Illegal alcohol created a fortune for anyone ruthless enough to seize it. In early 1920s Chicago, one rising gangster used violence and organization to dominate the black market. This episode traces ...
Owner of Thornton Distilling Company in Illinois uncovered a loaded, century-old pistol sealed inside an underground ...
Step into Cloudcroft's Lodge and Old Mesilla’s Double Eagle to find artifacts from Al Capone’s world, where history and local ...
On Jan. 25, 2006, the militant Islamic group Hamas, calling for destruction of Israel, scored a stunning victory in the ...
Despite numerous criminal charges, including violence, smuggling, bootlegging, and murder, he could not be punished. The ...
There was a time, in the first half of the 20th century, when this area was the state's leader in oil production.
THORNTON, Ill. (WGN) — A Chicago-area distillery known for its deep ties to Al Capone and the Prohibition era has uncovered a striking new piece of its past, hidden for decades inside its walls.
One of Alcatraz’s most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 years ago today on Jan. 6, 1939, for medical reasons. Eight years later, former ...