Posted By: The Iceman
Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/20/09 03:09 AM
I wasn't sure if I should post this in the general discussion forum, or the real life organized crime forum. If it's in the wrong forum then one of the moderators can move it at their discretion.
Does anyone happen to have 2.6 million dollars lying around collecting dust.
Cause it's going to take at least that amount to buy Al Capones former hideout.
Al Capones hideout for sale Although I can't seem to find a link for a picture if there even is one.
This article was sent to me br a friend who knows I'm fascinated by Al Capone
Posted By: BAM_233
Re: Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/20/09 03:15 AM
damn...i just spent that amount for capones vault lol
Posted By: Turnbull
Re: Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/20/09 03:20 AM
There's a bit of confusion about whether or not Capone actually owned the place, or whether it was rented out, and was pupular with gangsters of the era because of its remoteness, thick walls, etc. Check out these urls:
http://www.littlebohemialodge.com/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/wisconsin/115417
Posted By: BAM_233
Re: Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/20/09 03:35 AM
just wondering is the hideout that dillinger had in Wisconsin still up (the one that was shot up by the beginning FBI).
Posted By: Turnbull
Re: Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/20/09 05:22 PM
Click on the littlebohemia link--it's now a restaurant.
Posted By: BAM_233
Re: Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/20/09 06:37 PM
Click on the littlebohemia link--it's now a restaurant.
that would be cool to go there...just wondering has anybody been to the spot where dillinger was killed?
Posted By: YoTonyB
Re: Al Capone's Wisconsin hideout up for auction. - 09/24/09 01:00 AM
...ooops...just posted the link about the auction in the Real Life Organized Crime section. I haven't been on the boards for a while, and I didn't catch the posting here.
BAM_233, Dillinger was shot outside the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue, just north of Fullerton Avenue, in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. I used to frequent the live music clubs in the neighborhood (Ratso's, Lounge Axe, Somebody Else's Troubles to name a few!) and my cousin had an apartment just across the street from the Biograph. I've been to the spot a few times, and much like the location of the St. Valentine's Day massacre, or a notable mobster's home, there's really no profound significance to the site. None-the-less, it's one of those "things to do" if you have the same fascination with organized crime as most everyone on the BB!
tony b.