Mobster Biography: Al "Scarface" Capone

Al “Scarface” Capone is considered by many to have been the most famous gangster that ever lived. He built an image and persona around being well dressed and debonair but in reality he possessed a level of raw brutality rarely seen even among underworld figures.

Capone’s flashy behavior and generosity earned him the adoration of Chicago and the wider United States but the infamous Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre revealed the reality of Al Capone’s nature and the dark world he inhabited to a g...