Bring Me the Head of Al Capone

American Hauntings Podcast by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor

Sep 1, 202687:39Society & Culture

In the fall of 1926, the best friend of Chicago gangsters returned to politics and got his name added to the Republican mayoral primary ballot. William “Big Bill” Thompson was back from political exile – he just couldn’t...

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