Grim Philly

Al Capone - Interview in Chicago with Author, Adam Selzer

Episode Summary

On-Location interview in Chicago: Professor Joe Wojie interviews Author Adam Selzer about The Rise and Fall of Scarface Al Capone. Specific street addresses for assassination attempts by and against the gangster, beer wars, bloodshed, how the gangster got his scar, to Capones love-life, family, and public relations with local press and more are discussed…including fallacies dispelled and urban legends in Chicago about Al Capone. This interview is part of the larger interview library compiled before Grim Philly existed yet in podcast form outside of the original walking tours from which studio recordings later sprung. Please forgive the earlier discrepancies with sound quality and plosives herein – as the interview content is good. The sound quality less-so. The recording is complete also with an earlier introduction and pilot-name, (World History X) before the official launch of Grim Philly studio podcast in 2019. https://www.grimphilly.com/for daily and nightly history and dark histories walks with historians in Philadelphia since 2011. https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly. for weekly extras—short story tales of ghosts and the paranormal—for our patrons. And to be a friend of this podcast. And thank you for supporting these podcast and walking tours these many years and for helping make Grim Philly the number one fall season attraction in Philadelphia, and one of the premiere Best of the Best things to do across the entire United States for 2024! https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-ThingsToDo-cTopExperiences-g191#25 For your friendship and support we are ever so humbled and cannot wait to bring you more!

Episode Notes

On-Location interview in Chicago: Professor Joe Wojie interviews Author Adam Selzer about The Rise and Fall of Scarface Al Capone. Specific street addresses for assassination attempts by and against the gangster, beer wars, bloodshed, how the gangster got his scar, to Capones love-life, family, and public relations with local press and more are discussed…including fallacies dispelled and urban legends in Chicago about Al Capone. 

This interview is part of the larger interview library compiled before Grim Philly existed yet in podcast form outside of the original walking tours from which studio recordings later sprung. Please forgive the earlier discrepancies with sound quality and plosives herein – as the interview content is good. The sound quality less-so. The recording is complete also with an earlier introduction and pilot-name, (World History X) before the official launch of Grim Philly studio podcast in 2019.

https://www.grimphilly.com/for daily and nightly history and dark histories walks with historians in Philadelphia since 2011.

https://www.patreon.com/grimphilly. for weekly extras—short story tales of ghosts and the paranormal—for our patrons. And to be a friend of this podcast.

And thank you for supporting these podcast and walking tours these many years and for helping make Grim Philly the number one fall season attraction in Philadelphia, and one of the premiere Best of the Best things to do across the entire United States for 2024! https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-ThingsToDo-cTopExperiences-g191#25

For your friendship and support we are ever so humbled and cannot wait to bring you more!