Hailed as an anti-hero and feared as a cold-blooded crime lord, Al Capone's bootlegging exploits, celebrity and ruthless activities made front-page headlines nationwide. AL CAPONE'S BLOODY BUSINESS: AMERICAN STORIES chronicles his rise to power and emergence as the Prohibition-era's face of organized crime. Nearly eight decades after his death, Capone's larger-than-life mythology remains a pop culture obsession. To this day, Al Capone remains revered, reviled, and relevant in life and death as the most notorious gangster in Chicago history.