Thread: Fun fact for today...

Additional searching at Answers.com - Why is Al Capone nicknamed Scarface
and Al Capone
confirms it was over a woman. It does mention the hoodlum's name as Frank Galluccio, but does not say the woman is his sister... an interesting twist.

Thanks for the interesting fact. Now if they could show that part in that series Boardwalk empre that would be cool.

Originally Posted by SkyDiver

Additional searching at Answers.com - Why is Al Capone nicknamed Scarface
and Al Capone
confirms it was over a woman. It does mention the hoodlum's name as Frank Galluccio, but does not say the woman is his sister... an interesting twist.

My family is from Chicago-land and my parents live just south of Capone's lake front Wisconsin home (a convenient getaway in a day where cops couldn't cross state lines). I've heard lots of stories about Capone, etc. There's debate over the relationship of the woman and Galluccio (couldn't remember his name before). Whether she was his sister, his girlfriend, or one of his "girls"... I don't know if anyone knows for sure.

How interesting. I just watched a Columbo episode last night, too. He had a knack for solving these kinds of things

BigJim:

Thank you for that bit of information. I had always wondered about the scar.

Regards,

Obie

Here is another fact that may interest this group, Capone's father was a barber