This episode of the 1836 Podcast shares the little-known story of Al Capone’s secret escapes to Hot Springs, Arkansas, a notorious “open city” where gangsters like Scarface found sanctuary during Prohibition’s turbulent years. Far from Chicago’s bloody gang wars, Capone relaxed in the healing thermal baths, bet on horses at Oaklawn Park, and ran moonshine operations from a discreet dairy farm, all while holding court in a lavish suite at the Arlington Hotel. Discover how this Ozark haven, with its corrupt officials and unwritten truce among mobsters, offered Capone a rare blend of leisure and illicit business, revealing a complex side to America’s most infamous mobster. 

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