Prohibition Archives - The Irish Mob

The hit on Johnny Torrio

On the afternoon of January 24, 1925, the Czar of bootlegging and vice in Chicago, Johnny Torrio and his wife Anna...

It’s believed the partnership between Jack “Legs” Diamond and Jacob “Little Augie” Orgen started when Jack cut Little...

Diamond Jack had a fascination and love for the Western lifestyle and made his way out to Denver, Colorado to become...

February 12, 1930, the Schultz-Coll war began with the shooting of Carmine Borelli, one of Dutch Schultz’s top...

October 15, 1928, Arthur Flegenheimer aka Dutch Schultz and his partner Joey Noe (pronounced Noy) we’re drinking in...

On this day, 90 years ago one of the most famous Mob Hits of all time took place, the St. Valentines Day Massacre in...

Dean O'Banion was born to Irish parents who lived in Maroa, Illinois where he spent his early childhood before moving...

Thomas Egan was a St. Louis saloon keeper, politician and gangster involved in bootlegging, illegal gambling, voter...

At the turn of the 20th-century criminal gangs sprouted up in the Boston Irish wards, the Gustin gang was first to...