Al Capone's Life Was More Tragic Than You Realized
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- The life of Prohibition-era gangster and businessman Al Capone has often been the major subject of countless articles, books, and films. There have been numerous actors who have played the infamous crime boss over the years.
Robert De Niro, Jason Robards, F. Murray Abraham, and Eric Roberts are among the many actors who have brought Capone to life on the screen. Capone’s image has continuously influenced pop culture and the stereotypical image of mobsters in movies.
But for all the flash and glamour of Al Capone, he actually lived a life filled with tragedy. He was a gangster for a reason and we’ve made a video that takes a deep dive into the tragic life of Al Capone.
#AlCapone #Mobsters #Tragic
Scarface | 0:00
Brother vs. Brother | 1:35
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 3:03
The Untouchables | 4:17
Death vs. Taxes | 5:29
Capone in prison | 6:13
Jailhouse Rock | 7:21
Death in Florida | 8:26
The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults | 9:03
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Al Capone's secret tunnels wound up being empty. What do you think they were hoping to find down there?
Booty son
maybe some booze or lots of gold
El chapo
A respectible career for Giraldo. Some things just don't work out.
Geraldo's dignity
Straight up Al Capone looked like he was 50 when he was 31.
Stresses of being a Mob Boss
Ross micheal what was it
Our generation is way healthier than his, that's why we appear much younger these days. Imagine growing up eating food with tons of cholesterol, not even being aware of what cholesterol is, smoking daily, drinking, exercising and going to the gym wasn't "cool" back then either...
People did look older
@El E You just repeated exactly what I said. Yes, they did have more cholesterol, they ate very lardy meals. Nutrition was not a science back then, people had no idea what "calories" were... so how would people today be doing worse in that respect than people back then?
Al Capone: commits several murders, produces several tons of illegal beer and bribes public officials.
*Gets arrested for tax evasion.*
Stale Baguette they can’t prove his murders, illegal beer wouldn’t have gotten him in jail, everyone was bribed. Tax evasion was the only way to get him
You can take the peoples money but don’t touch the government’s 🤷🏽♂️
The only thing they could connect to him
Eli Donoso ahh yes that skinny runt that waltzed into the department and managed to put Capone behind bars within 2 months while the department had be „trying“ for two years
@Eli Donoso No, it was the Treasury Department that brought him down. Elliot's prohibition case was never used and he himself was an alcoholic which he makes him an hypocrite.
And the only thing they could bust him for was tax evasion.
damn
Zachary Laid Finding Freedom
Big al found out that the only things that are certain are death and taxes.
@@alexthelizardking And taxation is theft.
It was enough.
Chris Chandler stfu edgy weirdo
AL Capone was a beast in the east and his brother was the best in the west
@alexander usyk Naw u was bitch!
I respect Capone. But let's be honest. He was kicked out of New York.
But gotten taken down by syphilis
@@rileyhayden2613 he actually had both syphilis and gonorrhea
It's crazy that he made the guy that tried to kill him the bodyguard.
That happened in the movie Scarface also
Keep your enemies close
@@ejigthompson4645 he’s based off of Scarface
Intelligence agencies do this all the time.
FBI and CIA also hire criminal hackers to hack for them
Only $600 a week? In 1947? Adjusted for inflation that's $350,000 a year.
Steve Hammer I think that's the point he was trying to make lol
But that's pittance compared to what he was earning
$600 a week is still pretty good for today's standards. 43k a year not working.
@@imeakpan 43K?! Where you getting that number from? $600 a week is $31,200 a year
@@thaghost909 my bad, why did I multiply by 72. No worries
Al Capone -- *_The real Lvl 100 Mob Boss_*
Mr. Friendship No, Lucky Luciano
@@a4perez Nah, Capone.
Aquarius145 i take it yall dont know your gangster history. Luciano started something far bigger than al capones gang
@@Profanity_Nerd95 I take it y'all don't know your gangster history. Capone started something far bigger than Luciano's crime family.
Ynw is right copone did not belong to the mob he was not cicillian lucky lucianao was the real deal he was a very bad man worse than copone.copone just had the hollywood name
Pretty sure you just watched an Alcapone movie and then summarized the sad moments in this video, and then used all the clips from the movie
No I saw Scarface but those are really different movies
For reals 😂😂😂😂
boardwalk empire
Scarface's Tony Montana (Al Pacino) was based on Al Capone
Kiliana R not at all
The prosecutors broke the law.
Al Capone made a mistake when facing criminal tax charges is to hire a criminal defense attorney with no experience handling criminal tax matters. In fact, if Capone had hired a criminal tax defense attorney, he would have known that the statute of limitations on the IRS's claim had already expired. When facing tax evasion, tax fraud and other criminal tax charges, you need a lawyer who knows tax law.
He died a freeman thats a victory for a criminal
Sadly the syphilis had taken effect long before his parole and he spent his last days as a mental vegetable.
Dying free in your bed, inside your 14 million dollar mansion is a win. No matter his mental or physical state. Also his family got to keep the mansion after his death. Another win.
Lets not Forgetting that his Death wasn't from Gunshot are a Knife wound.. cause of Death :Some Rotten Puti 🐈 Cat..
Interesting fact.....the book keeper, "Easy Eddie," sold out Al Capone to get his son -- Butch O'Hare -- appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy. Butch O'Hare became a Navy pilot, and an American hero in WW2. Chicago's Airport -- O'Hare -- is named after this son of a former mobster who sold out Al Capone (eventually getting killed) to save his son.
600 dollars in the 1950’s was about 5k
That’s 200 thousand a year
2300 Slatt They would be thinking “Holy shit $600” as we would be saying “Holy shit $5000” It still had alot of value to them
PROD. MCMXCIX 40s u mean
It was the 1920,30s he died 1947 back then people were only making 25 cents a day if they were lucky just saying
@2300 Slatt Bro are you serious? Lmfaooo do you understand what inflation is?
2300 Slatt the point is that what 600 dollars could buy back then would take five thousand dollars to buy today, and that is a huge difference.
The music in the background sounds like the old Sega Genesis game Streets of Rage lol
Peter streets of rage had a much better soundtrack
ReaDY.....SeT.....FIGHT 💥💥💥
I love to hear stories about the old gangster times, thanks !
Then here's a good one the prosecutors broke the law
Did You Know that Milk Expiration Dates are Because of Al Capone?
Me too!!!!
"Everybody Gangster Till Big Bird Walks In" - Al Capone
Al Capone's vault was obviously raided soon after Capone went to prison OR immediately after he was sent to Alcatraz.
No way his enemies, frenemies, and friends who knew about the vault would just let it sit pretty like that.
some suspense music would have been a lot better than that 90's
rock you have chosen it gets annoying fast
90's-ish "rock"
(If this rocks you, you're basic as.)
Name of song?
Big band era music would fit for this.
I wish the narrator would stop shouting too. Media school teach some annoying methods
Or some 1920s jazz music (like what Biographics did in his biography video).
I watched that two hour special back in April 1986 about Al Capone's vault. It turned out to be a big let down because nothing was found.
Bill Bergendahl so did I it was fascinating I hope you will reply to this
Yes, that special was produced by Geraldo Rivera. He was a fraud from day one.
I read that by the time Al Capone was on his last days he had the mentality of a 12 year old because of his brain being damaged by syphillis. Even when he was spending time in Eastern State Penn. He can be heard yelling at someone named Johnny to leave him alone and there would be no one there. Even in that prison he had a lavish prison cell too.
Wow great job telling his story!
Al Capone had a BAND?
M eWithoutYou I don't think so. The guy who responded to me was quite vague on details. Like I told him, Capone was a very common pedestrian gangster, a little more psychotic and willing to get his hands bloody than most, but through the years I've read and seen a lot about him with no mention of a band. I don't even think he played the ukulele until he got to Alcatraz, but I could be wrong about that.
OG and the original Jail House Rock
LodiTX. I think the band they was referring to was in prison. he did play the ukulele in a band but I read he didn't perform with them because he was too arrogant and the band kicked him out, that's what I read somewhere anyway.
Yea, he played the skin flute in prison.
Yeah ac/dc highway to hell
your vids are pretty great guys ! Quite informative and entertaining !
The Fed's decision to go for tax evasion was smart as hell.
He was so affiliated and had so many pockets controlled that they could not get him any other way
@Milton Holley Yea it is impressive. Al Capone ran Chicago, so him getting pinched over tax evasion over everything else is kinda crazy.
More like petty.
@Milton Holley i get where your coming from, thanks Al
Yeah, Big Al had a tough time. The *REAL* Godfather, $$$ Out-the -Wazoo, with mansions in Chicago & Miami, booze & broads. I'm going to tear-up right now, just thinking about it...lol
CLASSICALFAN100 I know right feel sorry for him for what you live by and you die by case closed this guy obviously was the governments cash cow at the time and a lot of these gangsters and mafias and drug trafficking goes hand and hand with government cia operations and child trafficking also stealing peoples organs is another big business sooo yeah
@@thesanchezspeaks1421 Can you give me a source for the child trafficing and the organ stealing?
The real godfather was Luciano.
You know all those things don't necessarily make you a happy person
Boardwalk empire was so good
I watched Geraldo's Al Capone's Tunnels show. I still wish I had my two hours back. Great video, thank you!
8:40. $600/week = $31,200/year. During the Great Depression, $1/hour was a decent wage.
My High School job in 1967 was for a grocery store $1.15/hr. But I got LOTS of tips.
It was in the 1940s, but yeah, it was a nice chunk of cash. When I got my first full-time job, after graduating high school, I made $1.10 an hour. But a loaf of bread cost 18 cents and gasoline was 22 cents a gallon.
@@oldenweery7510 I read Oldweeny at first glance, lol
@@765respect Thanks, I earned the gray hair---but I could live without my constant companion, Art Ritus!
My worlds most horrible valentine present was. My ex served me child support and custody papers on Valentine’s Day. When I got us into a nice restaurant thinking we where doing good in are relationship. Needless to say she moved herself out the next day😔
@Hl A I applied for a divorce on Valentine's Day
@Hl A yeah I'm starting to wonder that myself she left me but conveniently she kept having medical bills sent to the house Soho lawyer advice me apply for a separation which does start the divorce process so I can legally Shield myself from her shenanigans but yeah on Valentine's Day and you have to see the line in the courthouse that was fucked up I saw a few military people applying for a divorce because people fuck around when the service member is not home I stopped celebrating that Wicked holiday after that it wasn't the same no more oh and also seeing the movie The Butterfly Effect that really didn't help
@@sitdowndogbreath Did you have a prenup just in case?
@@ColdHardTruthNews nope
@@sitdowndogbreath Damn, that sucks.
3:53 that face
Al Capone had gotten him a New York's buck fifty
Good video didn't know a lot of this
Oh I remember the Al Capone's vault debacle. I was 15 years old at the time, so I really didn't care about Al Capone much, but Geraldo was one of ABC's sleaziest news correspondents, so I thought his epic fail was absolutely hilarious.
How old are you?
Heather he still is a sleazeball that Geraldo.
Heraldo is a public no#1 knob.
You must be like 80 or some shit how’s your life been
@@harleybowers2335
You idiot! She's only 50 by now....
As a kid in the 1970's, I read about al Capone as a kid, did book reports and all.
Great video
Open the vault🤣. He is NEVER going to live that down.
Live what down? He didn't know what the hell was in there (if anything)...
Giant build up. Nothing there. It’s mainly how he reacted that’s gone down in infamy. Did you see it?
That show was the highest rated syndicated special in the history of television. Who's the joke on now? More like Geraldo has entered legendary status.
Geraldo
What's with the nintendo 64 music in background?
I can't decide which is more tragic the end of Geraldos career or the last days of Al Capone 🤔🤔🤔
I believe Al had more integrity then Geraldo has! 😂😂
My god, THE MUSIC!!!!!
I went to elementary school with a relative of his-Susan Capone. Kids would ask if she was related to Al, and when she told them that he was her uncle, they accused her of lying. Go figure.
Some little known facts is that he funded soup kitchens and the Catholic church. He was originally buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery near Chicago and was reburied at the family plot in Mount Carmel Cemetery, also near Chicago.
kinda sad that there are still people who will want to respect someone who donates to the church compared to if donating to a shelter that feeds homeless ppl
@ZULU MATUBU lol
@@ricoflamma5430 do u know what soup kitchens are they fed homeless people you ignaranus
h3xd3m0ni I never stated that the soup kitchens didn’t feed the homeless, I said why mention the Catholic Church as something to be proud of funding or “helping”, when we know many churches on average revenue high amounts of money. There is nothing humble or humane about donating to a church.
@@ricoflamma5430 dirty cash is why there isn't much respect for him.
The syphilis ate away at the safe's contents as well.
History has proven Al Capone to be of a higher character than of those who hunted him.
The people of the area he controlled would not turn against him because he did more for the poor than the authorities or government ever did..
The didnt arrest him for being a criminal,they arrested him for being...their competition.
@sfat fuxia Those that hunted him poisoned the alcohol of its own citizens,murdering them.Better man than them....
@sfat fuxia Scale matters,they kill in the millions,he was just a guy used as an example in an attempt to prove to us why we need and should allow the real murder's to protect us.If you murder innocents in the millions dont expect me to believe the stories you tell me about a"Boogeyman"you created yourself while taking the citizens rights away...
PS.He was NEVER proven a murderer in court BTW
@sfat fuxia If he worked alongside them for the same "company" they wouldn't have had to railroad him to get him incarcerated.Gov are the real evil in the world,not any common man.Throughout history any man that rises up enough is ALWAYS demonized by a Gov that wishes to not share in its corrupt profits.
@@jasoncoomer1226 you are absolutely RIGHT: i am Italian, you are American(i think🤣) but in a so called civilizated and free country, all of us are free unless proven guilty; otherwise It is unfair to declare a person a bad One, or a criminal. The law is practically the only thing that separate us From the animals. Hope you understand what i mean, Sorry for my horrible english😂🤣🤗
@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici I agree and yes i am American
Capone's mind was so badly destroyed by disease that he spent his last days in a bathrobe, sitting in a chair---fishing in his swimming pool on Palm Island, in Miami, FL.
Take a tour of his house! Magnifico!
The pool fishing thing has never been proven.
Had to be true. Hollywood put the scene in a movie.
@@jimarcher5255 I heard about it in a documentary, so...
That is basically an old wives tale.
Al Capone didn’t start the rock island band. In fact he didn’t even know how to play an instrument. Most guards stated that the whole band sounded like something an elementary school would put together. Capone learned to play the banjo there. He actually begged to get into the band
👍
My Grandfather told me stories about Al Capone claiming he know him
j mula how do you know?Are you al Capone or something.
I would have thought Al Capone would have had the man who scared his face murdered instead of hiring him as secuirty ?
*"It was just business"*
I’m from Chicago my great great grandfather worked with him
4:53 it should be noted that Ness wouldn't take bribes, but was himself a heavy drinker.
Man I wish we could have more actual videos of him
visited here today! i recognized almost all of these places!🥰🖤
The music sounds like a video game i use to play as a kid.
Geraldo Rivera trying look coo with that gun it was probably the only excited thing on that episode lol
at 7.20 I think thats from an episode of the 66 BATMAN TV show with the Joker pitching
Yup
Hey Grunge, New sub here so unsure if my voice matters much but - videos like this would be dope with different music, what he did in life was dark and violent. music like that would just make me more interested in watching the full video. the current music makes it feel like a pop video with justin beiber
FRIGGIN AWESOME
Al's nickname in Alcatraz was "The wop with a mop"
Pothead Mike I’m siciliano and this is funny.
@@adbc9193 - Al, is one of my favorite gangsters. Not the most sagacious mobster, he was a true Mafiosi. He rewarded loyalty and treachery accordingly.
Paisan! My Mom's was Italian.
Everyone’s life was tragic back then.
I don't know. Al seemed to do ok lol.
??????
Nice work, a lot of good info but ..that music in the background? What are you selling exercise equipment?
🤣
I remember the "Famous Journalist" who was LIVE while a secret Capone vault was opened on TV.
Nothing was found .
No one refers to Geraldo Rivera as a “famous journalist”…perhaps “infamous” 😂😂
Just imagine living back in those days...
Ah yes, Rivera, the great Finder Of Lost Vaults. What a joke that was. Well, they DID find an old stop sign.
He has pretty much been considered a laughing stock ever since.
Switched the jury at the last minute, never get away with that today
to paraphrase the legendary Rotten library, Geraldo opening Capone's vault revealed no treasure, instead offering the live television equivalent of a pie in the face.
Let me welcome everybody to the wild wild west, a state thats untouchable like Elliot Ness
Nas 🔥
@@theequalizers1983 bruh
@@theequalizers1983 that's Dr. Dre
What's the name of this song? Can't seem to find it. Even with special apps.
This beat is hitting
Loved the quote "sent him a love letter made out of lead".
I'm gonna use that😝
wtf
It's not much a stretch for Robert DiNiro to portray an angry ruthless psychopath.
@Food Recipes Try learning how to write before you post online, your ignorance is shining through.
@Food Recipes "Retarted"? Damn you're stupid! You should spend less time hating on Trump and more time educating yourself. BTW, you don't have to go to college to learn proper grammar and spelling you dumbass. You're the perfect leftist pawn; stupid and full of hate.
@Trevor Johnson libtard
@Hl A lol
@Food Recipes I knew how to write before getting a bachelor's and master's degree. Judging by you ignorance and stupidity, I doubt you even got a GED. I wish I could say your stupidity is funny, but it is just downright sad and pathetic.
I think something people don't realize is that Capone was hardly Capone anymore when Elliot Ness took him down. The end of prohibition cut into Capone's profits severely. Prior to the end of prohibition, Capone spent 54 million dollars a year in police protection. When he was taken down, 54 million a year was the entirety of his profits from his illegal businesses.
I live pretty close to a place called the Luna Cafe. It was once a brothel established by Al Capone. Capone did not want to go to St. Louis to conduct business because of potential gang rivals there, so he established a place close by. I suspect that if he coordinated the St. Valentines Day Massacre personally, the Luna Cafe is a likely spot where he may have met with the St. Louis gangsters who posed as policemen that day.
Dude, you talk so fast and were all over the place with this video, I couldn’t comprehend anything
There was nothing in Al Capone's vault, but it wasn't Heraldo's fault
..... Doh!
Scrolled down quite far for this, surprisingly.
Geraldo learned that the vault was empty prior to the taping of the shell, but still continue to pretend he hadn’t, because he didn’t want to destroy the potential viewership.
Never understood why they haven’t made a newer movie about this guy. They make movies about everybody else lol
Its in the process.
what movie is it in the background?
Some scenes are from 1987's The Untouchables. A lot of footage is from the AMC series Making of the Mob.
Hiring the dude who almost gutted you, to be your personal bodyguard...
What a gangster thing to do.
The number of murders and other crimes committed by Capone was tragic also.
The tragic part of his life was his last days. It was so bad
What movie or show are some of the clips from? I know there's the Untouchables, but more specifically the one they show where he gets his scars. Seemed sort of interesting.
The AMC series The Making of the Mob. It is on Netflix and Amazon.
Thanks!
That Al was quite a character. There's still so much about him and other gangsters I don't know.
You mean Al Capone.. the most infamous ‘gangster’ to ever be known , had a life with tragedy? I just cant believe it..
During the time of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the public was so concerned supposedly Al Capone offered the authorities his help in solving the crime by using is, “connections” to see what he could find out. The authorities refused any involvement by him because of whom he was and his reputation at the time. True of not, we will probably never know.
Sorry this is years later but when you made this comment were you under the impression that the Lindbergh baby had never been found and was still an unsolved mystery? Curious on your take about this.. thanks so much if you reply!
I am super freaked out, I thought they never found him 😳
the intro music sounds alot like "Bleed American" by jimmy eat world
can you please list the movie's/tv series you got the screen grabs from
Untouchables
I can promise you this....if I lived back in Capone's time (like it was the Wild Wild West) I'd live just like the guy
Will M I’d be a gangsta...acting a fool...today u jaywalk and 5 cops FBI agents are on ur ass...much more fun back then
Most of his charges should have been time barred did the government threaten his lawyer?
What movie dod they use for this
can someone tell me the movie title these pictures are from?
Can’t beat em hire em 🤷🏾♀️
I totally remember Geraldo's 2hr special. All he did was make a mess.
Anybody know the name of the movie at 8:30?
What are the other movies or show titles in this clip? I recognize The Untouchables, and Boardwalk Empire. What are some of the others?
I've been fascinated by Capone for many years, back when the 90s TV show The Untouchables was on the air in 1993-94. But he was killer and a criminal, and should never be glorified or humanized. By the way, what's the movie called, and the actor, at 0:53.
AMC series The Making of the Mob. Couldn't tell you who the actor is tho. The series is on Netflix and Amazon.
You just dont understand where Capone came from. You dont understand the events in his life that made him.......... He is human like you and me.
$600 a week in the 1940s? That’s more than enough to survive.
What’s the background music for this vid
I've always called this big guy uncle Al😉,he said some 👍 quotes😉
He hired the dude who slashed his face ? That's hard to believe..
Al Capone was once a used furniture salesperson
Romantic lyrics from a syphilitic brain. True love.
What is the name of the movie/TV show that the scenes in this video were from?
Not every prohibition cop was corrupt ?? Lol the idea of prohibition is corrupt... So is the income tax ...
I always think my income tax goes to medics , good police , and firefighters... Makes me swallow the pill a lil bit easier