13 Facts About Charlie Wall

Charles McKay Wall was an American businessman, mobster, and political figure who was a rival to reputed mobsters Santo Trafficante Sr.

Charlie Wall rapidly gained status within the criminal underworld from his early endeavors in the operation of several gambling, prostitution, and illegal numbers rackets.

Charlie Wall was beaten with a baseball bat, his throat slit and killed, on April 18,1955.

Charlie Wall was allegedly abused by his stepmother, and Wall developed mental health issues.

Charlie Wall sustained a minor fleshy wound, and Charlie was arrested and locked up.

Charlie Wall was sent to military school, despite showing promise as a student.

Charlie Wall was expelled from the school, due to visiting a brothel.

Charlie Wall was arrested several times in 1905 for fighting, using abusive and profane language, and running a gambling house.

The young Charlie Wall spent much of his formative years, frequenting the gambling dens of Tampa and, at some point, he took over the city's criminal and political underworld.

Charlie Wall ran Tampa from the Ybor City neighborhood and employed Italians, Cubans and Irish into his organization.

Additionally, Charlie Wall was prominently involved in organized corruption of judges, politicians and other government officials, facing little opposition from the law or other criminals.

Charlie Wall was murdered on April 18,1955, possibly on orders from the Trafficantes.

The account and rise and fall of Wall was depicted in the 2008 documentary film The Ghosts of Ybor: Charlie Wall which starred actors John A Schakel as Wall, Gene Siudut as Joe Bedami, Chris Pardal as Johnny "Scarface" Rivera, and Rod Grant as the lead detective in the Wall murder investigation.