On May 1, 1931, Jack “Legs” Diamond was in an Albany hospital after being shot in a speakeasy in the Greene County town of Acra. It was the fourth time the notorious gangster-bootlegger had been shot.

Chicago had Al Capone, New York City had Lucky Luciano and Greene County had Legs Diamond. Arguably Legs Diamond is not as famous as the first two gangsters, but well known enough to inspire a couple ...

In this episode of Bloomin' Legends, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods dive into the bullet-riddled life of Legs Diamond, the Prohibition-era gangster who survived so many assassination ...

The home in Albany, N.Y., has been owned for decades by the author William Kennedy, a devoted chronicler of the gangster’s story. He is now ready to part with it. By Julie Lasky Whoever murdered the ...