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Crimes That Made History (2017)

S1E4 The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America

Oct 13, 2017 Season 1 Episode 4 Crime, Documentary, History

In 1929, seven members of Bugs Moran's gang were brutally killed in a garage by Al Capone's enforcers. The media quickly dubbed this horrifying incident the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre." Happening during the Prohibition era, these murders became emblematic of the violent gang conflicts of the time, solidifying the stereotype of the Italian mobster in the American psyche.