Sun
July 9, 2023
FITZGERALDS Presents
Oak Park - River Forest Gangster Tour "There Goes the Neighbor Hood"
Gangster Tour
Show: 11:00 am
Doors: 11:00 am
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB
$40
All Ages
Additional Info
FITZGERALDS is proud to be the designated pick-up / drop-off spot for "There Goes the Neighbor Hood"; an Oak Park - River Forest Gangster Tour led by Mob historian John Binder.
A little more info on the tour, and tour-guide:
"John Binder, Mob Historian and author of The Chicago Outfit and Al Capone's Beer Wars, will guide the "There Goes the Neighbor Hood" tour of gangster history in Oak Park and River Forest. This exterior tour visits 13 houses which were once owned by major hoodlums, including Tony Accardo, Paul Ricca, Sam Giancana, "Tough Tony" Capezio, and "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn. He will discuss the former owners, the interesting features of each home (10 of which he has been in), the family's time there, and answer questions.
The tour lasts two and one half hours and is a deep immersion into the history of organized crime in Chicago from Prohibition until the 1990s, focusing on the lives and careers of many of Chicago's most famous gangsters. It is by minibus (the bus seats 38 people) with no walking reuired.
John Binder has studied the history of organized crime in Chicago for over 30 years, covering it's evolution from the 1830s to the present. He is regularly interviewed by the news media and cable television and was the historical consultant on the A&E Biography of Al Capone and their two hour documentary on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre as well as AMC's "Mob Week" and some 30 other documentaries.
A little more info on the tour, and tour-guide:
"John Binder, Mob Historian and author of The Chicago Outfit and Al Capone's Beer Wars, will guide the "There Goes the Neighbor Hood" tour of gangster history in Oak Park and River Forest. This exterior tour visits 13 houses which were once owned by major hoodlums, including Tony Accardo, Paul Ricca, Sam Giancana, "Tough Tony" Capezio, and "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn. He will discuss the former owners, the interesting features of each home (10 of which he has been in), the family's time there, and answer questions.
The tour lasts two and one half hours and is a deep immersion into the history of organized crime in Chicago from Prohibition until the 1990s, focusing on the lives and careers of many of Chicago's most famous gangsters. It is by minibus (the bus seats 38 people) with no walking reuired.
John Binder has studied the history of organized crime in Chicago for over 30 years, covering it's evolution from the 1830s to the present. He is regularly interviewed by the news media and cable television and was the historical consultant on the A&E Biography of Al Capone and their two hour documentary on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre as well as AMC's "Mob Week" and some 30 other documentaries.
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