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This non profit site was made strictly for your enjoyment and mine. It took me 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. This website is strictly about the story of Al Capone and the Roaring twenties. Nothing more, nothing less!
HOME AND BUNKER / AL CAPONE
NOW ON DVD
For those who emailed and asked where to purchase Al Capone/ Home and bunker video
it is now available at www.historychannel.com
Click on image below to take you there. Please be aware that I do not make a penny off these dvds. They are just great to watch.
& also on dvd
History Channel's
Man, Moment, Machine / Al Capone and the machinegun massacre.
Click on above photo to take you there.
The Crew of Capone documentary Home And Bunker.
History Channel and Edelman productions present
Man, Moment, Machine /
Al Capone and the Machinegun Massacre
Massacre scenes.
Moran's boys savagely cut down.
Two shotgun blasts end the murderous feast.
Man, Moment, Machine / Al Capone and the machinegun massacre.
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Alphonse Capone
Site reviews
"I thought I knew quite a bit about Chicago’s Prohibition Era mobsters -- until I encountered Mario Gomes. His knowledge of the period must exceed that of any person living, and his memory for details is rivaled only by his research capabilities. He should have been the keeper of Al Capone’s personal memoirs, except that we’d probably have lost him to Frank Nitti’s purge of old Outfit loyalists, or to some vengeful remnant of the North Side gang."
William J. Helmer,
author of The Gun That Made The Twenties Roar,The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Madman In The Tower.
coauthor of Public Enemies; America's Criminal Past 1919-1940 ,The Complete Public Enemy Almanac,Baby Face Nelson,John Dillinger The Untold Story,The Quotable Capone.
"No man alive knows Al Capone better than Mario Gomes.
His aid to me has been incalculable and his Al Capone
Museum website is the product of years of dedicated
research and a tremendous ongoing crusade for both
detail and accuracy. One could read every Capone
biography to date and still not attain Mario's massive
expertise on Capone and Twenties Chicago. This site
blazes like a Tommygun."
Rick Mattix,
coauthor of The Complete Public Enemies Almanac
"Highly recommended for the serious researcher or the casual reader, Mario's My Al Capone Museum is a clear oasis of fact amongst a plethora of websites that often blur real Capone and Chicago Prohibition gang history with the usual hand-me-down legends and myths. Arguably among the most knowledgeable persons of the era, Mario is the real deal! Stay here or else..."
Mars Eghigian Jr. author of After Capone: The Real Untold Life and World of Chicago Mob Boss Frank 'the Enforcer" Nitti.
"If this was Prohibition Era Chicago, Mario Gomes would be bumped off for knowing too much. When it comes to Al Capone & the golden age of Chicago gangland; if Mario doesn't know about it, it didn't happen."
Patrick Downey, author of Gangster City : The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935
"Mario Gomes has given us an encyclopaedic treatment of the Chicago
gangster. Packed with unique photos, personal anecdotes, and information
collected from official sources, this website presents current and future
researchers of Chicago's gangster past with all they need, whether it's to
write a book report... or even a book!"
Rose Keefe
Author, Guns and Roses: the Untold Story of Dean O’Banion, Chicago’s Big Shot Before Al Capone and The Man Who Got Away: The George ‘Bugs Moran Story.
"The Al Capone Museum is an important biographical archive which chronicles the life of Al Capone. It offers a fascinating slice of useful social and cultural history that Al Capone helped define. The magic of this on-line resource is that the history is presented not only through narratives and photographs; but emerges as a vibrant archive containing personal artifacts to help bring this history to life. Mario Gomes knows the territory and is the definitive source on Capone. I highly recommend Mario's website to both the serious and casual researcher."
- Michael Esslinger author of the book Alcatraz: A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years
Al's Alcatraz Mugshot. ( By Special permission of author Mr. Michael Esslinger).
My mugshot at Alcatraz
Welcome to my personal homepage. Welcome to My Al Capone Museum web site. In the past 20 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 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 79 years after his era and 60 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. I recently appeared on History channel T.V. documentary and participated in some news stories on my Capone research and collection. I also did a newspaper interview on this collection. Click through to let me share the past and some of my collection with you.
Best regards ,
Sincerely,
Mario Gomes
a postcard from Chicago, circa 1908
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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
check it out!!!
Apart from being a former rock star, (Former member of Blackfoot ,He's played with many, LynrdSkynrd,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 cahunas 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
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