# Al Capone
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Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( kə-POHN; Italian: [kaˈpoːne]; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he was imprisoned at the age of 33.
Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrants.
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The Untouchables (1987) | Episode 20
Chicago. Prohibition. And a team willing to take on Al Capone.
This week, Jason and Scott revisit Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, and Andy Garcia. From its larger-than-life gangsters to that unforgettable train-station showdown, it’s a…
Al Capone Does My Homework
In this episode, I read the first chapter of Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko.
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Tony _Joe Batters_ Accardo aka _Big Tuna__ The Ruthless Chicago Mob Boss
He earned the nickname "Joe Batters" for a reason—and it wasn't because he played baseball. Tony Accardo rose from a street hoodlum to become the undisputed ruler of the Chicago Outfit for over four decades, outlasting Al Capone and dying peacefully in bed at 86 while his rivals fell to bullets and…
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Frank Nitti – Story of the Enforcer
He was Al Capone's most trusted enforcer, the man who controlled every dollar flowing through the Chicago Outfit. Born Francesco Nitto in Italy, Frank Nitti rose from the Five Points Gang in Brooklyn to become Capone's second-in-command, overseeing the mob's liquor, vice, and labor racketeering ope…
Death, Taxes & The Untouchables
Al Capone returned to Chicago in 1930, not knowing that the next year was going to be a series of one unfortunate event after another. He had no way of knowing that one of the first pieces of bad news that he received was an omen of things to come – that his brother Ralph -- who had been in charge …
Al Capone vs Eliot Ness_ The Untouchable Showdown
The Prohibition-era showdown between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness is the stuff of legend, but the true story is far more complex. Though Ness's "Untouchables" famously raided Capone's breweries, crippling his operations, the two men met only once—if at all. The decisive blow was actuall…
Joseph Aiuppa_ From Bird Dealer to Chicago_s Silent Godfather
He was Al Capone's bodyguard who rose to rule the Chicago Outfit for fifteen years—yet he's best remembered for a car trunk full of frozen doves. Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa earned his nickname in 1962 when federal agents found 563 mourning doves in his car, far exceeding the legal limit of 24. A fo…
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