Max takes a deep dive into TRUE NOIR's 4th chapter.
About the series ...
HISTORY BEHIND THE MYSTERY is a series of video shorts featuring Mystery Writers’ of America GrandMaster, Max Allan Collins, as he walks us through the research he did into the events, historical figures, and conflicts that form the foundation of TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak.
Max also gives us some insights into the decisions he made as the author and creator of the Nathan Heller Casebooks.
In this episode of the “History Behind The Mystery” series, Creator Max Allan Collins provides some background on how “The Outfit” operated during the Prohibition Era in Chicago and gives us a deeper look into “Tower Town” located near the Water Tower in downtown Chicago.
All of this helps set the stage for the events that take place in “The Two Clients” – the fourth chapter of the 10-episode, immersive audio drama, TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak.
In this video:
00:20 – How did Al Capone end up in an Atlanta jail cell?
02:45 – Who was Jake Lingle?
05:15 – Was Eliot Ness really on to Jake Lingle’s activities before Lingle was murdered?
06:34 – Where and what was “Tower Town”?
07:24 – What’s a “sudser”?
The nearly 5-hour audio drama stars Michael Rosenbaum (SMALLVILLE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2) as Detective Nathan Heller, Anthony LaPaglia (WITHOUT A TRACE) as Al Capone, David Strathairn (LINCOLN, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK) as Frank Nitti, and a host of other actors from television and film.
TRUE NOIR is produced by Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited, LLC, in association with M.A.C. Productions. TRUE NOIR was created by Mike Bawden, Robert Meyer Burnett, and Max Allan Collins.
For more information about Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited, please visit our website: www.icu.co
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