With cameras rolling, Rivera used explosives to breach the vault, hoping to uncover Prohibition-era secrets and techniques—money, weapons and even human stays. (A medical expert stood by.) Instead, the group discovered nothing however an empty whiskey bottle.
The broadcast shortly turned a punchline, and “Al Capone’s Vault” quickly turned shorthand for an overhyped occasion.
CBS reporter John Drummond, who witnessed the blast, had earlier likened the dig to the invention of King Tut’s tomb. Afterward, the letdown was unmistakable.
The particular’s producer, John Joslyn, took it in stride. “Disappointment, of course, John,” he informed Drummond. “But it’s been a terrific adventure. I wouldn’t have passed it up for anything.”
Rivera went on to host his speak present till 1998. He additionally hosted Rivera Live on CNBC beginning in 1994 earlier than becoming a member of Fox News in 2001. In 2024, he turned a correspondent-at-large for NewsNation.
