October 12, 1961 • 1h
In the summer of 1934, a new gambling device was sweeping the nation: the punchboards. Even though they were nickel-and-dime game...Read more
October 19, 1961 • 1h
By the Summer of 1933, a new wave of crime has engulfed Chicago. Due to a public outcry for action, Willard Thornton is appointed...Read more
October 26, 1961 • 1h
August 28, 1933. That night, Eliot Ness and his Untouchables, and some undercover plainclothes police, are staking out an amuseme...Read more
November 2, 1961 • 1h
In the years following WWI, there was a flood of European immigrants into the USA. In the early 1920s, the 6 Genna brothers, plac...Read more
November 9, 1961 • 1h
In mid-June 1932, Eliot Ness, having compiled a list of Frank Nitti's breweries & distilleries, began a series of raids design...Read more
November 16, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, January 1933. Ness and his men raid a speakeasy owned by gangster Mikhail ""Red Mike"" Probich, and run by Connie LaVern...Read more
November 23, 1961 • 1h
September 14, 1932. At 11:30 p.m., Eliot Ness goes to the Odeon movie theatre (not the Odeon Burlesque theatre used in several ep...Read more
December 7, 1961 • 1h
Chicago, July 1934. Anonymous phone calls have been tipping off Ness and his men to narcotics activities; they do a bunch of raid...Read more
December 14, 1961 • 1h
1933. Violence and corruption were at an all-time high in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Detroit, Kansas City-- virtually every ci...Read more
December 21, 1961 • 1h
New York, middle of 1932. The Syndicate-- headed by Joe Kulak, Louis ""Lepke"" Buchalter and Dutch Schultz-- has the city's huge ...Read more
January 4, 1962 • 1h
November 1932. Big-time gangster Joe Palakopolous is playing a dangerous game-- he just had his hitman rub out Danny Kugan, the b...Read more
January 11, 1962 • 1h
October 1932, Chicago. With Capone in the slammer, other bosses are biting off chunks of Capone's empire. One boss is Frankie Gr...Read more
January 18, 1962 • 1h
1932. Chicago is a thirsty town, consuming 86,000 gallons of booze a day; that's 32-million gallons a year. Almost all this booz...Read more
February 1, 1962 • 1h
Chicago, March 2, 1932. The hottest nightspot in town is the Club Tunisian, owned by gangster Pete Kalik, who built it up from a ...Read more
February 8, 1962 • 1h
New York City. July 23, 1934. The Underworld, which had long made big money by covering bets on horse races, wants to get their ...Read more
February 15, 1962 • 1h
Early November 1931. On West Madison Street, there is a wonderfully diverse neighborhood made up of gypsies of Romanian, Hungaria...Read more
March 1, 1962 • 1h
Chicago, October 1932. The only ""beer"" allowed to be served during Prohibition is ""near-beer"" or ""Near-O""-- which is 0.5% a...Read more
March 8, 1962 • 1h
March 3, 1932. It's the great train robbery, on the southbound express headed for Chicago. The Stryker brothers steal mail sacks...Read more
March 22, 1962 • 1h
Chicago, August 29, 1934. That night, in the Haymarket district, special agent Daniel Gosden, a policeman on loan to the Untoucha...Read more
March 29, 1962 • 1h
Chicago, after the Repeal of Prohibition; (so this would be around 1934). With booze legal, the racket czars step up their dealin...Read more
April 5, 1962 • 1h
November 7, 1933. Slot machines are big business; 2,000 of the one-armed bandits rake in $100,000 per week; ($50 per machine). O...Read more
May 3, 1962 • 1h
Chicago. Pete ""The Persuader"" Kalmisky, former bodyguard of Al Capone, accompanied by Syndicate business manager Alan Sitkin, h...Read more
May 10, 1962 • 1h
March 4, 1933. The Windy City is getting ready for the Chicago World's Fair, also known as the ""Century of Progress"" Exposition...Read more
May 17, 1962 • 1h
May 17, 1932. There are many free soup kitchens in Chicago, but one of them in the skid row section is really a front; upstairs, ...Read more
May 31, 1962 • 1h
New York City; February 4, 1934. 3 months of intensive investigation is paying off for Ness and his Untouchables; they have ""Smi...Read more
June 14, 1962 • 1h
Chicago, April 16, 1934. Prohibition is over, the main racket is now narcotics. The New York Syndicate, the ""Big 6"" send their...Read more
June 28, 1962 • 1h
January 1929. Gangster Matt Malloy walks into a sporting goods store; he can't buy an automatic pistol without a police permit, h...Read more
July 5, 1962 • 1h
March 2, 1933. The remote section of the northern Michigan Lake front, 180 miles northeast of Chicago. The Chicago Syndicate, to...Read more