The Capone Files

Meet Alphonse Gabriel "Scarface" Capone--family man, entrepreneur, celebrity, murderer. More than half a century after his death, Al Capone's name is still familiar around the world. Over the years, he has been the subject of countless books, movies, online stories, and television shows. People from Miami, Florida, to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, tell tales of his houses and hideouts. Today, Capone's image can be found on everything from T-shirts to bobblehead dolls, but few people know his real story. For "The Capone Files," author Mark Douglas Brown has gathered authentic documents from media, government, and personal sources, tracing the fleeting rise and inevitable demise of a man who was a legend in his own time.