The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults | |
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Genre | Reality |
Directed by | Bill Foster |
Starring | Geraldo Rivera Buddy Rogers Robert St. John |
Production | |
Producers | John Joslyn Doug Llewelyn |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | April 21, 1986 |
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The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults is a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986, and hosted by Geraldo Rivera. It centered on the live opening of a walled-off underground room in the Lexington Hotel in Chicago once owned by crime lord Al Capone, which turned out to be empty except for debris. Thirty million viewers watched, making it the highest rated syndicated special in history.[1]