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Volume 64 | Number 17

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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 64 YEARS

1925: Was ‘Two Bunch Palms’ home to Al Capone? sult of an assassination attempt on Capone and the initials “A.C.” are carved into a desk. On the bungalow’s roof is a former sentry tower. Although they’re not open for guests, a hidden network of escape tunnels supposedly runs under the bungalow. In Capone’s former gambling casino, elegant, tasty and healthy low-fat dinners are now served for guests. In 1931, the gangster’s residence here reportedly ended when he was sent to Alcatraz for tax evasion. Today, Two Bunch Palms is a 100-acre getaway for the rich and famous, an oasis of quiet and relaxation in the unlikely town of Desert Hot Springs. Two Bunch Palms is a rock-walled 24-hour security fortress surrounding 44 bungalows, most with private backyards and patios. Each bungalow rents from $200 to $800 a day. The amenities offered include romantic dinners, herbal steam baths, salt herbal treatments, deep massages, facials and mud baths.

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ith all its luxurious trappings and charm, the average visitor would never know that Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs was built in the 1920s as

a west coast hideout for infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone back when he was on J. Edgar Hoover’s “Most Wanted” list. While Capone’s residence cannot be backed up in fact, here is the leg-

end: traces of the original “Scarface” are still evident, especially in and around Bungalow 14, the gangster’s supposed residence. There’s a bullet hole in a mirror that legend says was the end re-

Read more stories like this one in our Fifth Annual “Celebrating 100 Years of the Desert.” Keep reading the Desert Mobile Home News for more details on when you can pick up a copy of “Celebrating 100 Years of the Desert.”