The Real Gangs of Boardwalk Empire
From Al Capone to Johnny Torrio, TIME takes a look at the real-life gangsters portrayed in Boardwalk Empire
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Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
Steve Buscemi's "Nucky" Thompson may be a murdering, bootlegging, Machiavellian racketeer, but his real life equivalent, Atlantic City Republican Enoch L. "Nucky" Johnson, was more modest: a near lifelong teetotaler, he still saw fit to take cuts from local bootlegger profits and managed to land ten years in prison for tax evasion.
