Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, the organized crime boss who is suspected ... Yes, the man nicknamed “Scarface” did a stint at the historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, as detailed ...

In 1929, infamous organized crime figure Alphonse “Al” Capone was incarcerated in Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary for possessing an unlicensed and concealed firearm. Capone was ...

The exhibition represents a new direction for Eastern State Penitentiary, an historic site that had established its reputation based on its dramatically dilapidated 19th century architecture. It’s ...

2002)—When the infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was sentenced to prison, he spent the year 1929-30 at Eastern State Penitentiary in Cell Block 8, Cell 1. His was as comfy and luxurious any prison ...

After housing the likes of Al Capone, along with its treacherous ... the site manager of the Eastern State Penitentiary Historical Site, told the Smithsonian Magazine. “[It] was doomed by ...

the Eastern State Penitentiary led the way to reform in the judicial system. Today, you are welcome to tour this National Historic Landmark; the highlight for many is American gangster Al Capone's ...

Years before tax evasion finally took down Al Capone, America’s most notorious ... Capone’s nine-month stint in Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary has long been portrayed as a cushy ...

The penitentiary was ... Sutton and “Scarface” Al Capone. Mr. Capone spent a lot of his life in prison, but his first time in prison was at Eastern State. He got caught with a gun at a movie ...

An curved arrow pointing right. We toured the former prison known as Eastern State Penitentiary, it housed notorious gangster Al Capone and serial bank robber William Francis Sutton. Follow BI ...

Halloween Nights returns to Eastern State Penitentiary on Friday with haunted ... like The Speakeasy at Al Capone's Cell; flashlight walking tours, live entertainment and food and drinks.

Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, the organized crime boss ... the man nicknamed “Scarface” did a stint at the historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, as detailed on the ...