Enoch “Nucky” Thompson is based on Enoch Johnson, who politically ran Atlantic City when it one of the biggest bootlegging ports. Johnson was part of the Big Seven group of east coast bootleggers. He ...

Atlantic City rose to popularity by becoming “The World’s Playground” in the early 20th century. During the Prohibition era, prostitution, gambling, alcohol, and any and all other vices could be ...

ATLANTIC CITY — In the weeks before the premiere of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" series about Prohibition-era Atlantic City, Ed Devlin got to tell all his stories about palling around with the real-life ...

In anticipation of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," The Press of Atlantic City will be producing a documentary about the show's real-life subject, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, a corrupt political boss who reigned ...

Jonathon Norcross is a feature writer for Collider. He's also written for People, InsideHook, and Brooklyn Magazine, among other outlets. He co-produced the feature documentary Break the Game, which ...

Nucky Johnson licked his chops the day the knuckleheads banned booze in America. It was a gift to Atlantic City, transforming it from Philadelphia‘s sandbox to “The World’s Playground.” Johnson was ...

SPOILER ALERT! The following piece has spoilers pertaining to the series finale of Boardwalk Empire. Unlike HBO’s Sopranos finale when 12.3 million fans thought their TV sets went out, there probably ...