Lillian Reis : so sexy she was arrested for doing the twist fully-clothed -- The maid did it -- Willie Sutton, the making of a folk hero -- Self-made widows -- The six Philadelphia brothers fictionalized on Boardwalk empire -- The prison where Al Capone was a file clerk -- The most sensational robbery in Philadelphia history -- Philly during Prohibition : wet as the Atlantic Ocean -- H.H. Holmes meets the hangman here -- America's first kidnapping -- The assassination of Octavius v. Catto -- The muffled murder on Pine Street -- Anton Probst : one of America's first serial killers -- The Bible riots : Catholics vs. Protestants -- The nation's first bank robbery -- The fatal witch hunt during the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
Summary:
Serial killer H.H. Holmes built his murder castle in Chicago, but he met the hangman in Philadelphia. Al Capone served his first prison sentence here. The real-life killers who inspired HBOs Boardwalk Empire lived and died here.
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