22 - Al Capone's Valentine's Day Massacre

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Dan Cummins

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🗓️ 13 February 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On Feb. 14th, 1929, seven men were found dead in a North Side Chicago garage. The scene was grisly - each man had been shot anywhere from nine to fifteen times, mowed down with shotguns and Thompson "Tommy Gun" sub-machine guns. Who were they? Why did it happen? What did Al Capone have to do with it? Learn about the history of organized crime in Chicago and so much more in this underworld edition of Timesuck!

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0:00.0	February 14, 1929 Valentine's Day. Seven men are gunned down in a north side Chicago garage.
0:09.0	A gangland mass murder that was the culmination of a bloody decade of violence between primarily
0:13.8	Irish and Italian gangsters fighting for control of shite towns bootlegging, prostitution, gambling,
0:20.7	and the incredible amount of money that went along with it all. Mobking pin Al Capone's illegal
0:25.5	income alone was estimated at $100 million a year in the 1920s. All right, and that's 1920s
0:33.7	money. By 1929, his empire has estimated to have been worth $1.3 billion in today's dollars.
0:41.0	Like all real gangsters, he wanted more. He always wanted more. He was never enough and he was
0:45.9	never going to ask for more. He was going to take it. And he sure as shit wasn't going to let
0:50.0	any other gangster take it from him. So from time to time, somebody had to die. And from 1924 to 1929
0:57.2	in Chicago, a lot of people died. Sixteen gang related murders in 1924, increasing each year,
1:02.6	leading to 64 gang murders in 1929 and hitting a bloody gory crescendo on Valentine's Day.
1:10.8	Find out who died. Find out why they died. What lit up to all the killings and what happened
1:15.3	afterwards in this bloody Tommy gun infested shot gun to the face Valentine's Day edition
1:22.2	a time suck. Happy Monday, everybody. And happy Valentine's Day time suckers. Happy
1:36.4	happy Valentine's Day week. Even if you're alone, this Valentine's Day, you can still get sucked
1:41.9	with some time suck. I know it's not the same, but it's better than nothing. I'll be your valentines.
1:47.3	I'll be your strange information obsessed, kind of creepy looking valentines. Oh, valentines day.
1:53.7	The American straight man's least favorite holiday can thrive romantic pressure.
1:58.4	Help in hallmark. Push them. Push them. Some shitty greeting cards on everyone. Making that
2:03.1	greeting card money. Helping keep the rose farmers employed, you know. Well, as you scramble to
2:08.7	grab overpriced flowers by some sappy cars that makes you live nauseous. And panic as you realize
2:13.2	you forgot to make dinner reservations yet again. Let this episode be a little sweet, very unromantic
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