The winter of 1925 became a brutal turning point as Chicago gang wars pushed Al Capone closer to total power while a Nazi fanatic’s shooting of writer Hugo Bettauer exposed the rising menace of ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Aug. 9, 2010. 'Get Capone' is now available in paperback. In Get Capone, writer Jonathan Eig takes us back to the roaring '20s in Chicago, when cops and ...

Jan. 25 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1533, Henry VIII of England secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife. In 1858, Mendelssohn's "The Wedding March" was played at the marriage of ...

The gangster, who had reportedly boasted, “They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money,” was sentenced to 11 years in prison for failing to file tax returns. Al Capone (1899-1947), American ...

A pistol that the notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone nicknamed "sweetheart" is once again up for auction. This time, prospective buyers can place bids in South Carolina on the weapon that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He had a famous name. He had a nice house. He lived among us in Miami Beach. He also was one of the world’s most notorious ...

Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth. Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Bailey with the Missouri History Museum adjusts a cutout figure of Al Capone in St. Louis on April 22, 2014. On January 25, ...

Jonathan Eig's book Get Capone reveals new insights about the famous Chicago gangster — including how freely he spoke to reporters, the time he... The Rise And Fall Of Gangster Al Capone This ...