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Ogden resident recounts Prohibition-era lore, ghost stories on 20 Fifth Street
Summary
Rick Proffer, a local resident, described Prohibition-era legends — including an Al Capone tunnel story — and a personal haunting experience at the Ben Lomond Hotel while noting the street's contemporary mix of galleries, restaurants and markets.
Rick Proffer, a local resident, described local lore tying Ogden's 20 Fifth Street to Prohibition-era criminal activity and ghost stories during a brief on-street interview.
The account included a long-standing legend that Al Capone once used an underground route linking the train station, the Bigelow Hotel and the block now known as 20 Fifth Street. "Al Capone comes through here during prohibition, gets off the train at the station, in the middle of night, heads down to the Bigelow Hotel, knocks off the vault in the…
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