Although the term "gangster" is used for any criminal from the 1920s or 30s that operated in a group, it refers to two different breeds. Mobsters belonged to organized crime rings. They generally ...

There were several groups of people who wanted alcohol to be banned from American society. These included: These groups that wanted to ban alcohol were known as ‘dries’. Groups that wanted to ...

The movie was so successful that Hollywood made more than 50 gangster movies the following year. The most violent movie of 1932 was Scarface , starring Paul Muni as Tony Camonte, a Chicago mobster.

Discover the shocking history of Britain’s ties to the Mafia, from Prohibition-era bootlegging to modern-day crime networks ...

SOUTH BEND — The History Museum and the Studebaker National Museum present “Bootlegger’s Bash” from 6 to 10 p.m. April 26 at ...

Chicago Gangsters and Ghosts Walking Tour What others ... The Beer Wars of the late 1920s were a struggle for power, ...

A historic hotel dating back to the Roaring Twenties in the Chain of Lakes outside Valparaiso is up for sale. The Long Lake ...

There is an era in the history of many cities that is inextricably linked, in the public imagination, to crime and ...

Coppola melds Ancient Rome with modern-day New York, which is a stab at commentary on America’s own declining empire (look ...

I was born in Springfield and have lived my entire life less than 10 miles from the city. Here is the truth about it.

On 16 January 1920 the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution came into force, making it illegal to sell alcohol in the USA. The Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union ...

Fresno Police Department arrests suspected gang member linked to a string of violent crimes, including shootings and armed ...