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Capone and the Ghost Writer Who Missed His Millions
The article recounts Al Capone’s aborted plan to publish an autobiography ghostwritten by Howard Vincent O'Brien. Capone doubted the book’s financial payoff and feared exposing "his people." O'Brien describes Capone's guarded meetings, the entourage, and the eventual collapse of the project amid Capone's tax evasion indictment and prison sentence.
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