Crimes That Made History Season 1 Episode 4 - The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America (1929)

Airdate: 2017-Sep-09

Episode summary:

In 1929, seven members of Bugs Moran's gang are assassinated in a garage by Al Capone's henchmen. This event was taken up by the press who named it the "Saint Valentine's day Massacre". Carried out during the prohibition, those killings became the newsworthy symbol of gang wars - they consolidated the image of the Italian mobster in the American collective imaginary.

About Crimes That Made History series:

Sensational news stories of violent crimes, accidents and suicides act as intermittent reminders of how minor or major transgressions can wreck our...Show more >