St. Valentine's Day Massacre Explained (Al Capone, Bugs Moran)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14, 1929 is the most famous prohibition era murder, leading to the downfall of the Northside Irish Mob and the Southside Italian Chicago Outfit. In this video, Mr. Droste takes you through the background of the rivalry that led to the Valentine's Day Massacre, including Johnny Torio, Dean O'Banion, the Genna family, and many more.
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[@elijahbasden3854]

Great video! History has always been my favorite subject. Keep the videos coming.

[@search2884]

Nice video. Definitely entertaining

[@RobBle15]

I would have never suspected Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn to be a suspect 😂😂😂

[@MrDrosteHistory]

Crazy right? 😂

[@labeef1953]

My understanding is that he had planned it,approved by Capone, who was in Miami as an alibi.

[@ed5142]

Sir, it seems there are two of this video on two chnnels?

[@MrDrosteHistory]

Not sure what you're referring to. I made this video and it's the only one.

[@ed5142]

​@@MrDrosteHistoryAh , there's a duplicate then, on a small channel called history judge. Good vid anyway

[@JoseMartinez-z3k4t]

The 4 gunmen of San Valentine day massacre were Lolordo ,James Ray ,Frank ,

[@TheNuckinFoob]

I've known this for a long time. Growing up there it's part of standard Chicago lore. Great explanation; a lot of people don't know any details whatsoever.
They're right up there with people that pronounce the S in Illinois or think Chicago is exceptionally windy because of the moniker "the windy city." 😂

[@alitlweird]

I never understood why or how this shocked the nation.
Criminals killed some criminals.

[@tonyebiere551]

at this time, this level of crime was unheard of

[@CKing-388]

Obviously the police were in on it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was all carried out by the police and pinned on Capone

[@Jhihmoac]

I wholeheartedly agree on the police being some of the shooters, since most of the CPD hierarchy and a good many beat cops were all in Capone's pocket... However this had nothing to do with a political ploy to pin anything on or frame Capone, as the crime boss controlled most of the Chicago and Illinois political and judicial figures as well! This was all part of the ongoing fued between Moran's Northsiders and the Capone organization (Chicago Outfit) for complete dominance of the illegal liquor industry in the Chicago and surrounding Midwest area...

[@shroomgod1990]

I believe it was all Al Capone’s decision to make the hit. But I strongly agree many cops were in on it & paid off

[@JaredPierson-f5t]

Capone was the police

[@KingLoDaTruth]

sounds like a bloody massacre