed out of his driveway. Hm. Casino owner + money + bomb death + the 60's = Mafia anybody? That's what the speculation has always been at least. So if Chartrand was killed by the Mafia and the safe belongs to Chartrand, it doesn't take a wiseguy to know that the Mafia would take a keen interest as to what's inside. And though the mafia might not be as powerful as they once were, things could get mighty interesting once that safe pops off.

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But while Mike Laub was talking to the press about how bizarre the safe was, his son, Jordan Laub has promised Reddit that he'll open the safe live online. In his words, he'll be there before the newspapers with a blowtorch and in charming teenage ignorance, says he's not worried about the mafia. The way I see it, the contents of the safe can go one of two ways: 1) whatever's inside is big enough that the mafia is going to kill someone over it or 2) it's going to be very disappointing (like Capone's vault). I'm hoping there's a third scenario.

 

[Chronic]

How mysterious

 

[Ristol]

Casey you're the new Geraldo. Mustache please.

 

[Pittsey]

I don't think the Mafia would care about it if it's money. They may if it incriminates them. But I can't imagine there's many left to incriminate from the 60's.

 

[Prize Gotti]

I don't think the Mafia would care about it if it's money. They may if it incriminates them. But I can't imagine there's many left to incriminate from the 60's.

I don't think they'll have any interest at all. If its money, whoever it belonged to is probably dead or too old to care. If its incriminating evidence, then it means nothing unless it its murder. Statute of limitations is 30 years I believe.

 

[S O F I]

I don't think daddy will let his reddit-happy teenage son open this safe for everyone to see online.

 

[raywaters11]

Keep this updated because I care enough to want to know what's inside, but not enough to actually watch.

 

[dilla]

Same here. I see a two hour entertainment performance by some old musician past his prime in Times Square. A buncha washed-up athletes, like Charles Barkley, giving their views on what they think is inside, and then a 15 minute hoe-down of some redneck tearing it apart with an axe and his wife...Mildred.

 

[Ristol]

Same here. I see a two hour entertainment performance by some old musician past his prime in Times Square. A buncha washed-up athletes, like Charles Barkley, giving their views on what they think is inside, and then a 15 minute hoe-down of some redneck tearing it apart with an axe and his wife...Mildred.

Don't you and Sir Charles share an alma mater?

 

[dilla]

Don't you and Sir Charles share an alma mater?

Yeah. You're not suggesting I like him because of that, right?

Bo Jackson, the CEO of Apple, Frank Thomas, some people that went on some space shuttle (but actually came back in one piece). We've got alumni in all area codes.

 

[Ristol]

Ain't nothin wrong with a little round mound of rebound.

 

[raywaters11]

Only people I share an alma mater with are a few baseball players, football players and Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar Man)
Kentucky sucks.

 

[Ristol]

lol. Wesley Snipes and Melissa Leo for me. Not to mention scores of pretentiously "literary" hipsters and obnoxious environmentalists who didn't want me to shower as often as I did.

 

[Rukas]

Dead body or empty.

 

[dilla]

lol. Wesley Snipes and Melissa Leo for me. Not to mention scores of pretentiously "literary" hipsters and obnoxious environmentalists who didn't want me to shower as often as I did.

You just described the kid I went to high school that went to SUNY Buffalo and came back a year or two later. He was smart and intellectual, but was just a prick and no one liked him. Didn't look like he showered often either.