Episode 37: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Usually, you send flowers and chocolate on Valentine's Day, but Al "Scarface" Capone decided he was going to send a bloody message to his longtime rival Bugs Moran. On Feb. 14, 1929, seven of Moran's men from his North Side gang lay dead on a warehouse floor, gunned down by Thompson Submachine guns. Was a power struggle to control the lucrative bootlegging operation the motive for this massacre, or, like love, is this story a bit more complicated?

SOURCES

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

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Did Capone Do It? Crime and Investigation: https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-st-valentine%E2%80%99s-day-massacre-did-capone-do-it

I-Team Report: Dead Wrong, ABC 7 Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/archive/7475934/

FRED "KILLER" BURKE, CHARLES SKELLY - A FATEFUL MEETING IN BERRIEN COUNTY, Berrien County Sheriff’s Office: https://www.berriencounty.org/419/Fred-Burke---Charles-Skelly

This Day In History: Al Capone goes to prison, History.com: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/capone-goes-to-prison

Al Capone's Brain Was Rotted By Syphilis To The Point Where He Was 'Functionally A 12-Year-Old', Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/al-capone-syphilis-end-of-life/melissa-sartore?page=2

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