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Fact and Fiction in Episode One of AMC’s “The Making of the Mob: Chicago”

Posted on August 17, 2016 by

So a few days ago I finally had a chance to watch the first episode of AMC’s The Making of the Mob: Chicago. Since this year’s season is set in Chicago and follows Al Capone, I figured I’d start reviewing … Continue reading →

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The Many Nicknames of Al Capone

Posted on November 11, 2015 by

Chicago Tribune reporter James O’Donnell Bennett named Capone quite a lot of things in his 1929 article about Chicago’s chief gangster. As Bennett says, he “…is Alphonse Capone, alias Al Brown. He is also called, by those who wish to speak respectfully … Continue reading →

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“He F*cking Deserved It”: How Al Capone Got His Famous Scars

Posted on June 17, 2015 by

When reporters worked up the nerve to ask, he’d say he got it from “a German machine gunner” in the trenches, or maybe while he was part of the Lost Battalion—but we already know he never served in World War … Continue reading →

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