Beneath the streets of Chicago, rumors of hidden tunnels connected to Al Capone’s criminal empire have survived for decades, with stories of secret escape routes, underground smuggling operations, ...

Of the many people who have found fame and flirted with immortality in Chicago, not all have been deserving, and most of even the best of them wind up fading away. Not so with a certain native New ...

The two notable young men went to high school together and developed a friendship that continued after their school days ended Bettmann Archive/Getty (2) Desi Arnaz had a fascinating life from early ...

On this day in 1931, Al Capone, who had reportedly boasted, “They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money,” was found guilty of tax evasion. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York ...

During Franklin D. Roosevelt's 12 years as U.S. president, cars became far more than just transportation at the White House. They served as symbols of visibility, security, and presidential authority.

With his famously luxe taste, it only makes sense that Al Capone would have a lavish timepiece to match his equally high-flying lifestyle. One such example of the infamous mobster’s penchant for the ...

Bust-down watches—the rap-world colloquialism for timepieces encrusted in aftermarket diamonds and gemstones—seem like an invention of recent history. In the early 2000s, especially, there was no ...

Chicago officials re-enact the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre. NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Instead of romance, Valentine’s Day in Chicago was filled with bloodshed in 1929, when the ...

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One of the most notorious criminals in America did a stint behind bars at a Philadelphia prison that now hosts haunted houses during Halloween season. Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, the organized ...

Al Capone and his wife Mae Capone shared four grandchildren Underwood Archives/Getty; Paul Kitagaki Jr./ZUMA Press Wire Al Capone might be one of the most infamous figures in American history, but to ...