Overview
Chicago, October 1932. The depths of the Great Depression, marked by unemployment and poverty. The only chance some people felt they had to rise out of poverty, if only for a short time, was to win the lottery or at the punch-boards. The mob saw this as an opportunity, by coming up with a numbers game. People picked a number from 0-999; their odds of winning were 1-in-a-1,000-- the payoff was 600-to-1. The thousands of losers, pouring money into the mob, were never mentioned.
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1 - 1The Empty Chair October 15, 1959 -
1 - 2Ma Barker and Her Boys October 22, 1959 -
1 - 3The Jake Lingle Killing October 29, 1959 -
1 - 4The George Bugs Moran Story November 05, 1959 -
1 - 5Ain't We Got Fun? November 12, 1959 -
1 - 6The Vincent Mad Dog Coll Story November 19, 1959 -
1 - 7Mexican Stake-Out November 26, 1959 -
1 - 8The Artichoke King December 03, 1959 -
1 - 9The Tri-State Gang December 10, 1959 -
1 - 10The Dutch Schultz Story December 17, 1959 -
1 - 11You Can't Pick the Number December 24, 1959 -
1 - 12The Underground Railway December 31, 1959 -
1 - 13Syndicate Sanctuary January 07, 1960 -
1 - 14The Noise of Death January 14, 1960 -
1 - 15Star Witness January 14, 1960 -
1 - 16The St. Louis Story January 28, 1960 -
1 - 17One-Armed Bandits February 04, 1960 -
1 - 18Little Egypt February 11, 1960 -
1 - 19The Big Squeeze February 18, 1960 -
1 - 20The Unhired Assassin (1) February 25, 1960 -
1 - 21The Unhired Assassin (2) March 03, 1960 -
1 - 22The White Slavers March 10, 1960 -
1 - 23Three Thousand Suspects March 24, 1960 -
1 - 24The Doreen Maney Story March 31, 1960 -
1 - 25Portrait of a Thief April 07, 1960 -
1 - 26Underworld Bank April 14, 1960 -
1 - 27Head of Fire - Feet of Clay April 21, 1960 -
1 - 28The Frank Nitti Story April 28, 1960
