When her husband was murdered on the orders of Chicago mobster Frank Nitti, Georgette Winkeler--wife of one of Al Capone's "American Boys"--set out to expose the Chicago Syndicate. After an attempt to
A guide to the famous crimes and notorious gansters of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s includes biographies, chronologies, and glossaries of the origins of outlaw terminology and discusses the law enforce
Lester Joseph Gillis - better known to the public and press of the 1930s as Baby Face Nelson - was one of a succession of public enemies beginning with John Dillinger and progressing to Bonnie and Cl
Meticulously documented, lavishly detailed, exhaustively researched, and written with an eye for the truths that have remained largely hidden, The Complete Public Enemy Almanac" provides a reliable so
Lester Joseph Gillis -- better known to the public and press of the 1930s as Baby Face Nelson -- was one of a succession of public enemies beginning with John Dillinger and progressing to Bonnie and C
Looks at gangland's "crime of the century," and offers a new assessment of the role of Al Capone in the machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as poli
The machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as cops became the gangland crime of the century." Or so the story went. Since then it has been featured in
The machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as cops became the gangland crime of the century."" Or so the story went. Since then it has been featured i
While researching a book on Depression-era outlaws, Playboy editor William J. Helmer stumbled upon a 600-page manuscript on John Dillinger. Written in the 1930s by G. Russell Girardin but never publi
