Chicago's Taxicab Wars took place throughout the 1920's when rival taxi company's went to war with each other to gain...
Chicago’s 1920’s Taxicab Wars Part 1
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The Dunnes – Dublin’s Original Crime Family
The Dunne's began life on the streets of the Liberties area of Dublin, their parents had a clothes stall in the...
Corcoran’s Roost
Corcorans Roost was a neighborhood the East Side of Manhattan, today its known as Tudor City....
The Bloody Maxwell District Chicago
For about a hundred years, the Maxwell Street District or better known as Bloody Maxwell on the Near West Side of...
The Fox Lake Massacre
The Fox Lake Massacre was an event when Prohibition Era violence spilled over into Lake County, northeastern Illinois...
Theodore Allen – The Allen
Theodore Allen, or known as The Allen, was an American gambler, political organizer, saloon keeper and head of a...
Waxey Gordon
Irving Wexler better known as Waxey Gordon was born to Polish - Jewish Immigrants in 1888, he grew up to become an...
The Horseshoe Section – Jersey City, New Jersey
The “Horse-Shoe” section in Jersey City’s old Second Ward was an area of tenements...
The Vandeleur Evictions
One of the most famous evictions took place in July, 1888, on the Vandeleur Estate near Kilrush, Co. Clare....