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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Al Capone's Bloody Business. 11/1/2024 | 56m 15s Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions | AD CC. During Prohibition in Chicago, infamous mobster Al Capone built his empire. Aired 11/01/2024 ...

- And after Capone goes to prison and Prohibition is over, I would say that's when the Chicago Outfit is created. The Outfit with a capital O only comes into being, it's the Capone gang morphing ...

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 ...

1947: Former Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone died in Florida. Syphilis-related complications earned Capone an early release from prison in 1939, after he served seven years for tax evasion.

Capone then became the gang leader, at the age of only 26, when Torrio was wounded in an assassination attempt before retiring to Brooklyn. Capone took over as leader of the Chicago Outfit at the ...

CHICAGO | Al Capone refuses to be rubbed out. Skip to main content Skip to main content. You ... John Binder, author of "The Chicago Outfit," has his own conspiracy theory, ...