St. Valentine's Day Massacre Tommy Gun Display at The Mob Museum

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2 жыл бұрын

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the darkest day in Mob history. On February 14th, 1929, assassins lined up seven men against the wall of a garage in Chicago and opened fire with Thompson submachine guns. News of the Massacre sparked a national outcry to take down the Mob and put an end to Prohibition, which was fueling gang violence across the country.
The bricks from that garage wall, as well as the ballistic evidence collected from the crime scene, are on permanent display in The Mob Museum. The Tommy guns used in the shooting are held by the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department in southwest Michigan. On several occasions over the years, the sheriff’s department has brought the Tommy guns to the Museum for temporary display, creating a grim reunion of artifacts from that fateful day.

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@yayakelley7771 11 ай бұрын

As someone who grew up and lived it Berrrien County I can say the Sheriff dept is probably the most pompous in the entire state.

@PaleoFiles Жыл бұрын

Just found out Mike Kline passed away last year. RIP to you sir

@d.g.n9392 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video. What a great story and artifacts. I’m a senior, always enjoyed the movie (way back when ) of St Valentine’s Day Massacre

@michaelbarlow6610 Жыл бұрын

Supposedly not all of the bricks from the North Clark Street Garage (a.k.a., the SM Cartage Company) wall from the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre are in the Mob Museum. Supposedly, some of the bricks were auctioned off individually prior to the creation of the museum.

@phillipmartinez9232 Жыл бұрын

Yeah thats true. A guy who owned restaurant had them in it before he sold individual 1s. And eventually the rest to mob museum.

@Wildkat-1 Жыл бұрын

Ballistic science, took a big step in proving both guilt and innocence in court ....Good video..!

@grrr.9998 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the evidence was in the hands of the police. We now know that the police would suppress evidence or falsify evidence so innocent people were often wrongly imprisoned!

@elainetwum3465 Жыл бұрын

They were not all dead on the floor. One was in a chair.

@vanesamontacuto8916 Ай бұрын

Goosey Gusenberg.

@bryanciacco4181 11 ай бұрын

There's always a dumb drunk guy who messes everything up lol

@joeblow8593 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@davidsaroea5530 2 жыл бұрын

They have the guns but they don't know who did it. That makes no sense

@TriPzy.. 2 жыл бұрын

Al Capone called the shots, Fred Burke and his guys took them

@kingtut8381 Жыл бұрын

GRA 8. THANX

@mboneajr68 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@jonnyjetstreamer997 5 ай бұрын

Got to hold both of those last year

@qre268Zrtb 27 күн бұрын

12:48 "the/my hairs are standing up", 🙂spoken by a bald man.

@Wings80 Жыл бұрын

I thought the bricks were available to purchase individually 1999 to 2002. I There was a web site to buy them from the owner for around $300/$400 a brick. So they don't have the complete wall of bricks

@roberthuot7887 Жыл бұрын

At 9:33 the poor fellow in glasses seems kinds nervous.

@timothyfoster6149 Жыл бұрын

Kind of ironic when you think about it that the cops back then was so poor they could not afford the Tommy Guns but the mobsters could. That's what bling bling does.