Prohibition Era

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21 Club - The 21 Club is a famed restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City.

Lemora - Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (also called Lemora: The Lady Vampire and The Legendary Curse of Lemora) was a low-budget horror film set in the Prohibition era but made in 1973. It starred Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith, then in her teens, Lesley Gilb, Maxine Ballantyne, Hy Pyke, William Whitton and Richard Blackburn, who was also the director.

Mobsters - Mobsters is a 1991 crime drama detailing the creation of the National Crime Syndicate. Set in New York City during the Prohibition era, it's a (somewhat fictionalized) account of rise of the 5 Points Gang: Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.

Lenox Avenue Gang - The Lenox Avenue Gang was an early 20th Century New York street gang led by Gyp the Blood, one of the most violent gangs of the pre-Prohibition era.

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Mobsters - Prohibition-era roleplaying from Burger Games.

IPSN: Genesis of Organized Crime in Chicago - Law enforcement officer/writer Robert M. Lombardo tracks the history of Chicago's underworld through the Prohibition Era.

Crime Library: Al Capone - An in-depth article from the Crime Library on Al "Scarface" Capone, who in many ways personifies the gangsters of the Prohibition era.

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