In the 1930s the names became "Pretty Boy" Floyd and "Babyface" Nelson, while the 1940's gives us "Bugsy" Siegal. In more recent years the name parade brings John "The Teflon Don" Gotti, and Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano. Every famous gangster has a colorful name to go along ...
Pulp Miniatures manufacturer of the 28mm New York Pulp Gangster Line of the 1920s - 1930s - We Only Kill each Other. Over 35 artistically designed pulp characters for tabletop gaming.
However, the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, in which seven gang rivals were murdered in broad daylight, damaged Chicago's and Capone's image, leading influential citizens to demand government action and newspapers to dub Capone "Public Enemy No. 1". The federal authorities became intent on ...
Writing in theAmerican Journal of Playin 2011 [PDF], author Samira Kawash took a closer look at the rise in popularity of trick or treating and the seeming glorification of organized crime figures during the economically turbulent period of the 1930s. It’s little coincidence, Kawash wrote, tha...
Everyone knows Al Capone and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, but there are far more fascinating mobsters, robbers and killers from Chicago's Prohibition era
Feared and revered, American gangsters of the 1920s Prohibition era and the 1930s Depression period, controlled liquor sales, gambling, and prostitution.