When one thinks of organized crime, the actions of previous criminals within the huge cities of New York and Chicago spring to thoughts first – names of notorious criminals corresponding to Al Capone, Bugsy Segal, Fortunate Luciano, John Dillinger and Meyer Lansky, for instance. However southern Illinois additionally had its justifiable share of crime and notorious criminals. Writer Taylor Pensoneau, writer of two true-crime books specializing in downstate unhealthy guys, will converse on a interval of lawlessness in downstate Illinois from the Twenties into the Nineteen Sixties. Pensoneau’s two books on the crime period, Brothers Infamous – The Sheltons and Dapper & Lethal, cowl the actions of the notorious outfit led by the Shelton brothers, a murderous gang battle, bootlegging, unlawful playing and labor racketeering. Free.
True crime tales from Southern Illinois
Saturday, March 22, 1-2 p.m.
Chatham Public Library
600 E. Spruce, Chatham
217-483-2713
