‘November 1963’ puts Chicago Outfit at center of JFK assassination
New movie claims Mob helped rig 1960 presidential election, then felt betrayed by Attorney General Robert Kennedy
‘When Spilotro got greedy, the end was written’
Since 1980, award-winning reporter Chuck Goudie has covered the Mob and much more for ABC7 News in Chicago. He’s been…
The Las Vegas misadventures of Russian Louie
By the time he was 11 years old, he was arrested for burglary in San Francisco. By the time he…
Fearless Las Vegas journalists Jeff German, Ned Day left lasting legacies
Las Vegas reporters Jeff German and Ned Day had more in common than a dogged approach to digging out major…
Capone tax evasion trial: Jury finds Chicago mobster guilty on 5 of 23 counts
Last of two parts. On October 10, 1931, a Saturday, the prosecution read into the record Al Capone’s admissions to…
Capone tax evasion trial: 90 years ago, the T-Men had the goods on Mob chief
First of two parts. Spectators gathered outside each doorway to the U.S. District Court building in Chicago in the fall…
Allen Glick, 1970s owner of Las Vegas casinos skimmed by Mob, has died
Allen R. Glick, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and California developer who insisted he knew nothing about skimming by Midwestern…
The story of Al Capone and Eliot Ness is headed for Showtime
The shooting death of seven gangsters in Chicago on February 14, 1929, was “the most cold-blooded massacre in the history…
Dennis Griffin, true crime author who chronicled the Mob in Las Vegas and elsewhere, dies
If there was a hall of fame for true crime authors, Dennis Griffin would be in it. He was a…
A new look at Tony Spilotro in upcoming movie
When mobster Tony Spilotro was active in Las Vegas decades ago, doors opened for him in Hollywood. As the Chicago…