Riverview Park, Many a Mobster Grew up Here

This is a pictorial memory of that place we grew up as kids..!!Date Opened: 1904 Date Closed: 1967Location: Western and Belmont Avenues, near the Chicago River and Lane Tech High Remains at site: NoneNote: Riverview was one of the greatest... Read more

Tony Accardo

Summing up the late Tony Accardo's leadership abilities, a veteran Chicago mob figure once confided to Chicago American columnist George Murray that "...Accardo has more brains before breakfast than Al Capone ever had all day." Possessing a nimble mind and... Read more

1920-1997... Notable Names

1920Johnny Torrio (1920 to 1925). Reserved boss, eschews violence, retires in 1925 after a fouled-up hit leaves him barely alive. 1925Al Capone (1925 to 1932). Perhaps the most successful mob boss ever, the subject of countless books and movies, done in... Read more

The Mob is not a story of the past

A trial in Chicago reveals old secrets of the mob, but experts says the organization is still thrivingJurors have heard testimony about a Judas kiss like the one Michael Corleone gave his brother Fredo in "The Godfather."They've heard about mobsters initiated... Read more