There was a time, a time before cable, when the local anchorman reigns supreme.

WBDM TV, Chicago.

Now, Bill Curtis, this is Channel 2 News at 10.

Do you think are top story?

You are associated with some of the most horrific acts that humanity has ever perpetrated.

I love them all.

For American justice, I'm Bill Curtis.

Unlike New York, where the Gambinos and other families competed for control,

the Chicago outfit was ruled by one family and one godfather.

Akardo's power was grounded in fear.

John Wayne Gacy led two lives.

He dressed up as Pogo the Clown for charitable events and was active in local politics.

While Frank Rosenthal and Tony Spilatro had grown up in the same rough Chicago neighborhood,

they were fundamentally different.

Lefty new thugs, Tony Waswa.

The ant was the first gangster to break the mob rule that said you don't kill people in Vegas.

All hell broke loose, the story of Richard Speck's life.

Even etched on his arm, the infamous born-to-rays-held tattoo, the very

instruments of Spex captured. And in San Diego, one anchorman was more man than the rest. His name

was Ron Burgundy. He was like a god walking amongst near mortals.

He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr.

And suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.

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