23: MOB HIT

America’s coldest case. Seven men were brutally gunned down in a garage near the north side of Chicago. The murders resulted from the gangland wars during prohibition. The Irish North Side gang run by Bugs Moran versus the Italian South Side gang lead by America’s most notorious gangster Al Capone. The murderers have never been caught, but there are plenty of theories as to who may have committed this horrible crime. 

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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and Al Capone (Excerpt from Get Capone) By Jonathan Eig. April 30, 2010. https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/may-2010/get-capone-st-valentines-day-massacre-jonathan-eig/

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. History.com February 4, 2021 https://www.history.com/topics/crime/saint-valentines-day-massacre

Inside the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, History’s Bloodiest Mob Hit. By Katie Serena. February 2, 2022. https://allthatsinteresting.com/st-valentines-day-massacre

Prohibition. History.com https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition#:~:text=The%20Prohibition%20Era%20began%20in,Prohibition%20was%20difficult%20to%20enforce.

Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States

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