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Ed Reid, (? - 1977) was an author and investigative journalist who exposed organized crime in New York City and Las Vegas.

Reid started as a reporter in 1935 and used his writing to fight corruption. In 1951, his reporting for the Brooklyn Eagle earned the public service Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards. An eight-part series starting in 1949 exposed the activities of bookmaker Harry Gross and corrupt members of the New York City Police Department. This exposé led to an investigation by the Brooklyn District Attorney, and resulted in the eventual resignation of Mayor of New York City William O'Dwyer. His article in True Magazine I Broke the Brooklyn Graft Scandal was the basis for the 1958 movie The Case Against Brooklyn.

In the 1950s, Reid worked at the Las Vegas Sun. Reid, with Ovid Demaris, co-authored The Green Felt Jungle, a New York Times Best Seller for 23 weeks in 1964, that exposed greed and depravity in Las Vegas. The book connected then Senator Barry Goldwater to labor racketeer Willy Bioff. Goldwater threatened a libel suit against the publisher. Reid and Demaris were invited to join a panel on David Susskind's show "Open End" for a discussion of organized crime.

Works

  • Reid, Ed. Mafia. New York: Random House, 1952.
  • Reid, Edward. The Shame of New York. [an Account of Crime and Corruption in the City of New York.]. Victor Gollancz: London, 1954.
  • Reid, Ed. Las Vegas: City Without Clocks. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1961.
  • Reid, Ed, and Ovid Demaris. The Green Felt Jungle. New York: Trident Press, 1963.
  • Reid, Ed. The Grim Reapers: The Anatomy of Organized Crime in America. New York: Bantam, 1970.
  • Reid, Ed. The Mistress and the Mafia (The Virginia Hill Story). Bantam, 1972.
  • Reid, Ed. Mickey Cohen: Mobster. Pinnacle Books, 1973.

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