Eighty-nine years ago, a brazen crime sent shockwaves through the publics and resulted in major policy changes within the FBI. Three lifelong criminals gunned down four members of law enforcement in an unsuccessful attempt to free the escaped fugitive they were bringing back into custody. We discuss the crimes that had put this fugitive into jail in the first place, his escape and subsequent capture, and the events of June 17, 1933.
Listen Here! June 17, 1933 – The Kansas City Massacre
Sources:
Silvey, Jennifer. “86 years later, a dark day in Kansas City remembered.” Fox 4 Kansas City, 16 Jun. 2019. Accessed 8 Jun. 2022.
“FBI 100: The Kansas City Massacre.” FBI, Jun. 2008. Accessed 8 Jun. 2022.
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