The Anecdotalist

Ep. 1 The Wall Street Bombing


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Unsolved Mystery

The Wall Street Bombing of 1920, was the largest terror attack on US soil at the time. Today, it’s a mostly forgotten event, but it did change the landscape of how these incidents were handled. It also showed the glaring need for a more structured federal organization, the FBI.

Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Wall-Street-bombing-of-1920

https://crimereads.com/blood-fire-the-bombing-of-wall-street-100-years-later/.

https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-wall-street-bombing-95-years-ago

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/wall-street-bombing-1920

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bombing-wall-street-history/

https://www.hsdl.org/c/tl/wall-street-bombing-1920/

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The AnecdotalistBy Paul Packard & Jason McKinney