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The 1920s were exciting times for most Americans. Prohibition was in full effect, but that didn’t stop people from drinking and dancing the night away.

The depression would hit at the end of this decade, but earlier in the 1920s, no one knew it was coming.

The war was over, everyone seemed to have plenty of money, and fashions were showing more skin than anyone ever dreamed possible.

Secret Lives of Famous Gangsters in the 1920s

While it seemed as though new millionaires were cropping up everywhere, it was mostly the criminal gangs and bootleggers who were raking in the big bucks.

Ordinary, law abiding people were left out in the cold, money-wise.

Most began to wonder if they should take up selling illegal beer or illegal booze and robbing banks.

Well Known American 1920’s Gangsters

The prohibition era also brought in a wave of new gangsters that Americans weren’t quite ready to deal with.

Some, like Bonnie and Clyde and Al Capone, were idolized by the pres