Gangster holidays : the video

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Al Capone, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson had a lot in common - Chicago in the 1930s, Prohibition and less known is their time spent in Wisconsin's northwoods. Lured just like other vacationer...

Al Capone, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson had a lot in common - Chicago in the 1930s, Prohibition and less known is their time spent in Wisconsin's northwoods. Lured just like other vacationers by the rregion's prisine forest,s, unspoiled lakes and many recreational activiites, the gangsters often came north to get away from it all. Sometimes, though "it all" followed them, leading to some notable confrontationss with the law in the wild FBI shoot-out at Little Bohemia and the "gangster meets the game warden" incident. Drawing on a lifetime of gangster research, veteran newsman and author Tom Hollatz takes you on a unique insider's tour of some notorious mobsters' favorite northwoods Wisconsin haunts.

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