Dutch Schultz once expressed profound frustration that his rival Jack Legs Diamond was unkillable—and pplpod explores this 1930s mobster who somehow refused to die despite being showered with bullets throughout Prohibition. This episode unpacks how a figure born in 1897 Philadelphia became a defining chapter of 1920s organized crime history, a man who survived so much violence he seemed immune to consequences. Diamond's biography functions as a perfect mirror for the era itself: lawlessness, systemic corruption, and ruthless hyper-capitalism of the underworld between the World Wars. Discover how a bootlegger became a global celebrity splashed across international newspaper front pages, how institutional corruption protected organized crime, and why Diamond's resilience—or luck—fascinates us still as a window into ...