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Eliot Ness busted Chicago gangster Al Capone, a real-life deed that later inspired the TV series and movie The Untouchables. He moved on to Cleveland in the 1930s. A grateful city commemorated his ...

On this day, May 16, 1957, Eliot Ness, the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed “The Untouchables,” died of a heart attack. He was 54. Ness was best remembered for his ...

Several U.S. senators want to name the ATF's Washington headquarters after Eliot Ness, credited with bringing down mobster Al Capone. But some... Move To Honor Prohibition-Era 'Untouchable' Hits A ...

Pictured is Scott Sroka, grandson of an original “Untouchable” giving a presentation regarding Eliot Ness and the Untouchables at the Robert H. Jackson Center on Wednesday. P-J photos By Katrina ...

Most of us remember the Brian De Palma 1987 gangster film “The Untouchables.” As U.S. Treasury agent Eliot Ness, Kevin Costner forms a squad to go after notorious mob boss Al (Scarface) Capone during ...

A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year, Scarface and the Untouchable, published in 2018 and optioned by Secret Hideout, chronicles the lives of gangster Al Capone and his lawman nemesis, Eliot ...

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Author Douglas Perry's new book, Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero, paints a portrait of the legendary lawman as a flawed but... 'Eliot Ness': Actually Untouchable, Except When It Came ...

Hollywood's been known to dramatize even the most dramatic of real-life narratives. So of course the real Eliot Ness wasn't nearly as dashing as Robert Stack or Kevin Costner (although maybe he was).