Life in Mobland Chicago

Life in Mobland Chicago

Just how dangerous was it to live in Chicago during the 1920s? Was it all gangsters, tommy guns and spilt moonshine?


Don is finding out what it was like to exist alongside the likes of Al Capone with Paul Durica, Director of Exhibitions at Chicago History Museum.


Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.


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