About this episode

The episode explores the execution of a crime reporter and its implications on public perception of Al Capone.

When a popular crime reporter for the  Chicago Tribune  is executed in broad daylight, all eyes turn to Capone. In the penultimate episode of "Al Capone All American," the heat is on, and Dan and Alana find not all is what it appears as the tides change on the public’s perception of our infamous mobster. Sources Historian Mario Gomes's excellent website, My Al Capone Museum ( https://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/ ) The great Chicago history site  Chicagology  ( https://chicagology.com/ ) Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Battle for Chicago  by Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz All Things Considered  by Howard Vincent O'Brien Capone: The Man and the Era  by Laurence Bergreen Mr. Capone: The Real - and Complete - Story of Al Capone , by Robert J. Schoenberg Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone  by John Kobler Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend  by Deirdre Bair The Wicked City: Chicago From Kenna to Capone  by Curt Johnson with R. Craig Sautter Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition  by John Binder Gangland Chicago: Criminality and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan, Alana

Topics covered

• Al Capone
• crime reporting
• Chicago history
• media influence
• mobsters
• public perception

Keywords

• Al Capone
• Chicago Tribune
• crime reporter
• media
• mobster
• execution
• public perception

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Tribune, Chicagology, Higher G

Books & works: Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Battle for Chicago, All Things Considered, Capone: The Man and the Era, Mr. Capone: The Real - and Complete - Story of Al Capone, Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone, Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend, The Wicked City: Chicago From Kenna to Capone, Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition, Gangland Chicago: Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City, Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation

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