He was in Amsterdam, he said, when a gang tried to kidnap him. His bodyguard twice thwarted attempted robberies in Mexico.

Making a flawless gangster movie isn't so easy. These aren't at the level of 'Goodfellas' and 'The Godfather', but they're ...

Indulge in three days of city adventures and unlimited family fun in Philadelphia, exploring the city’s top iconic ...

Behind the imposing stone walls of Eastern State Penitentiary — the Philadelphia prison that once held Al Capone — sits a small, unlikely  synagogue built by inmates, for inmates, nearly a century ago ...

Criss-crossing California, with one weekend in Mexico City, Kieran Jackson gives his key takeaways from a unique World Cup ...

If I ever exploited anybody, it’s for their own benefit,” notorious music manager Don Arden once said. “I don’t exploit anybody who doesn’t want to be exploited.” ...

A killer videotape, Al Capone's last stand in Chicago, a secret sauce worth stealing, and a zombie sprint around the globe.

The Mob Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas).

Feb. 6, 1950, was shaping up to be a characteristically brisk late-winter day in Los Angeles. But something about it didn't smell right to Mickey Cohen, the former boxer-turned-feared local mobster.