How Al Capone Became the Most Feared Gangster in America

The man known to history as Al Capone was born on the 17th of January, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. Within a single decade he would become the most famous criminal on Earth — controlling a city, corrupting its institutions, and earning a fortune from Prohibition — yet he was never convicted of murder or bootlegging. In the end, only his unpaid taxes could bring him down. This documentary traces Capone's full story: his upbringing in an immigrant family, his mentorship under Johnny Torrio, his rise to head the Chicago Outfit, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, his fall to a quiet accountant rather than Eliot Ness, and his final years destroyed by the syphilis he was too afraid to treat. 🔔 Subscribe to Underworld Dossiers for a new documentary every week. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:08 Origins & Parentage 4:11 The Making of a Gangster 7:32 Chicago & Prohibition 10:27 The Boss of Chicago 13:57 The Downfall 17:41 Legacy #AlCapone #Documentary #TrueCrime #Mafia #Prohibition #Chicago #OrganizedCrime #History #Scarface #UnderworldDossiers