11 Things You Didn’t Know About Al Capone

Who was Al Capone? For some, his name stirs up images of a cigar-chomping folk-hero-mobster involved in everything from racketeering to murder and drug-running (and what would ultimately put him behind bars, tax evasion). For others, maybe there’s a desire to know the truth about the man who inspired Scarface. It’s also possible you’re just curious as his syphilitic dementia.