Famous Chicago Gangsters
67The Windy City
Chicago has always been a haven for gangsters,mobsters,and all types of hoodlums.
The intent of this hub is to list some of the most famous Chicago gangsters,with pictures to go with.
Scroll down and take a look how wild a place Chicago has been.
Al Capone
Al grew up in Brooklyn,New York.Capone got hooked up with the mob in New York and moved to Chicago to work for Johnny Torrio.The Torrio/Capone gang were notorious killers.They killed off most of the other gang leaders and then Capone took control from Torrio.Al Capone was now the king of the Chicago underworld.He had his hands in every crime there was.He made millions.
The police never could nail him on any crimes except tax evasion.He was sentenced to 11 years,but released early because he had syphylis.
Here are many pictures of Capone and others.
He was sure not some one you would want to cross as you can see from the bottom picture.
Sam "Momo" Giancana
Another big Chicago mobster who was in prison when Capone came into power was Sam Giancana.Before prison,he ran the 42 gang.They were ruthless and the biggest neighborhood gang in Chicago.
Giancana grew into such a large boss in the Chicago outfit,that he was in good with Joseph Kennedy which led to him keeping both John and Bobby Kennedy from taking him down with the McClellan commission.
In 1975,in Mexico,Giancana was killed by his own gang.
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There were and are man,many more Chicago gangsters.The newest;the Vice-Lords,terrorize and murder all the time.As far as I can tell,the government will never rid Chicago of gangsters.
I will leave you with many more pictures of these mobsters,gangsters,and victims on the streets of Chicago.
© G.L. Boudonck
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Interesting. What's with the last fella on this list? He's not wearing a suit.
HOW ABOUT BUGS MORAN??? HE A TRUE CHICAGO GANGSTER TOO!
Yep, Chicago is what Chicago is!
Many years ago in the 20's I believe my mother was mixed up with a gangster in Chicago. My Mom's sister told me after my Mom passed away. My Aunt had said that it had imbarrased the family. She was supposed to have her picture on the front page of a newspaper with this person. I am trying to find out if this is true. If anyone can give me an idea how to do this I would deeply appreciate it.
so sad
i think if you google her name you may find out.
That last man on the list is Jeff Fort,Founder The BLACK P. STONE NATION OF CHICAGO
Al capone was the greatest gangster in da chi..
long liive CAPONE
i see everybody seem to forget about king Larry Hoover the real american gangsta it's cool boss man i got you; free king Hoover
I still don't get why chicago always the bad place chicago is nice place down town but yeah it's true there's is a lot of gangsters last week i heard they killed somebody i ask my self why.
hoover was a president
Larry Hoover is a fair and just GANGSTER
sO LONG LIVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
Great hub full of good information, though some of the characters on this page are truely frightening. I sometimes imagine what it would be been like to be alive in that era but it scares me to think of what they got up to.
Any one ever heard of James j warjac
try news paper archives its very good my fatherinlaw was a mobster friends of the rat pack
compu-smart 4 years ago
Great hub Froggy..
I love all the gangser movies including bugsy malone ..I may do a hub on my favorite london gangster films........If i ever get the time!!