{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Capturing Al Capone","description":"&amp;nbsp; For years, Al Capone ruled Chicago\u2019s underworld with near impunity\u2014bootlegging, bribery, and violence keeping him one step ahead of the law. But in the end, it wasn\u2019t a dramatic shootout or a daring raid that brought him down\u2014it was paperwork. In this episode of History Shorts, we follow the painstaking investigation that finally cornered Capone, led in part by Treasury agents and the relentless work of men like Eliot Ness and the lesser-known financial investigators who tracked his hidden income. As prosecutors built their case, they turned to an unexpected weapon: tax evasion. This is a story of strategy over spectacle\u2014where the fall of one of America\u2019s most infamous crime bosses came not from bullets, but from numbers, persistence, and the quiet power of the law. SUPPORT THE SHOW:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.historyshortspodcast.com\/advertise&amp;nbsp; LEARN MORE:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.historyshortspodcast.com\/ SPONSORED BY:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.podcastrepublic.net\/get-it-now&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"History Shorts","author_url":"https:\/\/www.historyshortspodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40953920\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201020975"}