Al Capone was a friend of Capone's, and he was kidnapped and killed by Moran and Drucci in January 1927. Capone became increasingly security-minded and desirous of getting away from Chicago. As a precaution, he and his entourage would often show up suddenly at one of Chicago's train depots and buy up an entire Pullman sleeper car on a night train to Cleveland, Omaha, Kansas City, Little Rock, or Hot Springs, where they would spend a week in luxury hotel suites under assumed names. In 1928, Capone paid $40,000 to beer magnate August Busch for a 14-room retreat at 93 Palm Avenue
The Gangster Chronicles initial run, the entire Gangster Chronicles saga was boiled down to 121 minutes and released to videocassette as "Gangster Wars". The Gangster Chronicles The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama miniseries starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo, Kathleen Lloyd, Madeleine Stowe, Chad Redding, Markie Post, Allan Arbus, James Andronica, Robert Davi, Joseph Mascolo, and narrated by E.G. Marshall. A historically-based crime drama about the lives of gangsters Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone. There were 13 60-minute episodes. The series was narrated by E. G. Marshall. "Gangster Wars" is a 1981 crime film