Welcome to
"My Al Capone Museum"

Your Attention Please!
I'm currently looking for any items for sale that were once from the Capone 93 Palm Isle estate, such as the items that were once sold at Leslie Hindman's 1992 Al Capone auction in Chicago.
If you have or know someone who has any items that came from the Capone estate for sale, please email me at margomes@total.net


Please Read!
This personal non-profit site was made strictly for your enjoyment and mine. It took me many years and money out of my own pocket to make. I do not associate myself with any writer, Capone relative, supposed Capone relative or any other Capone website, unless it's specified here, or if their book, site or name appears here. Some people research this subject to see their name in lights. Some do it for fame and glory, others for the money. For me, it's merely about passion.This website is strictly about the story of Al Capone and the Roaring twenties. Nothing more, nothing less!




If after your visit you like what you saw, then please take the time to sign the guestbook by clicking on Capone's fountain pen below. It's really appreciated!












Alphonse Capone

“The older I get, the more I realize that the light you think you’re radiating is not the light other people see when they look at you. I wonder how Al Capone felt about himself as he looked in the mirror in the privacy of his own bathroom. I’m sure he thought of himself as a very human guy.”
Paul Newman, 1989.





Welcome to my personal homepage. Welcome to My Al Capone Museum web site. In the past 21 years, I have collected items belonging to and dealing with the Granddaddy of all American gangsters, Alphonse "Scarface"Capone. My fascination with Capone started out with Robert De Niro's outstanding perfomance as the scarred one. I wanted to know more about Al Capone and his era. I soon found out that the facts were far more exciting than any of Hollywood's made up fiction. Al Capone was a multi-faceted man. He could be kind,vicious,loyal and quick with a joke. I must say outright that he was a gangster and a criminal. I do not endorse his way of life by any means, but I will admit that I am fascinated with his staying power (still popular 80 years after his era and 61 years after his death)! This non profit website was made to educate and satisfy various people interested in this particular era of history. People from all walks of life visit and enjoy these pages. It all started with a single web page and then quickly snowballed into what you see today. After coaxing by some media people,(they almost had to twist my arm, literally!) I finally gave in and appeared on History channel T.V. documentary, participated in some newspaper and television news stories for my Capone research / collection. Click through to let me share the past and some of my collection with you. Enjoy!

Mario Gomes



 
A telling postcard from Chicago,  circa 1908


The Museum Directory


Frequently Asked Questions


Al Capone's Personal Telephone

Al Capone's Framed Signature

Al Capone's Silver Tray

Interesting items retrieved from Al Capone's Lexington office suite and hallway

Alton/Anton Hotel Relics

The Four Deuces (2222 S. Wabash)

Al Capone's Bathroom Tile From The Lexington Hotel

Inside the Lexington Hotel photos

Geraldo's Capone Vault Grand Opening

The Lexington's destruction

X Marks The Spot Magazine

Capone Magazines and Booklets

Capone Videos

Capone Books

knick knacks

Capone's Chicago

Chicago photos

The Capone Documents

Capone Photographs

Capone Photographs 2

Capone Photographs 3
(The Joe Walters Collection)

My Capone History Channel Shoot

Gravesites

Capone the man

Capone at the ballpark

Al Capone's Funeral

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The Massacre Pt.2

Massacre Victim's Stats.

Massacre Newspaper blurbs

Valentine Killers?

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Bricks

My Theory on Valentine Massacre

The St.Valentine Massacre guns today  

When,where and how did they die?

Mugshots

Gangster facts and side stories

The Obituaries

Gangster talk

Gangster Molls

William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson

Peter Von Frantzius gangland armourer

The Chicago Typewriter

Gangster Hitspots

Mae Capone  

Louise Rolfe  "The Blonde Alibi"

Alberto Anselmi & Giovanni Scalise

Frank Parker

William Niemoth

Jake Guzik's mugs

Samuel "Golfbag"Hunt

Jake Lingle

Frankie Yale

Salvatore "Samoots" Ammatuna

Jack Zuta

Johnny Torrio

Joe E. Lewis

Rocco DeGrazia

Machine Gun Jack McGurn

Willie Heeney

James "Fur" Sammons

Three fingered Jack White

George 'Red" Barker

Anthony "Tough Tony" Capezio

Frank Nitti

Dean Charles O'Banion

George Clarence Moran

Earl "Hymie" Weiss

Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci

Fred "Killer" Burke

Fred Goetz

Joe Aiello

The Genna brothers

Angelo La Mantia

Frank Rio

Ragtime Joe Howard

Hinky Dink and Bathouse John

Sol Van Praag

Theodore Anton

Edward Tancl  

Joseph Bergl

Samuel "Nails" Morton

Al Capone's Tax Trial and  Downfall

Al in Jail

Mario Gomes

Bill Helmer

Joe Walters

Newspapers of the day

Newspapers  part two

Newspapers part three

Newspapers Part Four

Gangster related articles

The Green Mill

Colosimo's

Alcatraz

Gangster sites today

Gangster sites part 2

Dead Gangsters (Warning very Graphic)

Origins of the Scars

Collecting Al Capone

The truth about Al Capone's signature
Great Gangster books

Links and credits
About me

Contact Me




My Al Capone Tattoo

Finally got my Al Capone tattoo.This is the beautiful result after spending 7 hours in the chair at Iris Tattoo 1818 Ontario Street,Montreal,Quebec.
Excellent and professional tattoo/artist Maxime Gariepy manned the gun. My special thanks to him for this awesome tattoo.

While on the subject of skin art! My talented good friend Harry Lawrence has just set up shop in a new gangster themed tattoo parlor. Located in Ohio you can visit his new site for this tattoo place at

www.goodfellasink.com

check it out!!!

Apart from being a former rock star, (Former member of Blackfoot, He's played with many, Lynrd Skynrd, Lenny Kravitz, Ted Nugent etc....). Harry is also an accomplished talented tattoo artist. In fact, he is also a talented artist on any medium. In 2004, Harry was the first with the cahounas to do a gangster convention. The three day affair regrouped some of the finest gangster and true crime historians. Harry also got some of the Soprano's tv personalities to show up for the gig. Harry's a good man and a great friend.


MY Al Capone Museum


Mario Gomes can be contacted at margomes@total.net



After visiting my site please take time to visit
WWW.ALCAPONEMUSEUM.COM
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It's my web tech expert friend Diane Tremblay's version of this site.




Please visit Ralph Capone's grandaughter's website at


Al Capone and Deirdre Capone

http://www.unclealcapone.com/








Chicago History is much more than just Capone and it's gangsters. Please visit Chicago historian Sharon Williams' excellent Chicago history site by clicking photo below







In Memoriam
St. Louis Police Chief and fellow collector Mike Webb.