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Al Capone, The Original Public Enemy No. 1

This program originally broadcast on October 27, 2016.

The real Al Capone. From Brooklyn kid to Chicago crime boss, a new biography gives the whole story.

The gangster Al Capone had a short, famed time on top. The Brooklyn kid who went to Chicago in the heart of Prohibition,

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