Al Capone’s fortified Miami Beach estate site sells for $21 million

In 1928, at the height of his reign as Chicago’s most notorious gangster, Al Capone purchased a sprawling estate on Miami Beach’s Palm Island, seeking a warm-weather retreat from the cold and his foes. He is reported to have spent some $200,000 bolstering the property with bulletproof walls, steel shutters and other security measures befitting a man who lived under threat of attack at every turn. Nearly a century later, the mansion that once was home to “Scarface” is no more, demolished in 2023 after years of deterioration and fruitless attempts at preservation.