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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 noted crime lord Al Capone , which turned out to be empty except for ...
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- John Joslyn, Doug Llewelyn
Oct 25, 2016 · In October of 1986, six months after Rivera blasted open a dusty chamber, the Fox network launched, finding a home on the same kind of previously unaffiliated UHF stations that aired Al...
Apr 21, 2016 · On April 21, 1986, nearly 30 million viewers tuned in to The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults, a live primetime excavation hosted by Geraldo Rivera that promised to dig deep into the...
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Apr 21, 2022 · Geraldo Rivera hosted a TV special on the old Lexington Hotel, where he hoped to find Capone's loot. But the vault was empty, except for some dirt, rubble and bottles of hooch.
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The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults: Directed by Bill Foster. With Geraldo Rivera, Al Capone, Doug Llewelyn, Patricia J. Porter. Journalist Geraldo Rivera hosted this much-hyped live-on-TV opening of gangster Al Capone's secret vault beneath the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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- Bill Foster
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- Geraldo Rivera, Al Capone, Doug Llewelyn
Apr 20, 2023 · How did Geraldo Rivera end up hosting a live TV show in 1986 to find Al Capone's treasures in the Lexington Hotel basement? The Chicago Tribune archives and interviews reveal the origins and aftermath of the infamous flop.