October 13, 1960 • 1h
Chicago, March 1931. Eliot Ness and his men were doing raid after raid on Capone's speakeasies and breweries; his empire was tott...Read more
October 20, 1960 • 1h
New York, 1931. While many people were unemployed and poor during the Depression, gangster-owned speakeasies and nightclubs creat...Read more
November 3, 1960 • 1h
Chicago. By the middle of 1933, Eliot Ness and his Untouchables had almost checked the manufacture and sale of whiskey in Chicago...Read more
November 10, 1960 • 1h
New Jersey, the night of April 16, 1931. Waxey Gordon, the undisputed beer baron of New York, is muscling in on New Jersey, which...Read more
November 17, 1960 • 1h
Chicago, late Spring 1932. There is public protest about the increase in drug addiction. Charlie Sebastino has amalgamated all t...Read more
November 24, 1960 • 1h
Chicago, late Summer 1932. Eliot Ness and his men had stemmed the supply of narcotics coming into the Windy City from Asia and so...Read more
December 1, 1960 • 1h
Detroit, August 1932. The notorious Purple Gang-- long synonymous with terror in beer, booze, labor and prostitution-- gets into ...Read more
December 8, 1960 • 1h
Chicago, September 8, 1932. That night, a convoy of 4 trucks, which had crossed the Canadian border, are driving towards Chicago;...Read more
December 15, 1960 • 1h
New York, April 1931. Gangster Larry Fay, a former student of Al Capone, has his greasy fists firmly in the milk racket: he's org...Read more
December 22, 1960 • 1h
The night of May 3rd, 1934. A traveling carnival is at the Midway, 35 miles outside of Cleveland. There are half a dozen bellyda...Read more
December 29, 1960 • 1h
May 8, 1931. The special U.S. mail train, coming from Rock Island, is stopped by emergency flares on the tracks in Hillsdale, Ill...Read more
January 5, 1961 • 1h
Movie: ""The Alcatraz Express"" (Disclaimer shown on screen) ""The events portrayed in this film are fictitious. The Federal Pri...Read more
January 12, 1961 • 1h
Movie: ""The Alcatraz Express"" (continued) Sunday, August 19, 1934. At 2:30 a.m., the Big Train is backed into the prison yard...Read more
January 19, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, December 1931. With Al Capone in prison, the bootlegging part of his empire was split in 2. One of Capone's lieutenants...Read more
January 26, 1961 • 1h
Chicago. November 9, 1932. Al Capone was in prison, and Frank Nitti was running his Organization. But other crime overlords wer...Read more
February 2, 1961 • 1h
On the night of May 25, 1931, 2 trucks are rolling into K.C., carrying $1-million worth of Jamaica Ginger rotgut, also known as ""...Read more
February 9, 1961 • 1h
Summer 1931, Chicago. Eliot Ness and his Untouchables had smashed most of the big breweries owned by the mobsters. But racketeer...Read more
February 16, 1961 • 1h
September 8, 1934. A cruise ship from Cuba to New Jersey has caught fire. There are over 300 passengers on board; some of the pa...Read more
February 23, 1961 • 1h
1932. Just 3 weeks after Al Capone was convicted on the ironic charge of income tax evasion, the Justice Department in Washington...Read more
March 9, 1961 • 1h
Mid-October 1932. The nation's attention is on the election campaign between incumbent president Herbert Hoover and his opponent ...Read more
March 16, 1961 • 1h
April 11, 1932. Millionaire building contractor Thomas B. Randall is the target of a kidnapping; he is throwing a party right now...Read more
March 23, 1961 • 1h
November 1932. FDR was moving to end Prohibition, and the crime syndicate was already shifting away from booze to narcotics. In ...Read more
March 30, 1961 • 1h
October 11, 1932. Chicago. Less than one month before the elections, David Mantley, running for State's Attorney on the Reform t...Read more
April 13, 1961 • 1h
Ring of Terror-- Boxing ring, that is. July 1931, the Chicago Sports Arena was like a hundred other boxing rings across America--...Read more
April 20, 1961 • 1h
Autumn 1934. An armored truck, loaded with the special paper used in printing U.S. currency, is headed for the Bureau of Engravin...Read more
April 27, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, last week of April 1933. Frank Nitti is offered a huge quantity of Chinese opium. Ever since the government had establi...Read more
May 4, 1961 • 1h
New York, 1933. Racketeers are poking their greasy fists into every corner of the nation's business. The Fulton fish market in N...Read more
May 11, 1961 • 1h
September 16, 1933. Although Eliot Ness had successfully destroyed The Underground Court (episode # 46), he had not smashed its p...Read more
May 18, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, April 25, 1932. With Capone in prison doing his rap for income tax evasion, his 8 lieutenants are running things; their ...Read more
May 25, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, the 3rd week of November 1932. Working on an anonymous tip, Eliot Ness and his men raid a warehouse; all the crates are ...Read more
June 1, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, Summer 1931. Nick Acropolis is the new bookmaker in town, his territory is Illinois and the 6 surrounding states; he cov...Read more
June 8, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, April 1932. The city is ruled by underworld czars, one of the toughest of which is Nate Kester, former henchman for the ...Read more