Episode 1
The Empty Chair
"Chicago, May 5, 1932. After 7 months of legal delays, Al Capone... was on his way to federal prison, to serve...
Episode 2
Ma Barker and Her Boys
January 16, 1935. Oklawaha, Florida. Eliot Ness, along with Bill Youngfellow and Martin Flaherty, are closing...
Episode 3
The Jake Lingle Killing
Gangs have divided Chicago in 2-- the northside is run by the Bertshce mob, the southside by the Viale brother...
Episode 4
The George Bugs Moran Story
March 2, 1932. Gangster Joe Carroll, sidekick of George "Bugs" Moran, kidnaps 9-year-old Larry Halloran, Jr.--...
Episode 5
Ain't We Got Fun?
Summer 1933, Chicago. The mobsters were branching out from liquor, going into the numbers racket, call girls,...
Episode 6
The Vincent Mad Dog Coll Story
February 1931. In Churchill Downs, the entries for the Kentucky Derby are closed. Tight-fisted Dutch Schultz,...
Episode 7
Mexican Stake-Out
Eliot Ness is lured south of the border to retrieve a witness who will help his case. Only it's a set-up...onc...
Episode 8
The Artichoke King
April 19, 1931. New York City. Every 48 hours, more than 25 million pounds of fruits and vegetables stream int...
Episode 9
The Tri-State Gang
In the latter part of 1933, there was an epidemic of truck hijackings in the states of Virginia, Maryland and...
Episode 10
The Dutch Schultz Story
March 1935. One of the toughest mobsters in New York City is Dutch Schultz. He and his mob were responsible fo...
Episode 11
You Can't Pick the Number
Chicago, October 1932. The depths of the Great Depression, marked by unemployment and poverty. The only chan...
Episode 12
The Underground Railway
The night of August 3, 1933, outside the Louisburg Federal Prison in Pennsylvania. After serving 2 years of a...
Episode 13
Syndicate Sanctuary
30 miles from Chicago, the (fictitious) Calum City; population: 10,000. Judge Leon Zabo is running for mayor,...
Episode 14
The Noise of Death
Chicago, March 31, 1933. Giuseppe ""Joe"" Bucco is at home when he gets a visit from his wife's cousin, Barba...
Episode 15
Star Witness
1934. The Depression was over 4 years old, and Al Capone was in Alcatraz. Many of the rackets had seemingly...
Episode 16
The St. Louis Story
Spring 1931. Gangland warfare had broken out again with sudden violence in the streets of St. Louis. Tim Har...
Episode 17
One-Armed Bandits
Chicago, February 1932. Crime has been spreading all over, from the dark alleys of Cicero to the social atmos...
Episode 18
Little Egypt
Little Egypt (not the Belly Dancer) was the city of Morraine, the heart of the gangster-infected area in downs...
Episode 19
The Big Squeeze
Chicago. Prior to May 1934, robbing state banks was not a federal offense. Bandits only had local police to...
Episode 20
The Unhired Assassin (1)
Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara""
Chicago. November 9, 1932. FDR has just been elected president, and the repea...
Episode 21
The Unhired Assassin (2)
Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara"" (continued)
Nitti's plenty sore! Mayor Cermak's stepped-up law enforcement has...
Episode 22
The White Slavers
March 31, 1934; Prohibition is over. Al Capone is still running things from Alcatraz, his new money-maker is...
Episode 23
Three Thousand Suspects
September 1932. The Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, 430 miles west-southwest of Chicago, houses...
Episode 24
The Doreen Maney Story
New York City: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx. On the evening of June 8, 1933, Max Baer knocked out Max Schmeling...
Episode 25
Portrait of a Thief
Chicago, 1931. Eliot Ness and his men had cracked the bootleg empire of Al Capone, by smashing his breweries...
Episode 26
Underworld Bank
New York City. Saturday, September 23, 1933. Top rackets boss Milo Sullivan is the head of ""Crime, Inc."" ...
Episode 27
Head of Fire - Feet of Clay
Chicago. (year?)* The jury had been out for 12 hours, on the case Ness had worked so hard on, trying to get...
Episode 28
The Frank Nitti Story
1934. Prohibition had been repealed (the Volstead Act ran from January 17, 1920 - April 7, 1933). The syndic...