For a famously flamboyant wise guy, John Gotti was just about anything but slick. The pin-striped, double-breasted mob boss — at the height of his …
How 'Scarface' Al Capone Became the Original Gangster
Al Capone was one of the most notorious gangsters in American history. So why did it take tax evasion to bring him down? Read his story and the stories of other famous criminals.
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From Al Capone to John Dillinger, America has a long list of legendary gangsters that have become the subjects of books, films and morbid curiosity …
It was almost 10:30 a.m. Feb. 14, 1929, and Bugs Moran, bootlegger and gang leader, had overslept and was late for a meeting. He hurried along the …
They had John Dillinger behind bars in the Lake County jail in Crown Point, Indiana. His jailers boasted that their facility was escape-proof. But …
Up until June 17, 1933, Pretty Boy Floyd led a relatively unremarkable life in and out of jail as a Midwestern hoodlum. He was robbing banks and …