An almost-entirely fictionalized account of Elliot Ness and his quest to bring down Al Capone.

We use these fictional stories to highlight Hollywood’s transition from the Silent Era to Talkies. The Jazz Singer (1927) comes up as well.

Martin Scorsese’s telling of the real-life murders in the Osage communities of 1920s Oklahoma.

Great look at the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal. We discuss what they got right and wrong and look a little deeper at some of the key figures.

A look (though perhaps a boring one) into the lives of American radicals in the 1910s.