As Chicago prepares to host all-out golfing war in the form of the Ryder Cup, there is more reason than you might think to remember the city’s most infamous son. “Scarface” Al Capone was not ...

Modern-day myths about "The Outfit," the successor to Capone's criminal organization that ran rampant over Chicago for decades, obscure its real role in U.S. history, the Journal of Contemporary ...

An unprecedented sale of Chicago gangster Al Capone’s belongings, which remained in the possession of his family for almost 75 years after his death, garnered more than $3.1 million Friday night.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The most notorious hoodlum in Chicago history died on Jan. 25, 1947, and while the criminal organization Al Capone built remains a powerhouse 75 years later, more than a few ...

That’s partly because Capone was broke, Bair reports. In the 1920s, his yearly income was estimated at $40 million. But he ran the Outfit for only six years.

Big Jim Colosimo, a longtime Chicago mob boss, was fatally shot at his restaurant, Colosimo's Cafe, at 2126 S. Wabash Ave. on May 11, 1920. The shooter hid in the front cloakroom for Big Jim, who ...

Capone’s letters to his devoted friends, William and Lowrene Sells, who owned his favorite Wisconsin resort, mark some of the most pivotal moments in his time with the Chicago Outfit, said ...

W hen Al Capone was sent to prison for tax evasion in 1931, many wondered who could fill the void left by Chicago’s most infamous mob boss. The answer came in the form of Frank Nitti, Capone’s ...

1947: Former Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone died in Florida. Syphilis-related complications earned Capone an early release ...

As Chicago prepares to host all-out golfing war in the form of the Ryder Cup, there is more reason than you might think to remember the city’s most infamous son. “Scarface” Al Capone was not ...