The Untouchables

3,9

1959

7.8 / 10

Episodes

EP 1: The Troubleshooter

In the summer of 1934, a new gambling device was sweeping the nation: the punchboards. Even though they were nickel-and-dime game...

EP 2: Power Play

By the Summer of 1933, a new wave of crime has engulfed Chicago.  Due to a public outcry for action, Willard Thornton is appointed...

EP 3: Tunnel of Horrors

August 28, 1933. That night, Eliot Ness and his Untouchables, and some undercover plainclothes police, are staking out an amuseme...

EP 4: The Genna Brothers

In the years following WWI, there was a flood of European immigrants into the USA. In the early 1920s, the 6 Genna brothers, plac...

EP 5: The Matt Bass Scheme

In mid-June 1932, Eliot Ness, having compiled a list of Frank Nitti's breweries & distilleries, began a series of raids design...

EP 6: Loophole

Chicago, January 1933. Ness and his men raid a speakeasy owned by gangster Mikhail ""Red Mike"" Probich, and run by Connie LaVern...

EP 7: Jigsaw

September 14, 1932. At 11:30 p.m., Eliot Ness goes to the Odeon movie theatre (not the Odeon Burlesque theatre used in several ep...

EP 8: Man Killer

Chicago, July 1934. Anonymous phone calls have been tipping off Ness and his men to narcotics activities; they do a bunch of raid...

EP 10: Hammerlock

New York, middle of 1932. The Syndicate-- headed by Joe Kulak, Louis ""Lepke"" Buchalter and Dutch Schultz-- has the city's huge ...

EP 11: Canada Run

November 1932. Big-time gangster Joe Palakopolous is playing a dangerous game-- he just had his hitman rub out Danny Kugan, the b...

EP 12: Fall Guy

October 1932, Chicago.  With Capone in the slammer, other bosses are biting off chunks of Capone's empire.  One boss is Frankie Gr...

EP 13: The Gang War

1932. Chicago is a thirsty town, consuming 86,000 gallons of booze a day; that's 32-million gallons a year. Almost all this booz...

EP 14: The Silent Partner

Chicago, March 2, 1932. The hottest nightspot in town is the Club Tunisian, owned by gangster Pete Kalik, who built it up from a ...

EP 15: The Whitey Steele Story

New York City. July 23, 1934. The Underworld, which had long made big money by covering bets on horse races, wants to get their ...

EP 16: The Death Tree

Early November 1931. On West Madison Street, there is a wonderfully diverse neighborhood made up of gypsies of Romanian, Hungaria...

EP 17: Takeover

Chicago, October 1932. The only ""beer"" allowed to be served during Prohibition is ""near-beer"" or ""Near-O""-- which is 0.5% a...

EP 18: The Stryker Brothers

March 3, 1932. It's the great train robbery, on the southbound express headed for Chicago. The Stryker brothers steal mail sacks...

EP 19: Element of Danger

Chicago, August 29, 1934. That night, in the Haymarket district, special agent Daniel Gosden, a policeman on loan to the Untoucha...

EP 20: The Maggie Storm Story

Chicago, after the Repeal of Prohibition; (so this would be around 1934). With booze legal, the racket czars step up their dealin...

EP 21: Man in the Middle

November 7, 1933.  Slot machines are big business; 2,000 of the one-armed bandits rake in $100,000 per week; ($50 per machine).  O...

EP 22: Downfall

Chicago. Pete ""The Persuader"" Kalmisky, former bodyguard of Al Capone, accompanied by Syndicate business manager Alan Sitkin, h...

EP 23: The Case Against Eliot Ness

March 4, 1933. The Windy City is getting ready for the Chicago World's Fair, also known as the ""Century of Progress"" Exposition...

EP 24: The Ginnie Littlesmith Story

May 17, 1932. There are many free soup kitchens in Chicago, but one of them in the skid row section is really a front; upstairs, ...

EP 25: The Contract

New York City; February 4, 1934.  3 months of intensive investigation is paying off for Ness and his Untouchables; they have ""Smi...

EP 26: Pressure

Chicago, April 16, 1934. Prohibition is over, the main racket is now narcotics. The New York Syndicate, the ""Big 6"" send their...

EP 27: Arsenal

January 1929. Gangster Matt Malloy walks into a sporting goods store; he can't buy an automatic pistol without a police permit, h...

EP 28: The Monkey Wrench

March 2, 1933. The remote section of the northern Michigan Lake front, 180 miles northeast of Chicago. The Chicago Syndicate, to...

Overview

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

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Episodes >>

The Troubleshooter

Episode 1

In the summer of 1934, a new gambling device was sweeping the nation: the punchb...

Power Play

Episode 2

By the Summer of 1933, a new wave of crime has engulfed Chicago.  Due to a publi...

Tunnel of Horrors

Episode 3

August 28, 1933. That night, Eliot Ness and his Untouchables, and some undercov...

The Genna Brothers

Episode 4

In the years following WWI, there was a flood of European immigrants into the US...

The Matt Bass Scheme

Episode 5

In mid-June 1932, Eliot Ness, having compiled a list of Frank Nitti's breweries ...

Loophole

Episode 6

Chicago, January 1933. Ness and his men raid a speakeasy owned by gangster Mikh...

Jigsaw

Episode 7

September 14, 1932. At 11:30 p.m., Eliot Ness goes to the Odeon movie theatre (...

Man Killer

Episode 8

Chicago, July 1934. Anonymous phone calls have been tipping off Ness and his me...

City Without a Name

Episode 9

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Hammerlock

Episode 10

New York, middle of 1932. The Syndicate-- headed by Joe Kulak, Louis ""Lepke"" ...

Canada Run

Episode 11

November 1932. Big-time gangster Joe Palakopolous is playing a dangerous game--...

Fall Guy

Episode 12

October 1932, Chicago.  With Capone in the slammer, other bosses are biting off ...

The Gang War

Episode 13

1932. Chicago is a thirsty town, consuming 86,000 gallons of booze a day; that'...

The Silent Partner

Episode 14

Chicago, March 2, 1932. The hottest nightspot in town is the Club Tunisian, own...

The Whitey Steele Story

Episode 15

New York City. July 23, 1934. The Underworld, which had long made big money by...

The Death Tree

Episode 16

Early November 1931. On West Madison Street, there is a wonderfully diverse nei...

Takeover

Episode 17

Chicago, October 1932. The only ""beer"" allowed to be served during Prohibitio...

The Stryker Brothers

Episode 18

March 3, 1932. It's the great train robbery, on the southbound express headed f...

Element of Danger

Episode 19

Chicago, August 29, 1934. That night, in the Haymarket district, special agent ...

The Maggie Storm Story

Episode 20

Chicago, after the Repeal of Prohibition; (so this would be around 1934). With ...

Man in the Middle

Episode 21

November 7, 1933.  Slot machines are big business; 2,000 of the one-armed bandit...

Downfall

Episode 22

Chicago. Pete ""The Persuader"" Kalmisky, former bodyguard of Al Capone, accomp...

The Case Against Eliot Ness

Episode 23

March 4, 1933. The Windy City is getting ready for the Chicago World's Fair, al...

The Ginnie Littlesmith Story

Episode 24

May 17, 1932. There are many free soup kitchens in Chicago, but one of them in ...

The Contract

Episode 25

New York City; February 4, 1934.  3 months of intensive investigation is paying ...

Pressure

Episode 26

Chicago, April 16, 1934. Prohibition is over, the main racket is now narcotics....

Arsenal

Episode 27

January 1929. Gangster Matt Malloy walks into a sporting goods store; he can't ...

The Monkey Wrench

Episode 28

March 2, 1933. The remote section of the northern Michigan Lake front, 180 mile...