Today we discuss "one of the most fascinating and complicated hits in the history of Gangland" in the United States: the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. 

*Content Warning: Mob violence, murder*

“Al Capone.” Biography, Written by Judy Cole and narrated by John Mahoney, season 7, episode 77, Towers Productions, 1995. Roku Channel.

History: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

Flashback: Before Capone, there was Big Jim Colosimo, the father of the Chicago Outfit met his fate at the end of a gun

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago

Who was Dean O'Banion & how did he get killed?

George Moran: American Gangster

History: Prohibition

Johnny Torrio

How the tommy gun went from a weapon of 'law and order' to a favorite of notorious criminals

How did Hymie Weiss get killed?

1929 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Autopsy reports found from 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre

From Gangland to the Battlefield - 15 amazing facts about the Thompson submachine gun

The Mob Museum

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Massacre Victim's Statistics

*Coverage from the Chicago Tribune of the massacre: Further information available upon request.*

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