The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault
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| Genre | reality |
| Directed by | Bill Foster |
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Geraldo Rivera Buddy Rogers Robert St. John |
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Allan Grafman Doug Llewelyn |
| Running time | 120 minutes. |
| Distributor | Tribune Entertainment |
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The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults is an infamous two-hour live American television special that was broadcast one-time only in syndication on April 21, 1986.
Hosted by TV personality Geraldo Rivera, the special centered on the opening of a secret vault in the Lexington Hotel once owned by noted crime lord Al Capone, which turned out to be empty except for debris. The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault is available in its entirety on Geraldo's website.
Al Capone was born to Italian immigrant parents on January 17, 1899, in New York City. He moved to Chicago in 1919, and there he became a notable criminal figure and gangster. He played large parts in gambling, alcohol, and prostitution rackets. In 1925, after an assassination attempt on former head Johnny Torrio, Capone took control of the Chicago Outfit, of which he had served as the second in command. He was listed on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list, sold alcohol during the Prohibition era, planned the St. Valentine's Day massacre, and was eventually indicted and convicted of income tax evasion in 1931. In 1939, he was released from Alcatraz prison on humanitarian grounds, due to acutely advancing syphilis. He died on January 25, 1947 in his home in Palm Island, Florida from cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke a week after his 48th birthday.
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