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Al Capone was an infamous American gangster in the 1920’s and 30’s also known by the name “Scarface”. Born in Brooklyn, New York was where he started his career as a so called “used furniture dealer.” Capone then moved to Chicago, Illinois where he became the city’s most notorious mafia figure. By the end of the 1920’s he was placed on the FBI’s “Most Wanted List.” Capone’s activities helped Chicago gain the reputation of a “lawless city” during the Prohibition Era...
Jimmy Hoffa was born on February 14, 1913 as James Riddle Hoffa. Despite what has been written and rumored about Jimmy Hoffa, it is undeniable that he is the man at the cornerstone of the modern labor union movement. At a time in the Depression-era 1930s when just alluding to unionization could put the jobs and very lives of workers in jeopardy, he fought for improved worker’s rights and negotiated national contracts for his Teamster members. The numbers soared to the millions thanks to Hoffa’s tough bargaining skills, charismatic personality and sympathy for the little guy.
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John Gotti Jr. was born on October 27, 1940. John Gotti was flashy, fearless, fierce and ruthless. He was the type of mob leader that had not been seen since the heydays of Al Capone and Lucky Luciano. John Gotti ushered in a second glory period for the Gambino crime family in the 1980s. He used a combination of old-school charm and a ruthless desire for power, money, and respect. He was a man of contradictions; a man who could go from vicious murder operations to throwing barbecues for his neighbors.
John Gotti Jr. was known as both the “Dapper Don”...
In the 1930’s, one name struck particular fear into the heart of every lawman. John Herbert Dillinger. He was considered “public enemy number” one by the US Justice Department, and was responsible for the death of an East Chicago police officer in 1934. Infamous for a string of successful bank robberies, no one has yet had the courage to even estimate how many thousands this notorious gangster stole over the years.
John Dillinger’s life involved more thrills than modern day action movies. Born to an extremely average mid-western family in June of 1903, John’s mother died when he was only three...
