When the vault was finally opened, the only things found inside were dirt and several empty bottles, including one Rivera claimed was for moonshine bathtub gin. This included the presence of a medical examiner should bodies be found, and agents from the Internal Revenue Service to collect any of Capone's money that might be discovered. The two-hour special (including commercials) was greatly hyped as potentially revealing great riches or dead bodies on live television. He then hosted the special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults which was broadcast live on April 21, 1986. Geraldo Rivera had been fired from ABC in 1985 after criticizing the network for canceling a report on an alleged relationship between John F. A construction company in the 1980s planned a renovation of the Lexington Hotel, and while surveying the building had discovered a number of walled-off subterranean chambers on the property. Capone ran his various enterprises from this hotel until his arrest in 1931. Program Д¬apone had previously housed his headquarters at the Metropole Hotel in Chicago, but in July 1928 moved to a suite at the nearby Lexington Hotel. He died on Januin his home in Palm Island, Florida from cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke a week after his 48th birthday. In 1939, he was released from Alcatraz prison on humanitarian grounds, due to acutely advancing syphilis.

Valentine's Day massacre, and was eventually indicted and convicted of income tax evasion in 1931.

He was listed on the FBI's ' Most Wanted' list, transported and sold alcohol during the Prohibition era, planned the St.

In 1925, after an assassination attempt on former head Johnny Torrio, Capone took control of the Chicago Outfit organized crime syndicate, which he had served as second in command. He played large parts in gambling, alcohol, and prostitution rackets. He moved to Chicago in 1919, and there he became a notable criminal figure and gangster. Al Capone was born to Italian immigrant parents on January 17, 1899, in New York City.

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