12 Places in Indiana The Mob Used to Control

For nearly a century, northwest Indiana operated as the quiet backyard for the Chicago Outfit, supplying bootleggers, gamblers, and bank robbers with a place to hide. This countdown explores twelve real Hoosier towns, hotels, and racetracks that organized crime once used to run illegal rackets, stage daring jailbreaks, and evade the law. You will walk away knowing the hidden history behind locations like the infamous Crown Point jail and the political corruption of Gary. Discover how easily the criminal underworld crossed state lines into ordinary small towns. 0:00 Intro 1:43 No. 12 — The Roby Racetrack In Hammond 3:06 No. 11 — French Lick Springs Hotel 4:39 No. 10 — Terre Haute's Wide Open Streets 6:15 No. 9 — Mooresville, John Dillinger's Hometown 7:47 No. 8 — The Indiana Reformatory At Pendleton 9:03 No. 7 — The Indiana State Prison At Michigan City 10:40 No. 6 — Indianapolis And Crown Hill Cemetery 12:13 No. 5 — The Hammond State Line 13:52 No. 4 — East Chicago 15:17 No. 3 — The Old Lake County Jail In Crown Point 16:57 No. 2 — Lake County's Political Machine 18:19 No. 1 — Gary indiana mob history, chicago outfit indiana, john dillinger indiana, gary indiana corruption, indiana prohibition history, crown point jail wooden gun, roby racetrack hammond, french lick springs hotel history, terre haute wide open town, indiana reformatory pendleton, indiana state prison michigan city, lake county indiana history, east chicago bank robbery, organized crime in indiana, indiana small towns history, midwest mob history