Support WBURWhat You Didn't Know About Gangster Al CaponePlay38:11Download AudioAugust 09, 2010 ShareAl Capone was a huge man, author Jonathan Eig says. "He was on the level with Babe Ruth [and] Charles Lindbergh." (Getty Archives)
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