Former Travel Editor Along with skyscrapers, the Bean, and deep dish pizza, Chicago's became famous in the 20th century for its criminal underworld. In a new book, Gangsters & Grifters ...

(Courtesy FBI) In April 1934, Nelson and his wife vacationed at a lodge in northern Wisconsin alongside several top Chicago gangsters, including Dillinger, Homer Van Meter and his close friend ...

NBC 5 Investigates what will happen next to Chicago street gang kingpin and killer Larry Hoover, 24 hours after his federal ...

One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 1929 (INS) - Seven members of a notorious North Side liquor gang were swept to a horrible death here today before an avalanche of revolver bullets in one of the most terrible ...

Can the world be any smaller? The company offers other intriguing crime tours, including a mob tour focused on Chicago’s most famous gangsters like Al Capone. Located in major cities ...

“Public Enemies” is just one in a long line of films that cast Chicago as a backdrop for gangsters ... for DePalma’s famous “Odessa Steps” homage to Eisenstein’s silent classic ...

CHICAGO – On the ... the Black Disciples as one of its top bosses and ruled with ruthless business savvy. One block away, Lavondale Glass ran the rival Gangster Disciples with equal ruthlessness.

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a former Chicago gang leader and drug kingpin serving a life ...