Al Capone's Grave at Mount Carmel Cemetery

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 Known as “Scarface” by the press, “Big Fellow” and “Snorky” to his associates and “Public Enemy No. 1” to the Chicago Crime Commission, but whatever you call Al Capone, he left an quite an impression on the world.

The legendary story of Al Capone ends at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, where a humble stone read, "Alphonse Capone, 1899-1947, 'My Jesus Mercy."

A larger gravestone, inscribed with “Capone,” lies nearby, marking the graves of Capone's family, including his mother, father and brother.

However, Hillside was not the original burying place for the majority of the Capone family. The remains of Al Capone as well as his father Gabriel and brother Frank were removed from Chicago’s Mount Olivet Cemetery after Capone’s mother Teresa died. They joined her in Hillside due, in part, to vandalism of the original Capone gravesite in Chicago.

Despite the associations of illegal activity and gunplay now attached to the Capone name, you'll find visiting the Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery to be a peaceful reflective experience.

Fun fact: While Al Capone is widely associated with the notorious St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929 that ended the lives of seven associates of Capone’s bootlegging rival George Clarence “Bugs” Moran, the mobster was actually convicted for tax evasion. He went on to serve time as one of the earliest prisoners at the federal penitentiary Alcatraz Island.

After his release from prison, Capone quietly lived the last of his years in Palm Island, Florida, where he died in January  1947 due to complications from syphilis.

If you want to learn more about some of Al Capone's highest ranking henchmen, follow this link to the Oak Park River Forest Gangster tour "There Goes the Neighborhood" conducted by Historian John Binder."