Paul Durica

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288 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 27 Jul

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American History Hit · Life in Mobland Chicago · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

So there's a sense that, you know, even though the actual acts of violence might be very targeted, like everybody's being affected by all the money and influence that's associated with the prohibition era.

And it's really kind of affecting every aspect of everyday life.

Yes, I mean, it is.

I mean, murder was out of control.

Yeah.

Again, you know, these were targeted killings, but, I mean, there was something that people encountered, like, every day when they opened up the paper.

And it was, you know, such a big problem that, like...

A lot of the city's business leaders began to take an active hand in combating it because they knew they couldn't rely on a lot of the sort of political figures that were in power then.

And also only, you know, with the police as well.

So it does become a major issue.

And eventually it leads to, you know, prominent Chicagoans reaching out to the federal government to help them get a handle on this issue.

That's right.

Yeah.

I mean, it could be used to fire off a large number of bullets in a very short period of time.

And really also, you know, you don't need to be a skilled marksman in using it, right?

Exactly.

I mean, there were figures involved like a Jack McGurn who were, you know, a fairly skilled marksman.

But for the most part, you could hire anybody to just kind of carry out contract killing.

And also, you just had a much better chance of success using a weapon like the Tommy gun because you could just spray.

And that's what, you know, they used in the St.

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