The real-life Enoch "Nucky" Johnson was never as powerful as "Nucky Thompson" in "Boardwalk Empire." He was a big fish in a little pond: Atlantic County NJ. He had a share of booze, gambling and prostitution in Atlantic City and made excellent money for that time. But he never met any of the powerful gangsters shown on TV until 1929. He was indicted for tax evasion in 1941 and served four years in prison. He died poor.
