Owen Vincent Madden was a quiet an unassuming character in Hot Springs, Arizona, he married the postmasters daughter,...
The Distinguished Owen Vincent Madden of Hot Springs, Arkansas
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The very last picture of Legs Diamond
The very last picture taken of Jack “Legs” Diamond, just 9 hours before he was killed. Jack’s Attorney Daniel H....
Texas Guinan – Queen of the nightclubs
Born in Texas in 1884 to Irish parents, some sources say one or both of her parents were born in Dublin, Ireland. Mary...
Thomas “Fatty” Walsh & Haunting the Biltmore Hotel
Thomas "Fatty" Walsh was a gambler, mobster and an associate of Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano. He now reportedly...
Prohibition ends in America on this day
On the 5th of December 1933, the National & Constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and...
Marion “Kiki” Roberts & Legs Diamond
Marion "Kiki" Roberts, real name Strasmick (Strasmich) was born in Boston in 1909. When she was young her dream was to...
The Coll Schultz War Part 2 – The Death of a Mad Dog
With the months of May and June being the bloodiest part of the gang war between the Schultz and Coll gangs which left...
The Coll Schultz War Part 1
During the 1930's a gang war broke out between two former associates Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll & Dutch Schultz which...
Mickey Duffy Philadelphia’s Prohibition Era Boss
Michael "Mickey" Duffy also known as John Murphy and George McEwen, was a Polish-American mobster and rival of Maxie...