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Old Capone Hideout for Sale

$2.6M gets you 407 acres and nostalgia in Wisconsin

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2009 2:14 PM CDT
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(Newser) – For a minimum bid of $2.6 million, a remote 407-acre Wisconsin lodge where Al Capone stayed while on the lam can be yours, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Al Capone's hideout retreat,” proclaims an ad run in that paper by a small Wisconsin bank that had the luck to foreclose on the property. “I suppose we thought maybe somebody who still had the nostalgia of it would be interested,” says a bank exec. The sheriff's sale is Oct. 8; 37-acre lake and watchtower included.

American criminal Al Capone (1899 - 1947). The Saint Valentine's Day massacre cemented his control over the Chicago underworld, he was finally imprisoned for tax evasion and only released when syphilis began to cripple his mind.
American criminal Al Capone (1899 - 1947). The Saint Valentine's Day massacre cemented his control over the Chicago underworld, he was finally imprisoned for tax evasion and only released when syphilis...   (Getty Images)
A foreclosed home.
A foreclosed home.   (AP Photo)
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npkimmey
Sep 9, 2009 11:00 AM CDT
That's so awesome. I would love to get that.
youngblood
Sep 9, 2009 10:24 AM CDT
LOL-Good one JoeQ
JoeQ
Sep 9, 2009 9:53 AM CDT
Call Geraldo. Maybe that's where the stuff from Al Capone's vault is buried.

 
real estate • Wisconsin • auction • bank • Al Capone • lodge • hide-out • foreclosures

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