Dean O’Banion was born on July 8th, 1892 in Maroa Illinois. His father, Charles O’Banion was an Irish Immigrant. Charles was a house painter and took his family to Chicago and lived in a…
This second episode recounts in great detail the interactions between jurors in the famous trial of Al Capone for income tax evasion. CAPONE JURORS NATE C. BROWN, 64, retired, Protestant, SL Charles. BURR DUGAN, 54,…
I found a detailed newspaper account written by a juror shortly after the October 5, 1931 trail of Al Capone for income tax evasion at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago. For several weeks before the…
A mafia interest blog contacted me about posting article about Gangland Wire.I have been getting a lot of interest from other mob interest websites.I believe I will do a radio interview on October 31, with…
A mafia interest blog contacted me about posting article about Gangland Wire.I have been getting a lot of interest from other mob interest websites.I believe I will do a radio interview on October 31, with…
I just put up a new clip on You Tube. Click here to see it or go to the Kansas City Mafia in the banner on the front page.
Nick Civella returned from Chicago and he became the driver for Tony Gizzo, the Kansas City Boss. This was a promotion in La Cosa Nostra hierarchy. To those in the know, Nick was being groomed…
One hidden microphone in the Villa Capri restaurant in Kansas City led to wiretaps and hidden microphones in Milwaukee, Las Vegas, Chicago and 19 separate wires in Kansas City. In Chicago, agents developed probable cause…
Looks like I am speaking on Sunday the 7th, click here for link to website. I am looking forward to meeting some of these former mobsters who have written books and gone on the speaking…
The Chicago Outfit has its roots in Sicily as with other La Cosa Nosta (LCN) style organized crime organizations of La Familia. As with the New York based LCN families, the old world Mustache Petes…
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