A pistol that the notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone nicknamed "sweetheart" is once again up for auction. This time, prospective buyers can place bids in South Carolina on the weapon that ...
One of Alcatraz’s most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 ...
Expiration dates are a staple of food safety and quality, so much so that you'd assume they're the result of caring, concerned citizens, or food scientists who wanted to improve the world. Whoever is ...
A tax evasion charge brings down Al Capone. After the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, federal authorities were set on sending Al Capone to prison. It would be a tax evasion charge that would bring down ...
GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 18th at 3:00 p.m. ET, online (guns.richmondauctions.com), via phone, and in person, Richmond Auctions will present to the world “The Sweetheart,” Al Capone’s ...
This photo taken Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas shows a Colt .45-caliber pistol that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone. It is going on display for the first time at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas, ...
Al Capone’s name has become synonymous with Prohibition-era gang violence. Like many outlaws of the era, he is today romanticized as a mob legend, Capone’s actual climb to the top in 1920s Chicago was ...
In the 1930s, gangster Al Capone and his brother, Ralph "Bottles" Capone, became emboldened to tighten laws surrounding ...
U.S. gangster Al Capone has his photo taken while in custody in Philadelphia, May 18, 1929. The pistol Al Capone nicknamed "Sweetheart" almost sold for $885,000 this week, before the unidentified ...
WAS NONE OTHER THAN AL CAPONE, THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS GANGSTER. THIS IS AL CAPONE’S COLT 19 1145 SEMI-AUTO PISTOL. THIS WAS HIS CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON, DUBBED AS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE AND ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It was on a school playground where she learned her last name carries weight, when another girl pointed a finger at her and ordered the other kids to follow her. "Let's go," the girl ...