The Saint Valentines Day Massacre - February 14 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Valentine’s Day is a day of cards, candy, and red and pink hearts. But, on February 14th 1929, a massacre took place that painted a very different picture of the holiday for love. St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	There were two more murders. 15 miles away.
0:32.7	We have a...
0:34.6	We have a weird...
0:36.0	...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird
0:38.6	murder.
0:40.7	Valentine's Day is a day of cards, candy, and red and pink carts.
0:46.4	But on February 14th, 1929, a massacre took place that painted a very different picture of the holiday for love.
0:55.8	So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:05.0	Chicago in the late 1920s was a place filled with gang activity.
1:09.5	Not just that, but these rival gangs were at war trying to maintain power and control in their
1:14.9	trades.
1:15.9	Al Capone, chief gangster, wanted to eliminate his bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution rivals,
1:22.5	and violence was the best way to get his point across.
1:26.3	All of this came to a head when, on February 14, 1929,
1:31.5	seven men associated with George Bugs Moran's gang entered a garage in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
1:39.0	Around 10.30 a.m., a Cadillac sedan pulled up in front of the garage and four men stepped out, two of which
1:46.3	were dressed as police officers and carrying shotguns.
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