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Behind the Scenes: 9 Infamous Mobsters of the Real Boardwalk Empire: Media

Spoilers ahead.

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bullets
© Scanrail/Fotolia
blood
© iStockphoto/Thinkstock
money
© lotus_studio/stock.adobe.com
Al Capone
Chicago crime boss Al Capone, c. 1935.
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casino sign
© MedioImages/Getty Images
Prohibition
New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach (right) watching agents pour...
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-123257)
Lucky Luciano
In the Castellammarese War of 1930–31, Lucky Luciano betrayed his boss, Joe Masseria,...
Hephaestos
Atlantic City Boardwalk, 1902
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky, 1958.
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c20718)