The Most Notorious Gangland Slaying in History | The Saint Valentines Day Massacre

[@Raventooth]

My Grandparents grew up in Chicago in the 20's. Of course they remember this event vividly. My grandfathers mother was a bootlegger and would greet clients at the door with a longcoat full of bottles, to which she would open her jacket and they would take their pick. My grandmothers neighbor had a dead crow on their doorstep. This was a warning from the Black Crow Gang. Her family moved and a week later that apartment was bombed. Crazy times. Loved hearing these larger than life stories as a kid.

[@donnariahi2975]

Always horrified and fascinated by this episode in history. Thanks for covering.

[@juliestrickland7754]

I've never heard about that letter or that theory. It would make sense. Especially since it was from such an unexpected source. They wouldn't have perceived him as a threat over the killing of that young man. He was just another day of business. It's a good theory, and one I will use next time I'm included in the old argument of which high profile mobster it was. Thank you for another VERY interesting video. Well done!

[@Verdi.and.violet]

Can you do a video on Alcatraz and/or some of the inmates that were there? I have always been fascinated by it, and feel like you guys would provide amazing information and insight! Love your channel. ❤

[@bettyfeliciano7322]

Thank you Paul for this fantastic story! I’m not sure who did it and there were so many illegal things going on, it will probably never be solved. I love the way you tell these stories and all of the details and photos. Take care & blessings to you and your family! ❤️✝️

[@katemaloney4296]

These illegal things happened because the government decided to outlaw liquor. The mafia was a government created corporation.

[@jon9021]

I was just about to mention the Mob Museum (excellent museum by the way). Quite emotive seeing the wall there. They also mention a dog that belonged to one of the men who were killed. It was so traumatized, that they had to put him down.

[@SnowyOwl2000]

Highball was a victim that rarely gets mentioned.

[@Tai_.da_finess]

Gosbo gummie

[@Tai_.da_finess]

They paint my grandma lue like ah mobbster

[@Tai_.da_finess]

We aint cops we dont slob

[@als3022]

Can't believe this slipped my mind. Especially since Valentine's Day is busy where I work. Thnx for the reminder.

[@marykrueger6039]

Another fascinating story as always. And hoping you and yours have a Happy Valentines Day.

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE]

Thanks for the upload, I love your KZbin channel, Great stuff, Cheers from Australia 🐨

[@galvaceci6498]

I really appreciate your channel. I believe the last story. Everything fits like a glove. Thank you.

[@fluffyparker1328]

I chose Chicago for a birthday trip from the UK. Did this site and the location of HH Holmes's castle. Loads of people warned me about how dangerous it was and tried to put me off. I had a great time. Can't get enough of the stuff. Excellent vid. Plenty of suggestions on your channel for further dark tourism.

[@charlesandrews2360]

Speaking of dark tourism. When I was a little kid in the 1960s Chicago had a wax museum. One of the exhibits was The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. We visited that museum many times and Saint Valentine's Day was the only exhibit that I wanted to see. It was so gory and bloody and I was just transfixed. Years later I found out that my godfather was Claude Maddox, the man reputed to have planned and carried out the massacre. It was a smashing success but there's no way they would do something like that today.

[@janicesullivan8942]

I’m glad you had a great time. I’m a former Chicagoan, and absolutely love visiting the historical sites of The U.K.

[@chestnutsev7]

I went to Chicago first in 1992 to see family ,did The Untouchables Tour on the black bus loved it!! In 1995 They we’re pulling The Lexington Hotel down (Capone headquarters ) so on a freezing cold ( Chicago cold🥶) day we went down there ,the guy working there took a walk around the corner while dad grabbed a couple of half bricks and a nice piece of the orange slate that covered much of the building . There’s a video on KZbin of The Lexington Hotel demolition.

[@austake]

Another fantastic video Paul......Keep it up!!!

[@wellston2826]

Aww.. Al just wrote out a Valentine for Bugs on his Chicago Typewriter. Fun fact: During the Depression, the first soup kitchen in Chicago was opened by Al Capone. Guess he wasn't all bad.

[@shawnmiller4781]

It was marketing on Al Capones part. If he was seen in a positive light people wouldn’t help him out

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

Hello Paul as always your videos are sensational tragic story but fascinating

[@joanneentwistle7653]

I live in Windsor, Ontario, and I knew a woman whose father was a rum runner in nearby Amherstberg and had dealings with Al Capone's syndicate. I am not sure if it was him or not, but she remembered a very well dressed man who came to her home and fit Al Capone's description. She would be about 100 now, and she had a very unhappy childhood that affected her for the rest of her life.

[@vivian2822]

Thank you. I look forward to your stories. Love the beard

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Fun fact: my dad was the spitting image of Capone (-50 pounds or so), but was about 13 years younger, grew up in Richmond VA, and joined the Army in his teens to escape hood life. I was always interested in Capone and his Chicago shenanigans because of this. I never did a genealogy of our family because I don't want to know who we might be related to 😳

[@megjacoby5016]

RVA! ❤️✨

[@kddicks5115]

My husband's grandfather used to loan Al Capone his car. It always came back clean with a full tank of gas. True story!!!

[@allisonoconnor8055]

That's noteworthy cause 😮😮😮😮. I'll 🙏 for you. Is your dad's name Italian as well🤷🤯🤢

[@carladams8691]

Not so fun possibility: You were Capone, or one of his cohorts in a previous life. Maybe a victim, hence the reticence.

[@alesiabradley5399]

I hear you about genealogy . I am from the south some of my ancestors were probably chicken thieves 😂

[@upstating]

He had two nicknames, Scarface and Snorky. I find it intriguing he hated the former and preferred the latter.

[@whatname4613]

Maybe it's cause Scarface the movie wasn't made yet.

[@garybrockwell2031]

He got the scar for messing with a man's sister 👍🇬🇧 I bet he liked the other name🧐🤫💯

[@MrCaptainStuff]

He liked the nickname of Snorky because at the time, snorky was slang for someone who was a sharp dresser.

[@addie_is_me]

He used it to mean natty. Reminds me of the Snorks. I loved them. I was ten. Scarface,right? he reportedly hated, but that dumb. Your fronds call you what you like and you can let everyone else be intimidated by a mysterious, bad wound from an attack you survived. To each their own. Lol

[@addie_is_me]

@@garybrockwell2031oh I think I knew that once. Not sure. Maybe that was his aversion to it. Instead of getting it during a legit fight, he got it as getting, a ,”good what for”and didn’t want the reminder and also was afraid the reason would get out.

[@kathypappas6867]

I've lived in Illinois my whole life and grew up in Chicago. I'm sure glad I didn't grow up then though. I've always been fascinated by Capone . Great podcast . Thank you !

[@stellakourtesi9609]

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[@JessicaRabbit324]

I saw the wall portion when I went to the Mob Museum, it was truly something to experience.

[@hound3000]

Moral lesson of the story: Don't be part of an organized crime. You will create too many enemies, to the point when something bad happens, you won't know for sure who actually did it. People may have some idea, but you cannot be 100% sure to confirm it.

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

It amazes me that people still join these organizations. The Sopranos should turn anyone away from crime but somehow fools read it as glorious.

[@johannabarkwith3703]

I had no idea that this was an unsolved crime. 🤷🏼‍♀️ A great video to watch whilst having gammon and chips for lunch! 😊

[@Wherestheredwave]

Well, it’s Chicago, so not too surprising! Things haven’t changed that much

[@shereesmazik5030]

@@Wherestheredwave Nothing has changed in Chicago . Shootings on the Miracle Mile .

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

I love this channel ❤ You should make another one called "go to the foot of our stairs" 😂 my used to say that when I was a child 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@georgebrown8312]

I bet anyone who lived in Chicago during the reign of the Mafia in the early 20th century had better stay out of the crossfire of battles between Mafia gangs. The police and other law enforcement officers must have had a very dangerous and difficult job of keeping the Mafia gangs in check as much as possible. Thank you for this eye-opening video about the Mafia.

[@laura6796]

Very interesting! I had no idea that was an unsolved crime.

[@geomcc39]

in the 90s you had to go to Blockbuster videos documentary section to watch video like this. Now I just go to youtube !!😁😍

[@geomcc39]

This is one of the better Al Capone documentary's watched !

[@Presca1]

I remember watching a bit about this moment in history in the movie Some Like it Hot at the very beginning. Also I visited Moosejaw, Saskatchewan and went on a mini tour of this old place that was a smuggling underground for Capone.

[@jazzmusician46]

Thank you very much for your very informative presentation on such a controversial topic. I really enjoyed it.

[@christinebrannigan1288]

Great video very interesting ❤

[@tirebiter1680]

If this happened this year, people would just say "well it's another day in Chicago". Capone had an custom made armored Cadillac limousine that was impounded and used by President Roosevelt during World War 2.

[@mikeborsum8881]

It was Capone's order, carried out by Boyle, another cronie, and two Purple Gang members dressed as policemen. I live near Saginaw, Michigan. In Saginaw, is a bar (is what we call a pub in the states) called Mac's. In this bar, is a bar. (The piece of furniture) That piece of furniture known as a bar (just so we're clear on the distinction) was once owned by none other than Al Capone, when it was in Chicago. Later, the piece was sold and moved to Detroit. It was in another pub, owned by the Purple Gang, when the establishment was raided by the police. The furniture was shot up. Two of the Purps were killed and this was the beginning of the end for the gang, who would flounder without leadership. The bullet holes were patched up, but can still be seen today. Why is this relevant? It shows some small evidence that Capone worked very closely with the Purple Gang, who would sneak liquor across the Canadian Border very easily in Detroit and ship it to Capone in Chicago. It was well known that they were often partners and would often do jobs for one another. The Massacre was just another job for Capone, done by mobsters from another state and city with no direct ties to Capone, but it was no secret to the connected.

[@hennessysean]

Great show Paul. By the way, you aren’t by chance the grandson of an actor who was in Dads Army as a funeral director? Just asking and again cracking documentary 👍

[@bettyir4302]

Always a good watch.

[@basbleupeaunoire]

The letter sounds legit. This is actually my first time hearing details about the massacre. Well, I never!

[@kammieheff]

I live here in Vegas, and the mob museum here has bullet casings and part of the wall...its super cool Edit: should probably watch the video first before commenting lmao

[@kammieheff]

By "cool" I mean interesting ....felt I had to clarify that

[@chris55529]

GREAT CHANNEL!

[@magesalmanac6424]

It’s wild to think they finally got him on tax fraud, of all things.

[@vahgeuvje10]

thats all they had on him.

[@stellakourtesi9609]

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[@danlilly1790]

My grandmother and her sister lived around the corner from the site when the crime was committed. Neither claimed to hear the actual shooting but both vividly remembered the aftermath: both immediately (their neighborhood was SWARMED by cops, press, onlookers, etc. for years afterwards) and later (the public reaction and turning the tide against the mob).

[@TordaiJenoArthurJenci]

Happy valentines day

[@rudisweet3475]

Thank you 😘

[@pameversole5886]

Good morning!

[@WellINever]

Good morning! 😁

[@kingofravens215]

Morning ☕️

[@josephwalden7544]

Hello!

[@revenevan11]

Mornin' everyone! ☕🍳

[@robfowler80]

Love your content

[@jessgunn6639]

paul, you forgot the 2 jazz musicians that were in the garage too! lmao

[@caseygartner3183]

my grandfather was born in chicago in 1913. he told me he was on that street the day that happened. he also told me that when he was about 10 yrs old that some guys would buy him an ice cream cone for driving a car accross town with a trunk full of liqour. he never said any names, im guessing he probably didnt know who they were, he just wanted the ice cream cone . great video , definatly gonna watch more of them

[@snubbedpeer]

The stated purposes of prohibition included reducing crime and corruption. It sounds like the rise of bootlegging wasn't considered.

[@epicFrogman]

The Untouchables epic tale thanks

[@ArizonaJoeHines]

Both the TV show "The Untouchables" and the movie are crocks of shit. Eliot Ness was not a central figure in taking Capone down, that was done by Treasury agents.

[@amethystemerald5495]

You ever done a story on Jimmy Hoffa? Would love to hear it.

[@snorkeldorktheconqueror9580]

I met one of Capones fixers. After getting to know him quite well. One thing I remember him saying. Pre-dig your holes, it helps in the cleanup phase.

[@jerryskeepero]

I saw that wall in the mob museum in Las Vegas. So cool.

[@brianedwards7142]

Back then a man with a 62 cm head could find a hat that fits. One size does not fit all.

[@dang5832]

Sorta fun fact about Frank Goosenburg. Hes the insperation for the Johnny Tightlips character from the Simpsons.

[@a.walters123]

I have to say, I am incredibly impressed that Frank Gusenberg, in his last moments nonetheless, *still* upheld his oath never to rat to law enforcement, even when the perpetrators killed his brother, friends and as he knew imminently, himself. Not that I agree with the promise never to expose crime, but in general, that kind of loyalty to your word is incredibly respectable. He kept his word and took that knowledge to the grave, literally.

[@stevea6816]

The killers were hired mob assassins from New York so they were not known to the victims.

[@yayakelley7771]

When my grandpa was a young man he managed a little golf course on Paw Paw Lake in Coloma Michigan. Al had a home in near by Benton Harbor. He had nothing but good things to say about Al Capone. He was apparently a generous tipper and poured a lot of money into the local economy.

[@jbj7599]

Could listen to you narrate all of history!

[@night5091]

Interesting, I have a wanted poster and letter/envelope set signed by Fred Burke. Signed Fred Dane, one of his several aliases. He was a prime suspect in St Valentines massacre. Meanwhile, some things never change. Chicago has out of control crime/murders.

[@AnnQlder]

Yeah I’m buying this, it’s very interesting and would be entirely in keeping with Hoover 👏

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@Hiruma312]

well, it is 9 pm in my place, I am going to crochet while waiting for time to sleep, aaannnd listening to this story . Cool!

[@jocelienjimenez9821]

Goodmorning it's 8:00 am in Boston. Just starting the day here.

[@WellINever]

I hope you enjoy them both 😁🙏

[@Hiruma312]

@@WellINever dont worry, I am master it enough 😁 waiting for the next story, Paul.

[@Hiruma312]

@@jocelienjimenez9821 9 pm in Indonesia, ready to end the day 😻

[@jocelienjimenez9821]

@@Hiruma312 wow Indonesia Awesome good night have sweet dreams. Thank you😀✌❤🇺🇸

[@paulinehay620]

Loved this on a visit to the USA i went to Philly state penitentiary and saw Capones jail cell I got to say it was a creepy prison but loved it so much

[@katemaloney4296]

I think it's ironic that the government outlawed liquor and then wanted to tax any profits made. Once you tax an illegal activity you legitimize it.

[@thegreencat9947]

Marijuana

[@tyronebiggums893]

That's par for the government.

[@desbelfastireland9982]

THANK YOU

[@loyaldude10]

Loved the movie with Jason Robards

[@brianedwards7142]

EXTRAY EXTRAY Hoover cleans up. 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidmeir9348]

I didn't know groundskeeper Willie narrated history channels.

[@MaloryAlexander-jw4bo]

And the massacre continues today. Flowers candy and live crap. Sad

[@garethjudd5840]

Criminalize anything and a criminal underworld will flourish.

[@stevensica5918]

Sure Hollywood could grasp it. THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE [1968] with Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, and a whole bunch of others.

[@susannebrown3255]

Huh, doesn’t surprise me that it was covered up.👍🏻🇨🇦🐉👩🏼‍⚖️

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

My grandmother was good friends with Capone. She said he absolutely swore that he had no involvement at all with the massacre. She used to insist, "Capone was a very good man, so we do not speak ill of him in this house".

[@wanyelewis9667]

Oh well, if he swore....that makes it legit....he's innocent. Sheesh.

[@ruthshelton-tp9ie]

I want to save up for a red pull-over with our host Paul & the saying ; " WELL...I NEVER." Not crazy about the Nuns with guns tees,,,Might you come up with a different tee shirt design? Thank you Paul.😊

[@caseygriswold8617]

It was professor plum, in the library, with a candlestick.

[@ruthshelton-tp9ie]

At the end of his life Al was 'fishing' while sitting at his HUGE pool. His mind was gone. Somewhere on the property with the huge pool is so posed to be buried alot of money & jewelry.

[@PinkyJujubean]

Not far from where I grew up (Gun Lake, Michigan) is a house that was Al Capone's summer vacation house. It's in an area with other vacation houses and nobody knows which one it actually is because whoever owns it keeps it a secret to keep away curiosity seekers

[@gohawks3571]

Idk if this is too mean, and this certainly is about serious issues, but that mustache🤭 9:51 If we weren't talking about bad guys, I wouldn't go there. But, not only is it a Hitler stache (I realize it wasn't unpopular yet), but it looks like he glued it to his face😁

[@nuclearcasserole]

it was my understanding there were over 200 rounds fired , that would have been some serious overkill, and then some. you are a very good storyteller.

[@norrispulliam7810]

Tony Accardo was also a shooter who later when on to run the family business for six decades until His death in 1992

[@chrisbond7324]

What happened to the guns they found on Burke that were used. They're not worth a fortune today or did the government resell them or destroy him

[@msc8663]

He had a house build a house in the shape of a 45. This house is in my hometown just 50 east of Chicago. Also dillinger lived here too. Wild.

[@thebirdee55]

Young "thugs" of today would shit their pants if they met a real gangster face to face. Wanna be gangsters talk about what they're gonna do and have done...with true gangsters, there's no talking or boasting, you just disappear one day. lol

[@SMichaelDeHart]

If you ever get a chance, go through the museum and archive at the FBI HQ in Washington DC, DO IT!!. I was lucky enough to go through in early 70's and had a special behind the scenes tour by a good friend of my legal secretary in DC sister...the secretary of J Edgar Hoover. It was pretty cool. She hadn't retired yet, but Hoover had just died a year before.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

I cannot imagine that anything went on in 1920s Chicago without Capone and/or Moran knowing about it. Anything outside of their permission usually got someone "rubbed out." I'm glad that law enforcement has progressed beyond the days that they would say "Capone has an alibi. He was in Florida. He couldn't be involved." Capone hadn't done his own killing since he was a skinny teenager. Whether Capone or Bugs Moran had alibis never proved anything. On a related topic, it's amusing in a twisted way that Bugs Moran considered himself a good Catholic so he looked down on the Southsiders and their prostitution racket. All the criminal pies he had his thumb into were ok to him, apparently, but not using prostitution gave him the moral high road? 😂 But as for Capone, I can't imagine setting out to wipe out the entire Northside chain of command, including the capo, could be pulled off without Capone's blessing.

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

Can't we all get along?

[@WeAreNotAmused]

Prohibition don't. Go the distance

[@margaretjiantonio939]

The Saint Valentines Day massacre was the last straw. The government started going after those thugs.

[@jpendowski7503]

A comment for the algorithm.

[@adrianplucinski]

Poor mechanic....... a man led to the slaughtered cast😮

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Those good old days eh, we will never forget them.

[@Lycan_Jedi]

Capone didn't need to be there. All he had to do, was say: Go and whack them, No witnesses, take them all out." and his men would have done it.

[@chrislong3938]

Geraldo knows!!!

[@bambola8242]

Happy valentines day! Anybody wanna go to Webster hall?

[@arneophyte3672]

My grandfather said seeing the blood on the street that day changed him. My family is from Chicago and this was the event people would use in Italian families, or at least the ones I know, where being deep in the mafia was no longer safe. I think your last scenario was right. I had never heard that before. But I definitely don't think that's by mistake. It's harder to find evidence you want than it is to ignore evidence you don't. Irish versus Italians, at that time especially, you are bound to have Cops versus Mafia in some way. I speak from experience. I'm also Irish.

[@chrispaul9068]

Fun fact: I use to work with an older gentleman , Teddy was his name, polish guy, great guy. It took us a while to become friends because of the age difference. He told me once as a youngster growing up in Chicago, him and a friend were walking down the street and another guy was by himself walking on the other side of the street, a car came driving past and lit the dude up. They watched him fall into a gangway, then got the hell out of there. I’m not sure of how many people he told, but I was one of the lucky ones. I don’t think he was lying, he was a good old boy…RIP Teddy…

[@michaelwhalen2442]

Are certain the Capone is Mafia? According to Laurence Bergreen, Capone and his family were from Naples. The Mafia was a Sicilian organization.

[@janicesullivan8942]

My grandfather and father were supposed to deliver a truckload of lumber to the owner of the garage on that Valentine’s Day, however due to divine intervention, they delivered the truck & lumber the day before. You can see the truck in the background, along with the bodies.

[@kamogelomohlahlo6969]

📍📍

[@areuokay4984]

It’s numerology I learned from nikola Tesla and other professors

[@lindacork6926]

❤

[@martinwarner1178]

Your lasted stated theory sounds correct, but does it matter, they were all criminals that lived by the sword, and it cleared the brutes off of the streets. Peace be unto you.

[@hildahilpert5018]

Capone used to go to Hot Springs ,Arkansas and stayed at the Arlington Hotel.He also stayed at a hotel mt dad called the Como Hotel.Said when Capone stayed there, he had guys with machine guns on the roof.Owney Madden ran gambling there The upper floors of the Tussad,s Wax Museum was a gambling den.My dad somehow got a job as an errand boy there.One day he came home all excited because on of the gambler,s gave him a five dollar tip.When grandpa found out, that was the end of that job.They guy had daddy get some cigars and sandwiches thats how he got the tip.

[@PamelaTitterington]

Prohibition,opened up the Gangland ,big time,its happening still has repercussions to this day😵‍💫