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Old Capone Hideout for Sale

$2.6M gets you 407 acres and nostalgia in Wisconsin

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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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TheSniperZero
Sep 9, 09 2:17 PM CDT
Sounds like a great place for Charles Rangel. He could buy it now and forget to pay taxes on it for YEARS to come. Reply
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Reader64481089
Sep 9, 09 2:28 PM CDT
“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."...Sounds to me like the bigger crooks now own the property, Banks put Al Capone to shame, next to the banking industry he was a quire boy as well as a rookie Reply
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Sabrina
Sep 9, 09 2:34 PM CDT
I agree totally, Christ, did you see how much the earn from overdrafts alone? Geezzz
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youngblood
Sep 9, 09 3:36 PM CDT
One time when I was in Wisconsin I drove past Capone's hideout retreat and I was amazed and could not believe it, it was totally opposite of whatever I thought of him, it was just beautiful and the lake there someone told me is where he would fly in and out of, really charming place, so unlike Big Bad Al Capone! Reply
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Timinator2K
Sep 9, 09 3:44 PM CDT
The New Al Capone hideout? 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Reply
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