Crimes That Made History — Season 1, Episode 4: The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America

Episode synopsis

In 1929, seven members of Bugs Moran's gang are assassinated in a garage by Al Capone's henchmen. This event was taken up by the press who named it the "Saint Valentine's day Massacre". Carried out during the prohibition, those killings became the newsworthy symbol of gang wars - they consolidated the image of the Italian mobster in the American collective imaginary.

About Crimes That Made History

Crimes and bloody tales that made the headlines usually reveal a lot about the hidden fantasies of their time. From Jack the Ripper to the Andes crash, the ten episodes of this collection shed a black light on a page of history that left a mark on their time.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer
• E2Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty
• E3Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic
• E5Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner
• E6Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism
• E7Roswell: Back to the UFO
• E8Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism
• E9The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
• E10The Death of Princess Di