Boardwalk Empire. on repeat 2/12/2016. The 1929 Chicago mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang on orders from Al Capone. By Sean T. Collins. Revisiting Boardwalk Empire, the Most Underappreciated Drama of Its Time We’re up all night to praise Nucky. ... Maranzano contracted Mad Dog Coll to murder Luciano, but Lucky acted first. Boardwalk Empire is basically the story of a twenties gang called The Combined or Big Seven Group. chat room 11/4/2014. Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rises to prominence and controls Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s.