Before gangsters were glamorized by movies and myth, they were known (and feared) as shadowy figures carving out power in cities like Chicago and New York. From prohibition-era mobsters slinging ...

A lot of things have changed in the 100 years since prohibition empowered Al Capone and other mobsters to get rich selling booze on the black market. One thing hasn’t changed: Prohibition still ...

The disappearance of a law often signifies that it has either fulfilled its purpose, proven inherently useless, or been ...

The mob flourished during the Prohibition era from 1920-1933, when a ban on manufacturing, selling, and transporting alcohol in the U.S. created a black market for alcohol. Costello and Genovese ...

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In 1964, a father and son were renovating a former speakeasy in the East Village into a theater when they came across two unopened safes in the basement. The speakeasy had been sold eagerly for a very ...