The Thompson submachine gun was designed for use by soldiers in war, but Chicago gangsters made it famous as the Tommy gun, aka the Chicago typewriter. Skip to content. All Sections.

The company offers other intriguing crime tours, including a mob tour focused on Chicago’s most famous gangsters like Al Capone. Located in major cities, like New York, the company offers ...

A Chicago gang leader who prosecutors say oversaw a sophisticated and brutal organization with at least 10,000 "soldiers" in Illinois that beat, shot and extorted money from rivals — even ...

CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 1929 (INS) - Seven members of a notorious North Side liquor gang were swept to a horrible death here today before an avalanche of revolver bullets in one of the most terrible ...

This week marks 90 years since Grand Haven infamously had a brush with one of Chicago’s most dangerous gangsters: Lester Gillis, also known as “Baby Face” Nelson.

John Binder, owner and operator of Chi-Town Gangster Tours, joins Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News to explain how you can learn the history of organized crime in the city from Prohibition until ...

Chicago's lingering scandals of corruption and gangsters By Arnaud Leparmentier (New-York (United States) correspondent) Published on August 7, 2022, at 12:00 pm (Paris) 6 min read ...