Show Notes
With his rivals wiped out, Capone had taken over the prohibition scene in Chicago. His love of the spotlight would soon get him in trouble with the law - and a new legal loophole.
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Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni. Music in this episode is "Misery" by Damiano Baldoni; "Rollin at 5," "Acid Jazz," "Unanswered Questions," "Dances and Dames," "I Knew a Guy," by Kevin MacLeod.; "Wastelands", "Fog," "Gates" by Sergey Cheremisinov; "Angst" by Xenojam; "Like an Empty Sky" by Ben Pegley and Daniel Birch; and "Snowfall" by Kai Engel.
Sound Effects from freesound.org by CarlosCarty, thanvannispen, lawnjelly, odditonic, Dynamicell, and InspectorJ. Additional sound effects from freesfx.co.uk. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.
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