Growing up in Kansas City, my Grandfather lived in that era and if I recall correctly witnessed the massacre. As a child in the 70's, my Grandfather took me to Union Station one day and showed me all of the bullet holes in the facade of Union Station. Every time I return to Kansas City, to visit my Mother if I'm in the area I'll stop by Union Station to relive the day my Grandfather took me there almost 50 years ago. Union Station was closed in the early 80's and fell into a state of disrepair, it was very nearly torn down. Ultimately the citizens of Kansas City rescued Union Station and it was restored to its former glory. It's a wonderful symbol and loved by everyone in Kansas City. I do hope you've done a video of the Liberty Memorial and the National WW1 Museum.
@jerryfountain792110 ай бұрын
Thanks Jeff & Sarah for another History Hunters lesson. Sad history is history and it can't be erased, only learned from. Hopefully you both had a great Thanksgiving and looking forward to our Savior's birthday on Christmas 🎄!
@michaelgmoore570810 ай бұрын
That was a great episode. Merry Christmas to Jeff & Sarah!
@ScoopDogg10 ай бұрын
Great video you two, thankyou. I would love to know what happens when a bullet is fired at a similar stone to the one they think was to do with PBFloyd, my first thoughts are would they be jacketed or lead rounds fired, my thinking is there any photos showing the building prior to the tragedy to see if the hole was in the stone before the shooting. thanks anyway always look forward to your videos. found some videos one here kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHW9l6uqaJuAfJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZi1lWaJa7-UhLs
@WayneKline10 ай бұрын
Well done Jeff, another great video. A nice way to end my Sunday. Thank you very much. Belated Happy Thanksgiving to you, Sarah and your families.
@debraleesparks10 ай бұрын
Back in the 60’s, when I was a little girl.. my mom would take my sister and I to our Grandmas house in Saint Louis on the train. Well when we got to the Union Station we would use the bathroom there to wash up and change our dresses..,I remember that they had to pay 10 cents to use the toilet! I’m from the Yosemite area of California, and that is the biggest building I’ve ever been in.. and I’m 70. Love Grandma Debbie
@Jackietreehorn-z5e10 ай бұрын
Love your vids...can you come to Iowa and do a story on the Sullivan Brothers? All 5 died in WW2 on a ship. Others died in shark infested water.
@raygreen25710 ай бұрын
well 3 died on the ship two made it off one was badly wounded died the next day the oldest kept swimming around looking for his bothers later a shark got him
@markpedroza729410 ай бұрын
The massacre is mentioned in the movies The F.B.I Story (1959) and Dillinger (1973)
@davidniehaus20210 ай бұрын
Jeff would you fulfill my request by visiting the grave of John philip sousa please and you are a sweet kind guy on youtube 🎄🎄
@gregdavis1910 ай бұрын
Very good video. I agree, KC’s Union Station is massive and beautiful. Thanks for telling the story.
@inchhighpi951410 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful building. This is when America took pride in everything that was built. Sad that many buildings are being torn down and history is being lost. Hope this never happens here. As far as the history lesson you brought to us, I for one thank you. I have learned so much from you both 👍💯
@patience16786 күн бұрын
It's Tartarian
@okiedean111210 ай бұрын
Hey Jeff an Sarah, Thanks again for making the past come alive for us. I've heard the Charley Floyd headstone has been changed 3 times from souvenir hunters chipping away pieces over the years from a friend that talked to relatives he said to me. I don't know how true this be?
@Jeff-fx1zy4 ай бұрын
The cemetery at Akins, Sequoyah Co. Oklahoma doesn't exactly have state of the art security. It's quiet, isolated, and dark at night. Perfect for thieves. Oh btw, Charlie Floyd hated that name.
@stevemccoy813810 ай бұрын
Very interesting, I've been to KC many times but never got to see the train station. The Stockyards was my destination in my youth, many loads of cattle delivered. My family has a history with KC, grandparents had a grocery store on Troost Ave ,probably about the same time as the shoot out. Great story, Thanks 😊
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Yep, lots of cattle and people moved through that city! Since we've talking cattle, have you ever felt like cattle being moved through an airport? LOL
@stevemccoy813810 ай бұрын
@@jbenziggyIndeed I have, they pack you into most flights. I was once offered a job while on a flight, I resembled the Marlboro Man. 😅
@ScratchGlass910 ай бұрын
History Hunters. Great show again. Happy Thanksgiving to you and family ! Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲
@AB-ye7bw10 ай бұрын
Excellent story! I had a friend who had since passed that was an extra in the Dale Robertson film.
@irishgip7110 ай бұрын
Question?? What is the most historic state you’ve been? Seems like your partial to California (because you live here) and Kansas. Still watching but love it so far.
@naturelove831Ай бұрын
This video is in Missouri
@debraleesparks10 ай бұрын
I went to school with a girl who’s mom was Pretty Boy Floyd niece. Her mom showed me her old photographs of him hiding out at their farm! He was blamed for stuff he didn’t do. Those old photos are really interesting. Love Grandma Debbie
@bobs172810 ай бұрын
Interesting. Charles Arthur Floyd was sitting at a kitchen table in a rooming house in Kansas City with the lady landlord. Her daughter came and sat at the table, looked at Floyd, and said, "Were'd you come from, Pretty Boy?"
@GREGWATSON-lc8cc4 ай бұрын
Floyd denied this. By denying it,cost him big reputation.
@brianwesley283 ай бұрын
Then she has to be a distant relative of mine. Dad died last year, but insisted that Pretty Boy Floyd was a relative.
@brianwesley283 ай бұрын
Check out Woodie Guthrie's song Pretty Boy Flody sometime. He also held the narrative that a lot of the crimes weren't actually done by Pretty Boy Floyd, apparently.
@wondersteven10 ай бұрын
My grandparents are buried in Holy Sepulchre in Omaha. I traveled many times from Omaha to KC for fun. Mostly to enjoy the Country Club Plaza there. Last time I was there was in the 80's and the station was going through some renovations but I remember eating in a restaurant I believe was in the lower part of the building and having one of the best steaks I ever had.
@oiskaio3 ай бұрын
If it was after the mid-90s it was likely Pierpont's
@rosaszymanski460110 ай бұрын
I look forward to watching your videos every Sunday morning☕️ thank you!
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
That's what we always love to hear! Thank you so much, Rosa!
@ScoopDogg10 ай бұрын
Forgot to say, hope all my cousins over the pond had a great Thanksgiving, from little old me in the UK who cant get enough AMERICAN hISTORY (YES YOU DO HAVE A GREAT HISTORY) : )
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Happy holidays! Thank you for the good wishes! Same to you guys too!
@jimbullard44110 ай бұрын
Very interesting. I've only been thru KC one time and never been to that site. As always, well told!
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Thank you, Jim! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
@caroletomlinson548010 ай бұрын
I recall parking alignment as shown here in 1933 (must have changed after 1970s). They once had busy shoe shiners in that great hall, and I sat in waiting area before those benches were removed when the trains stopped arriving.😢. Also ate filet mignon once at Fred Harvey’s and served drinks at Ralph Gaines’ steak house while jazz band played. Rode the trains, too, and greeted and bid adieu Grandmother many times. Never heard of the massacre until later. It’s a beautiful building full of rich memories.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Your words paint a very nostalgic picture of that location. I think some of the best architecture and music and car styles and fashions were in the 1940s. Even when you look at old pictures of Disneyland, you see everyone walking around in suits and ties and the women dressed to the nines.
@austinroberts40083 ай бұрын
I remember sitting in the room full of benches waiting for my aunt grace to arrive from independence Kansas in the early 60s. It was the only place I ever saw nuns . It was a huge room , and the benches were hard wood !
@trishaporte10 ай бұрын
I don’t recall the number of military personnel that traveled through Union Station en route to other destinations in 1945 (after the war), but there were over 600k travelers who passed through those doors. After WWll travelers declined. I can recall all of the bench seats that graced the main hall, people bustling from one loading dock to another. Shops on nearly every inside corner where you could get snacks, souvenirs, etc to take with you on your long journey. Great video!
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, my friend!
@trishaporte10 ай бұрын
@@jbenziggy There is a small cemetery off of 40hwy in Independence, can’t recall the cross street, but it’s the one closest to Dixons. Maybe 1/2 mile N to your left. I used to go there and eat my lunch. It’s a well cared for cemetery that has a rich history. Apparently many of the newcomers to KC would over camp there before buying supplies and hooking up with a wagon train headed west. I talked to some of the descendants who were caring for the cemetery, but have not researched it.
@ScottAbgekurtz10 ай бұрын
@jbenziggy Another place I highly recommend you visit is Alcove Springs, Kansas, where the Donner Party camped after they left Independence and Westport, Mo. Sarah Keyes, the first persons to die from the Donner Party is buried there. Still to this day the wagon wheel ruts can be seen.
@dano820310 ай бұрын
I’ve seen these stories played out in movies but never done out this way, thank you for your research!
@timothymoore321810 ай бұрын
Excellent! Thank you so much for covering this event and of course, beautiful Union Station!
@dstu32210 ай бұрын
It kind of looks more like a hit since they shot Nash too.
@nathanielalgernon97510 ай бұрын
yeah, maybe afraid he'd talk to get reduced sentence, maybe Floyd ordered it. Why did they wait until he was in the car where it was likely he'd be hit by bullets and tougher for him to flee?
@jeffhensley998810 ай бұрын
Another amazing episode, Jeff. Just out of curiosity, where do you acquire most of your historical background information? Also, out of curiosity, what was all the "Spiderman" activity that was happening the day you were there? Thank you Jeff, for another Historical look back. Yes, tragic, but Historic nonetheless. God Bless you and Sarah.
@MsDaisy17310 ай бұрын
Leavenworth is a Federal Prison not a State Prison. Kansas State Penitentiary is in Lansing 7 miles south of The Federal Prison. The United States Disciplinary Barracks is located in Fort Leavenworth an active military post and is for incarcerated persons in the military.
@Man112354 ай бұрын
Kansas City is growing a lot and is turning into a beautiful city. Would be really be booming if the economy was better.
@BRIDGETTWC10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much❤ love History Hunters!
@alanatolstad482410 ай бұрын
Here's another W-O-W to add to your collection of them.
@mikewhite2aadvocacy17210 ай бұрын
Very interesting. Hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving Day.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Thank you! We slaved in the kitchen and had bent backs but the food and family conversation was great! Hope you had a great day too!
@thelivingbranch26 күн бұрын
took train rides with my mom from the station in 60s
@janetceniza809110 ай бұрын
her husband speaking age 80 = 11:40 pm from Mactan Island, Cebu PH. It is still Sunday the 26th as we are 16 hours ahead of the West Coast. I had been in bed since 8:30 pm but happen to wake up and decide to go out and get a glass of milk. I usually get up at 4 am see what is on the PC and have coffee. We walk our 3 dogs about 5:30 am before the sun gets too warm. Going to be in our home here until 11 Mar 24. Another reminder of criminals of the past = too bad, today a bank robbery would only be a misdemeanor.
@Overstand1004 ай бұрын
We could never build that now. Look at the ornate detail on everything. Look at the columns. They're massive, but the population was a fraction of what it is now. Who Built It!
@jbenziggy4 ай бұрын
The greatest generation!
@johnmcgowanireland69510 ай бұрын
Thanks Jeff! I'll be watching those movies now.
@victoriaobrien232410 ай бұрын
My mother was born in Kansas in 1933
@59gaperry10 ай бұрын
Fascinating video, Jeff. Great work!
@johnygarcia763610 ай бұрын
👍👍👍 crazy story in kc
@bartgoins17828 ай бұрын
Another great history lesson, Jeff. Thank you.
@mistervacation2310 ай бұрын
Very good ! I bet you could do a great video on some of the iconic buildings of Los Angeles, theaters and so forth
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Great suggestion!
@debraday989810 ай бұрын
Jeff I look forward to your show every Sunday morning. U only deserve the very best. I always let the commercials run for u. Happy Holidays.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
I appreciate that! Thank you and happy holidays to you too!
@donnawoepke886110 ай бұрын
Wow, I have never heard this story. Thank you
@juliogonzales544110 ай бұрын
Bad..history
@joelhurley267810 ай бұрын
Jeff, I used to volunteer at the train station, it is very beautiful. Great video and thank you so much for sharing. I enjoyed the history. I used to look at that bullet hole myself when I used to go volunteer there at the train station.
@johnnyquest370710 ай бұрын
Good one! Thanks for the old photos and especially the overview digram showing the location of all involved. it puts everything in context. One theory was something about a LEO in the car accidentally firing his gun shooting someone, maybe Nash. I can’t remember exactly.
@skimmer877410 ай бұрын
The hole in the stone wall was caused by a UFO.😊
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Ha ha ha
@TooTallRob6.810 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@jack2breeze10 ай бұрын
There are two rock bands from the 80s called Pretty Boy Floyd. One American the other Canadian.
@dam00k8 ай бұрын
The last year people could buy a Thompson sub machine gun at the local hardware store or mail order it through Sears. $225 for a vertical fore grip model with a drum magazine, a Model A from the same year cost between $450-500 so it’s kind of easy to see how most non-criminal folks would have difficulty justifying buying one at the height of the Great Depression.
@MaryAnglin10 ай бұрын
Interesting video, thank you. I lived in KC for four years but never visited Union Station.
@mov1ngforward10 ай бұрын
That's a beautiful structure. The history of our country has proven to be violent, people shouldn't be shocked. Today we're just seeing everything at once because...people...
@sw57135 ай бұрын
Site of Chiefs superbowl celebration shooting also.
@jbenziggy5 ай бұрын
That’s true but I was there shooting this video like eight months before that Chiefs shooting.
@libertyrevolutionary17764 ай бұрын
That was a gang fight as well.
@LarrySelleck4 ай бұрын
I grew up in Kansas City. In the sixties I took the train out of Union Station several times with my mom to visit my grandparents in southeast oklahoma. After I was married my wife and I had several anniversary dinners at the all you can eat seafood restaurant in Union Station. After dinner we would explore the building. One time we made our way upstairs to an open window where we climbed out onto a portion of the roof above the train tracks and took in the view of Kansas City. Later I took my son and then my granddaughter to many different attractions, science city, the titanic exhibit, model train exhibit, just to name a few. Seems like every trip included checking out the bullet holes and mentioning the massacre. Great memories, thank you for the history lesson, I know the story well.
@happyretireeshc10 ай бұрын
I know about the mafia routes. My grandfather worked with Ness in Cleveland and Youngstown
@hpillsbury064 ай бұрын
I met a funeral director in Missouri who had photos of the Pretty Boy funeral. Very amazing.
@joedunbarjr10 ай бұрын
Jeff, you do have a way about you. The sultry tone and smooth delivery of your narration is unique for KZbin channels. Love your content and as a history fan I apricate the interesting events you come up with. I subscribe to about 30 channels but after watching your offerings a thumbs up is almost always automatic. (I am stingy with those) Thank you for the time and obvious effort you put into each video.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Wow, Joe, that’s a wonderful compliment and I thank you for it. It’s nice to have such a great fan. Thanks for helping to make History Hunters the success that it is!
@BarbaraSalisbury-st7bu3 ай бұрын
Beautiful building and another very interesting video. Thank you.
@UHMOutreachCollege9 ай бұрын
Used to love these; the background music drains me. Thanks though for your prior less musical videos.
@warmonger13629 ай бұрын
How poorly planned was that. If you're trying to free someone, why would you machinegun everyone and run away. My father always said if they were smart, they wouldn't be criminals.
@paulrevere519710 ай бұрын
Didn't know this story, thanks. Always wanted to visit however, heard 'they've got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one'...:)
@dsinavich514110 ай бұрын
Hi. A very interesting story. Sad but true . Off to prison you go . Thanks for vlogging and researching it. Take care. Deborah 🇨🇦
@privatepilot406410 ай бұрын
Awesome coverage Jeff! Thanks again and always look forward to watching each week! This is one of very few channels I give a thumbs up before I watch the video!
@iryanjones10 ай бұрын
I didn't know this is still a train hub. I picked up a friend a couple months ago. We toured Union Station when she came home. It is a beautiful building. I wear a brace on my left leg and couldn't walk to far. I did tell her about the violent history of the place
@johnnyquest935810 ай бұрын
I had an uncle that commented on how hot the train ride was across Kansas when he came home from WW2, He said soldiers would jump in rivers to cool off when the train stopped. Crazy the things you remember.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
I remember a lot of things from my youth that my parents had forgotten about! LOL
@RedProg10 ай бұрын
I have heard from some that they are bullets holes and other who they are not. Having seen the impacts in the marble I am sticking with ...bullet holes. I noticed spalling. Want to thank you for another Sunday adventure. 👍
@charlesnye173610 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing this one. I´ve always been facinated by the gangster era. Still a mystery if Floyd was even there.
@dominicseanmccann630029 күн бұрын
Some beautiful architecture there; the station, not the jails...
@EGSBiographies-om1wb10 ай бұрын
I read about this in a recent book about the beginnings of the F.B.I. Another vid worth my time watching.
@greyghostjay10 ай бұрын
Botched rescue. Pretty sad that all those officers had to die. Plus the man they were trying to save or steal back. Very compelling story.
@rickkeifer592810 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video Jeff.My uncle being a officer back in those days had a run in with pretty boy thank goodness my uncle is came out unscaved.
@Hippy-l1e10 ай бұрын
What a great channel you have! Stumbled across it while watching other documentaries and will be a regular viewer!
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Welcome aboard! we are so happy that you found us and that you enjoy our content. We have over 400 videos stored up to watch. Lol.
@KB6YAF10 ай бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff and Sarah. Thanks once again for making my Sunday morning just a bit better with your excellent video. ........Russell D.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Our pleasure! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend!
@j1st63310 ай бұрын
Very cool information.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@davidgoodman692410 ай бұрын
They came to set Nash free, yet ended up shooting and killing him. With friends like them, who needs enemies! Great video!
@frankmarullo22810 ай бұрын
Thank you Jeff and Sarah. Being Italian from New York . I have heard about this massacre before THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.. PS. Have you ever been to Grand Central station ? Its big.......
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Never been to grand central station in NYC! Only been to NYC once in my life and that was probably enough. lol
@unnecessaryroughness468110 ай бұрын
I enjoy the history you continue to bring to your fans. This is another interesting piece of history I'm going to do research on. Thanks Jeff!
@jokeroneninesevenzero10 ай бұрын
Louis Stacci looks like Kramer from Seinfeld.
@AMO19212 ай бұрын
You can still see the bullet wholes in the wall behind the marker sign before the main entrance.
@jameskim6210 ай бұрын
NICE STORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON THE WALL , DRILL HOLE MARK ??????
@nickpaz242110 ай бұрын
Another great video. If you are ever in L.A. go to union station downtown L.A. It’s a beautiful station with a lot of history.
@161papa10 ай бұрын
Well done. You videos are always interesting and enjoyable.
@Frazzzld10 ай бұрын
I had never heard of this one. I find it interesting that the man they came to free ended up amongst the dead. And I'm with you, that definitely looked like a bullet hole.
@kenfrank27306 ай бұрын
Our family enjoys your videos - paypal contribution made. How about doing a video on Chicago's Saint Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?
@jbenziggy6 ай бұрын
Thanks for your donation!
@merelhoekstra733010 ай бұрын
A beautiful old building but a scary strange story…
@rhondaz35610 ай бұрын
Jeff, as always, this was so interesting, and very well researched.👏🏻It must feel strange standing in those locations.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Yes it was. Same place, different era. One scene is a scene of carnage, the other a peaceful parking lot. Life is strange. I felt for those poor men, only trying to do their jobs, and being taken from their wives and families!
@rhondaz35610 ай бұрын
@@jbenziggy AMEN to that...💫
@Xpyburnt_ndz10 ай бұрын
Another AWESOME HH vid!!! Thnx for my weekly fix Jeff! ~Chris
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Any time! Thanks!!!
@jacquelinebloom433910 ай бұрын
Another great video full of history.
@Skunkape7410 ай бұрын
Good stuff...Thanks for sharing... Happy Holidays!!!!
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Happy holidays to you too!
@chrisbyard2910 ай бұрын
Jeff And Sarah another awesome video. We go to Union Station every time we visit KC even when to the Spiderman exhibit this summer. As much as I walked around I did not know about this thank you for sharing.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!!
@musiknbooks10 ай бұрын
I've never heard the details of this moment in history....interesting...thank ya'll so much!
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
I appreciate the nice compliment. I don’t think many people know about it today. Unless of course you stop and read the sign. Lol.
@Nick-1992-SRB10 ай бұрын
Great video there Jeff these events from the past are super thrilling especially for me as I'm from Australia can you one day do a episode on the 1946 Moonlight Murders that unsolved case from Texarkana I've actually got the 1976 movie call THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN on VHS it's loosely based on that event.
@mugsysemergencylightsandsi45532 ай бұрын
There’s more than one bullet hole in the wall at union station I worked in union station when I was 15 at rocky mountain chocolate factory there’s also a ghost they call him the grey man because he appears to be all grey and at night they see him in the grand hall he’s even been caught on camera standing on the upper floor he was looking towards pierpont’s restaurant
@rkr7372Ай бұрын
The grey ghost damn very few 😮people know that I spent part of my summers with my grandpa who had a plumbing business on Chelsea Ave before the xxx theater was there, he moved to the Ks side in 1970 or 71, that was a great part of town at onetime.
@noelfoley73597 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, back in the news yesterday, 2/14/2024.
@jbenziggy7 ай бұрын
I know. Very sad. Send like I was just there!
@garymckee885710 ай бұрын
I thought Western Auto was a defunct company, the building with the huge Western Auto sign was it their headquarters at one time? Thanks 👍
@ScottAbgekurtz10 ай бұрын
Yes their HQ was in Kansas City. Yes the company has been gone many years. There’re condos in the building now, the city left the sign up because it’s an icon of the skyline.
@toddgoza35222 ай бұрын
Show the bullet holes they still there my dad showed me when I was a kid
@redmccoy863310 ай бұрын
One of many good episodes . Keep em coming. Thanx. 😊 Enjoy History.
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@swansfan694410 ай бұрын
That was very informative and interesting, thanks Jeff. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Jodie! Thanks!
@canaryphaeochannel10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the nice video Jeff!
@NicolewithouttheH3 ай бұрын
I grew up in Kansas City and was always told it was the other doors they came out of (to the left of the clock) There are chunks of stone missing around that doorway from the bullets.
@jbenziggy3 ай бұрын
Well the photos tell a different story.
@stevemellin580610 ай бұрын
A crazy time to live.......hold on a minute .this is a crazy time to live..... Have a great week
@jbenziggy10 ай бұрын
Tell me about it
@davidkulczyk67810 ай бұрын
poor pretty boy, he had nothing to do with the massacre