bugs moran

On this day in 1929, seven members of “Bugs” Moran’s gang were shot dead at a garage in Chicago.

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Lori Ann Bailey  explores mob life during Prohibition 1920s in Chicago .

Paired this episode with:

Lori: High Ball (traditionally made with ginger ale and whisky)
Eliza:  Fit Vine - Red Blend

St Valentine's Day Massacre Victims:
1. Peter Gusenberg, a front-line enforcer for the Moran organizations
2. Frank Gusenberg, the brother of Peter Gusenberg and also an enforcer
3. Albert Kachellek (alias "James Clark"), Moran's second in command
4. Adam Heyer, the bookkeeper and business manager of the Moran gang
5. Reinhardt Schwimmer, an optometrist who had abandoned his practice to gamble on horse racing and associate with the gang
6. Albert Weinshank, who managed several cleaning and dyeing operations for Moran; his resemblance to Moran is allegedly may have set the massacre in motion before Moran arrived
7. John May, an occasional car mechanic for the Moran gang and owner of Hi-ball the German shepherd

What Lori is reading:
The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb

Lori's book:
To Have a Highland Thief

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmANqH1eAM&ab_channel=TrueCrime%3AMan%27sDarkImagination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Outfit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymie_Weiss

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Hand-American-criminal-organization

https://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id129.htm

Listened to “Stuff You Missed in History Class”
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/machine-gun-jack-mcgurn-leads-lists-of-top-5-most-notorious-mob-hitmen/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McGurn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Burke

https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-highball-cocktail-recipe-761448

Alternate theory that Capone wasn't behind the massacre: Get Capone by Jonathan Eig

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It’s episode 21 and we are officially legal to drink! Or at least the podcast is :) We take a look at some of the most infamous bootleggers around in 1920s Chicago where violence and lawlessness ran the town. Stolen whiskey, crime bosses, gang wars, and a bloody climax are just a tiny taste of what this week’s episode has to offer. There are big names like Al “Scarface” Capone, George “Bugs” Moran, and even some Bagelbites (aka Zak Bagans, shout out to ATWWD.) Ian steps in to join us again as Lolo got trapped in emergency land, don’t worry, she is ok and will be back next week. So grab your fedora, a nice glass of whiskey, maybe a cigar, and settle down for the crazy story of the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre.