The Schofield Flower Shop murder of Dean O'Banion

In the early years of prohibition, the north-side and the south-side gangs fought for control of Chicago's illegal liquor trade. The murder of Dean O'Banion, also known as Dion O'Banion, a mob boss and florist, sparked all out war which included infamous mobsters such as Johnny Torrio and Al 'Scarface' Capone.
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  • @dogstar7
    @dogstar75 жыл бұрын

    In the 80s the location of the florist shop was a hot new age/ punk venue in Chicago's nightlife scene named, you guessed it, O'Banion's

  • @Lockbar

    @Lockbar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Better With A Drone LoL you mention the punk rock club, I use to party in that area in the late 1970s and remember it. It had a bit of a notorious reputation.

  • @justinpipes85

    @justinpipes85

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome.

  • @dogstar7

    @dogstar7

    5 жыл бұрын

    Late 70's sounds about right. I remember seeing Souxi & The Banshees there @@Lockbar

  • @yahulwagoni4571

    @yahulwagoni4571

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cute. I'm sure the man himself would be amused.

  • @mootpointjones8488

    @mootpointjones8488

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dogstar7 Siouxsie and the Banshees 😎

  • @robertbrindley8948
    @robertbrindley89484 жыл бұрын

    I sold flowers once but I'm not living that life no more

  • @HootOwl513

    @HootOwl513

    2 ай бұрын

    I used to work for Wienhoeber's Florists on Michigan Avenue when I was in the 8th grade at Holy Name Cathedral School. O'Banion's shop had been where the parking lot across the street from the Cathedral was. It was the Holy Name Cathedral Reformatory School for Boys in Dean's time. When I went there it had become co-educational. By coincidence, we both were altar boys. But since they paid me 90 Cents an hour for being a flower boy -- delivering flowers on foot, sweeping up the shop, wiping those massive Michigan Avenue glass windows, etc -- I never felt like I was a *made guy.*

  • @lenordbrazil9580

    @lenordbrazil9580

    Сағат бұрын

    What does that mean gangster?

  • @airmackeeee6792
    @airmackeeee67925 жыл бұрын

    When my grandfather was young he was a courier for Western Union. He met Dean O'Banion several times, delivering telegrams to O'Banion's flower shop.

  • @chrisdawson1776

    @chrisdawson1776

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. And I’m playing shortstop for the Mets.

  • @Mercen-Airy

    @Mercen-Airy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisdawson1776 I build rockets for NASA in my spare time, when i'm not running the CDC

  • @jgotti2042

    @jgotti2042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisdawson1776 😂😂😂😂

  • @charlesandrews2360

    @charlesandrews2360

    Жыл бұрын

    My grandfather did the hit with my Godfather, Claude Maddox. They also took out Henryk Wojciechowski on the same street corner where the flower shop was.

  • @airmackeeee6792

    @airmackeeee6792

    Жыл бұрын

    @@charlesandrews2360 😱

  • @darwinawardcommittee
    @darwinawardcommittee5 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother worked for Dean O’Banion in his shop. That’s family history that has been all but forgotten.

  • @lenordbrazil9580

    @lenordbrazil9580

    Сағат бұрын

    Its wierd how they can have separate lives

  • @raombaenrdta
    @raombaenrdta3 жыл бұрын

    You trigger treasured memories of Paul Harvey and "The Rest of the Story". You do a great job, and keep history interesting. Thank you.

  • @okjoe5561
    @okjoe55615 жыл бұрын

    Dean O'Banion was portrayed in the TV show "Boardwalk Empire" too.

  • @koantao8321

    @koantao8321

    5 жыл бұрын

    It would have been nice to see a short clip, but I guess they could not be published. In exchange, kudos to the History Guy for the plentiful contemporary pics, newspaper titles and videos, making this video very well done.

  • @doriangreyflanel2833

    @doriangreyflanel2833

    5 жыл бұрын

    Boardwalk empire I watched it twice great series

  • @synthiapowe4937

    @synthiapowe4937

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes! They showed Nucky Thompson, shipping the Guns from Ireland. Loved that show.

  • @somebloke3869

    @somebloke3869

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was just watching the Boardwalk Empire scene and this came on next.

  • @aehamilton7
    @aehamilton74 жыл бұрын

    Even without Pirates, a truly great story. Thank you for bringing it to us.

  • @nomadmarauder-dw9re

    @nomadmarauder-dw9re

    Жыл бұрын

    Pirates are gangsters.

  • @Sunshine-zg7pw
    @Sunshine-zg7pw5 жыл бұрын

    I love all your “history snippets” and often pass them on to relatives and friends, who also have become delighted with your channel. We often find incidents that you cover that lead to further reading. Like you, so many of us do love history! Just thought you’d like to know how much your channel means to a fairly large, and growing, circle. 😊

  • @HoH
    @HoH5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting that you're covering the 'forgotten' mob history of Chicago and the US! Everyone knows Al Capone, and it's good you put this "Florist" in the spotlight.

  • @dragonsword7370

    @dragonsword7370

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's why I enjoyed "boardwalk empire" when an obscure name would pop up and it would make me look'em up. As well as a few prohibition era documentaries.

  • @jgvtc559

    @jgvtc559

    5 жыл бұрын

    Al Capone really wasn't all what people glamorize him to be Syphilitic

  • @jjphank

    @jjphank

    5 жыл бұрын

    The driver for the st. Valentine's Day Massacre had a book about his life called 'Devil Driver 'cuz his nickname was 'devil'. He served 40 to 50 years in prison, became a Christian and one thing I'll never forget he said. He said when drugs became more prominent in prison there was no longer code of ethics. deception went to another level no longer could you say 'keep your hands off my stuff' cuz it wouldn't work when drugs came into prominence. Well that's true in our society as well, people used to see leave their houses and cars unlocked. Drugs or what it's called in the Bible 'magic Arts' is on another level of deception. Greek word for drugs is pharmakeia where we get the word Pharmacy.

  • @HoH

    @HoH

    5 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know that TV series, thanks for mentioning it, I'll check it out!

  • @Skywalker8562

    @Skywalker8562

    5 жыл бұрын

    Who was it that attempted to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt in Miami (?) but killed the mayor instead? Nice to see a piece on this.

  • @nickes6168
    @nickes61685 жыл бұрын

    The day you reveal what college or university you teach at is the day that place is gonna get a swarm of applicants.

  • @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    5 жыл бұрын

    I haven't taught at a university since the twentieth century...

  • @nickes6168

    @nickes6168

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheHistoryGuyChannel Well sir, Thank you for taking time to make all these wonderful videos. If its only a taste of what your class was like then we are all truly blessed.

  • @theroller5673
    @theroller56735 жыл бұрын

    Oh my, I LOVED this! What great story and interesting piece of Chicago history. Love this stuff!

  • @dragonsword7370
    @dragonsword73705 жыл бұрын

    "Swell fellow". The early 1900's version of calling everyone dude.

  • @merccadoosis8847

    @merccadoosis8847

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Chase I'm just a little over 69 years of age and well remember when "swell fella" was used as a compliment in Brooklyn back in the old days

  • @janupczak5059
    @janupczak50595 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for doing such a wonderful job of bringing these stories to us. Really enjoy these educational and interesting videos!

  • @gadnukbreakerofworlds3460
    @gadnukbreakerofworlds34605 жыл бұрын

    So glad to see this channel growing and getting more recognition for the amazing "snippets of history" we all crave and deservedly remember. Thank you for the excellent work put into these videos, and giving us new angles on history we might not have enjoyed otherwise.

  • @wrecktech
    @wrecktech5 жыл бұрын

    While Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in West suburban Hillside about ten miles from away from downtown Chicago and not close to his shop, O'Bannion's grave is in good company. It's located on the ring road surrounding the "Cardinal's Mausoleum" in the center of the cemetery with another mobster involved in the St. Valentine's Day shooting. Al Capone and Frank Nitti (Nitto) are also in Mt. Carmel along with my grandparents.

  • @danbeau9404

    @danbeau9404

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, native Chicagoan here and a rare piece of inaccuracy. Mt. Carmel is indeed at least 10 miles from O'Bannions shop. Some of my friends are buried at Mt. Carmel. I believe shop was very near Holy Name Cathedral, very convenient since all the politicians, sports figures, gangsters and VIP's had their funeral masses there and still do to this day. Some day look up a little known piece of Chicago history, the Greek gangs on the near south and south sides. Although not as violent as the Irish and Italian gangs, they had considerable influence on the restaurant and food distribution businesses which continues pretty much to this day. Many of the privately owned restaurants in Chicago are owned by Greeks and the food distributors that service many of the others are owned by Greeks. And I hate to tell you this, Greeks do not eat Gyros.

  • @Thomas-wn7cl

    @Thomas-wn7cl

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, the History guy gets his facts or terminology wrong often. He refered to a "magazine" as a "clip" episode. Why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

  • @paulgilbert3217

    @paulgilbert3217

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mt Carmel is still associated with violence! Now, the Chicago gang members buried there are West Side and South Side gang-bangers, and a recent news story said the burials are followed by celebratory running gun battles along the east-bound Eisenhower Expressway. Too bad, I have relatives buried there, but I'm not going to risk visiting their graves these days.

  • @LVVMCMLV

    @LVVMCMLV

    5 жыл бұрын

    Holy Name was across the street from the flower shop iirc

  • @reasonablespeculation3893

    @reasonablespeculation3893

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Church Leaders look away, the Politicians manipulate the sheeple as they take bribes, the Cops are oblivious to the abuse meted out to law abiding citizens, until one of their own is hurt... and the Thugs dominate and prosper... As it was , it shell always be.

  • @rl2699
    @rl26995 жыл бұрын

    This definitely should be a movie

  • @robertpasqualitto2394
    @robertpasqualitto23945 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff. I’m a huge follower of history and I really enjoy your videos. Very well done sir.

  • @matthewbromwell6740
    @matthewbromwell67405 жыл бұрын

    Must be a History Channel employee giving the thumbs down. Another brilliant episode.

  • @andrewinbody4301

    @andrewinbody4301

    5 жыл бұрын

    What's nice is bad publicity is still publicity.

  • @michealfreer9283

    @michealfreer9283

    5 жыл бұрын

    Question is, why isn't this on the history channel? one of the best historic programs I have seen

  • @Man-cv5ws

    @Man-cv5ws

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is nothing historical about the history channel.

  • @jalapenochomper

    @jalapenochomper

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can't be. Would have to be literate to understand the vote system. Seems too challenging for a history channel employee.

  • @olly2027

    @olly2027

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Man-cv5ws not anymore.

  • @richardgladd266
    @richardgladd2665 жыл бұрын

    Love the vids. Keep up the great work

  • @gailhowes9398
    @gailhowes93985 жыл бұрын

    You do find the most interesting stories of history! Thank you for sharing!

  • @justinpipes85
    @justinpipes855 жыл бұрын

    According to an online inflation calculator $575 dollars in 1924 is the equivalent of almost $8500 dollars. Thas alot of cash to just walk around with.

  • @ScooterFXRS

    @ScooterFXRS

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Despiser Despised The only reason that money was report was to stay alive. Chicago cops where part of the mob problem but stealing from them might have had you in a funeral as well.

  • @massimookissed1023

    @massimookissed1023

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mario Balotelli was pulled over by British cops for driving a sports car while black. They searched him & his car, and found £5,000 cash in his pockets. They asked him why he had a sports car and five grand in his pockets. He replied in his Italian accent, _"because I am rich."_

  • @NoNameAtAll2

    @NoNameAtAll2

    5 жыл бұрын

    even today walking with $575 is a lot

  • @justinpipes85

    @justinpipes85

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@massimookissed1023 I love that story. That guy is a rockstar. Haham

  • @tz8785

    @tz8785

    5 жыл бұрын

    This was the time before credit cards.

  • @jackrabbit5047
    @jackrabbit50475 жыл бұрын

    Love your history capsules.

  • @robsaxepga
    @robsaxepga5 жыл бұрын

    You're very good at this. Thank you! Love these.

  • @josephbrennanjr2934
    @josephbrennanjr29345 жыл бұрын

    The infamous handshake murder. Frankie Yale shook O'Banion's hand and wouldn't let go so he couldn't draw his gun. John Scalise and Albert Anselmi aka the Murder twins drew there guns and killed O'Banion. They were Genna gunmen loaned to Torrio/Capone with their old partner Yale from NY. Merlo had kept the peace his death removed the only obstacle for Torrio's revenge for the brewery arrest he had to serve time for that O'Banion had planned. Love the content it's bringing back the knowledge I learned of the history of the Chicago Outfit. Fascinating stuff had a much larger influence on the country than one could imagine.

  • @janetpitts7302
    @janetpitts73025 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel and learning about our country's history, thank you so much great video! 👍

  • @louisbrizzolara7209
    @louisbrizzolara72095 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather, on the Irish side of the family, had a saloon on west Jackson Boulevard in Our Lady of Sorrows Parrish. O'Banion was his supplier during prohibition. Bugsy Malone used to come around to the saloon to get my grandfather's liquor order. He would come around noon and sit in the family room. He always asked my grandmother to make him a steak with fried potatoes. He lover her steaks. My mother would bring the tray down from the apartment, and pick it up when Malone was finished. She said he always put 3 or 4 $100.00 bills underneath the plate for her when he returned it.

  • @erictroxell2298
    @erictroxell22985 жыл бұрын

    another excellent production. thank you for your wonderful work

  • @smurdock3
    @smurdock34 жыл бұрын

    Every time I hear a story like this I wonder if my great-uncle Bill Sullivan was involved. He was Canadian (as am I) during prohibition he was a rum runner across the great lakes and spent a great deal of time in the US. When he came to visit he was forbidden to come into my grandmothers house unless she was home to supervise (they were brother and sister). She did not approve of his line of work and did not want him to have access to my dad and his brothers if she was not there. I never knew the man but apparently he was a rough, hard-drinking and very racist man. My father told me a few of the stories that his uncle Bill had told him, I wouldn't want my kids to be around him if I wasn't there either... Being Irish when I hear the stories of the Irish mob during prohibition, I wonder, was my great-uncle there?

  • @vanesamontacuto8916

    @vanesamontacuto8916

    3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting story! Maybe your uncle really knew O' Banion.

  • @onefeather2
    @onefeather25 жыл бұрын

    Love these history talks.

  • @tommyhayfield9977
    @tommyhayfield99775 жыл бұрын

    This was another well done story. Good work History Guy!

  • @chuckaddison5134
    @chuckaddison51345 жыл бұрын

    History Guy In case you didn't know, feeding mechanisms using springs to feed rounds are properly called 'magazines'. Clips are devices to allow multiple rounds to be loaded manually, as in the 'stripper clips' used to charge the rifles of WW1 and the enbloc clip used on the M1 Garand of WW2 fame. If you did know, and just using the term colloquially, as many do, then my apologies for the assumption.

  • @1KJRoberts
    @1KJRoberts5 жыл бұрын

    As always, I really enjoy these snippets. I have a suggestion for a snippet. I'd like to see the history of battlefield doctors.

  • @TheTISEOMan

    @TheTISEOMan

    5 жыл бұрын

    XxSwagMoney69xX served in World War 1 and World War 2. Only dying 12 times out of 3000 kills. His final words were. "DICE made a pretty cashmoney game."

  • @Robert-lg2bl
    @Robert-lg2bl10 ай бұрын

    Excellent and awesome video. Thank you .

  • @michaelkrick9524
    @michaelkrick95243 жыл бұрын

    I'm stunned! For all of these years now I understood his first name to be "Dion" Which, to me anyway, has a much cooler ring to it than Charles Dean O'Banion. Thanks for clearing that misconception up for me but, despite now knowing better, I will always think of him as Dion. Many thanks for all of the great history lessons and please keep them coming.

  • @michaelkrick9524

    @michaelkrick9524

    3 жыл бұрын

    @John Barber I now believe that I originally had it wrong. According to Wikipedia and other online sources, his given name was Charles Dean O'Banion and that the Chicago newspapers of the day gave him the name " Dion ". He apparently never went by " Dion " during his lifetime.

  • @nickvaughn2824
    @nickvaughn28245 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing another great history lesson

  • @lynnmckinney4827
    @lynnmckinney48275 жыл бұрын

    This was most informing. Thank you!

  • @bryantsemenza9703
    @bryantsemenza97033 жыл бұрын

    Great, just great Usual. Keep it up history guy, love your show.

  • @scottvanover1633
    @scottvanover16334 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great content

  • @looselatigo
    @looselatigo5 жыл бұрын

    The mention of Al Capone reminded me of his older brother James Vincenzo Capone AKA Richard "Two Gun" Hart who served as a lawman. Might make an interesting episode.

  • @shawngilliland243
    @shawngilliland2435 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for another superb presentation. It sure sounds as if Mr. O'Banion was a colorful character and unique among florists.

  • @michaeluden7131
    @michaeluden71312 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video. Thanks for the upload

  • @bobg1685
    @bobg16855 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done!

  • @stomabag7127
    @stomabag71275 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video, thanks for sharing this little known history.

  • @chriswoo4069
    @chriswoo40695 жыл бұрын

    Well done episode.

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith15 жыл бұрын

    Your bringing up of Dean O'Banion during the flagrant crime years in Chicago. Who I wasn't aware of. Makes me wonder how many history stories ,in all the times that history has been written, have "slipped under the rug" so to speak. History is an intriguing topic no matter how you look at it. Yet I often wonder how much we've missed. As always, thanks.

  • @captainamerica6525
    @captainamerica65255 жыл бұрын

    Yet another fine presentation!

  • @iBusinessLogic
    @iBusinessLogic5 жыл бұрын

    ADDICTED.... To the HISTORY GUY!

  • @deborahmccoy3837
    @deborahmccoy38375 жыл бұрын

    History Guy , I luv the way you narrates the shorts of the subjects in forgotten history, you make them very interesting and informative to listen to, In my opinion, you out did yourself in this one. Being for Chicago, I was interesting in the one about the infamous gangster, Dean O’ Banian is reputation preceded him, but I didn’t realize he was from Illinois and is bury in Mt Carmel Cemetery in Illinois, and other known facts about his life.

  • @gregfarley5737
    @gregfarley57375 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are greatly appreciated and a joy to watch and learn from. Have you a segment of the death of Chief Black Kettle?

  • @rickhigson3881
    @rickhigson38815 жыл бұрын

    The History Guy is wonderful!

  • @billhunt2605
    @billhunt26055 жыл бұрын

    Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword....another well thought out and presented story. Thank you history guy!!

  • @draizwrm
    @draizwrm5 жыл бұрын

    thank you, interesting piece of history

  • @robvoncken2565
    @robvoncken25655 жыл бұрын

    Another great one

  • @gerryphilly53
    @gerryphilly535 жыл бұрын

    Great episode. Love history and have a personal interest in Chicago as we will soon have a student in college there.

  • @warrenokuma7264
    @warrenokuma72645 жыл бұрын

    A fascinating bit of history that is well worth remembering.

  • @chriswright8464
    @chriswright84645 жыл бұрын

    Very Informative!!

  • @rustyshackleford5060
    @rustyshackleford50604 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work!

  • @MrLeo625
    @MrLeo6254 жыл бұрын

    Love your channel

  • @joelsimms4636
    @joelsimms46365 жыл бұрын

    Isorta knew this but not all the details. Thanks ! Again I learned something new.

  • @mspetersen
    @mspetersen2 жыл бұрын

    At mentioned O'Banion is buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, IL His grave is near Bishops's hill where the Mausoleum for the Chicago Archdiocese Cardinals is located. It's a fascinating cemetery with quite a few elaborate private Mausoleum's on the grounds. The grave sites closest to Bishop's hill are considered to be more a more prestigious location. There's another guy buried in Mt. Carmel except he & his family are buried alongside Roosevelt Road that runs alongside the cemetery's South side. He gets a lot more visitors than O'Banion as most people have forgotten about O'Banion. That would be Al Capone & his family. Arch rivals to the end but I guess you could say O'Banion outdid Capone one last time for eternity,

  • @NetlistPCB
    @NetlistPCB5 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy your channel. I learn so much here.

  • @juneholbrook9452
    @juneholbrook94524 жыл бұрын

    Great video.

  • @sgh1132
    @sgh11324 жыл бұрын

    Your presentations are just wonderful! I thoroughly enjoy them! Are you familiar with the Epping Baseline in Maine? One of eight used to map the US and instrumental in the accurate establishment of Longitude. I believe that it is also the only original baseline left intact. I would love to see a piece on this and or The Great Lakes Survey!

  • @robertdaws4743
    @robertdaws47435 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know the beginning of the mob war in Chicago, thank you for informing us.

  • @timothyreilly7445
    @timothyreilly74455 жыл бұрын

    Thanks History Guy. You're making the world turn a little smoother. If I could suggest: William Hemsley Emory deserves to be remembered. He had a significant role in the opening of the American West.

  • @steveconor9463
    @steveconor94635 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure i have watched all your videos. i love history

  • @artm6723
    @artm67235 жыл бұрын

    Love the videos as always. So many comments about a misspelled sign. Some people really need to get a life.

  • @ergbudster3333
    @ergbudster33335 жыл бұрын

    Aha! I always suspected them florists were a dangerous lot!

  • @merccadoosis8847

    @merccadoosis8847

    5 жыл бұрын

    that's what used to be called "flower power"

  • @RWBHere
    @RWBHere5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, History Guy. Can you make a video about Maskelyne and his camouflage successes, please? He was a fascinating character whose ideas saved many lives during WW2. A related subject, albeit from the previous Great War, would be Dazzle ships.

  • @shelbybrown8312
    @shelbybrown83125 жыл бұрын

    I was just watching Boardwalk Empire season 4 today with Dean O'Banion in it another funny thing is I used to work at Mount Carmel and Queen of Heaven Cemetery is Lotsa Chicago gangsters buried at Mount Carmel

  • @JohnP538

    @JohnP538

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, most of them are there or across the road at Queen of Heaven. Including the Capone brothers, the Genna brothers, and Jack McGurin, it's well worth to wander through.

  • @theshocker4626

    @theshocker4626

    5 жыл бұрын

    You should do tours of mobster graves...I'd pay for that

  • @JohnP538

    @JohnP538

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actor and ex-Chicago cop Dennis Farina is also buried there. After all somebody has to keep all the gangsters in line on judgement day.

  • @theshocker4626

    @theshocker4626

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnP538 I really liked his work.

  • @sandrasanders706

    @sandrasanders706

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnP538 I was a big fan of Dennis Farina, one of best actors Chicago ever had..

  • @Jes002k
    @Jes002k5 жыл бұрын

    I’m a big history nerd myself so I love this channel. I went to school at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I was a history major there. While looking for a subject for a paper in my history research class, I learned that the last bareknuckle boxing championship took place less than 15 minutes from the college campus. That’s what I ended up doing my paper on. The story of John L Sullivan and Jake killrain. I feel like most people who aren’t diehard boxing fans don’t know anything about them. I think that would be a great idea for one of your videos.

  • @michaelchesny656
    @michaelchesny6565 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this lesson.

  • @TaDarling1
    @TaDarling14 жыл бұрын

    This video states that Mt Carmel Cemetary where O'Banion is buried would have been just a few blocks from his old florist shop. However his old florist shop was located across the street from Holy Name Catheral on Wabash in downtown Chicago. Mt Carmel Cemetary is in Hillside, IL miles away from the location of his old florist shop. I've been to his grave many times as it's not far from the Bishop's Mausoleum where Cardinals Bernardin and Cody are interred and it's also not all that far from the graves of Al Capone, the Genna Brothers, Hymie Weiss, Frank Nitti and also Sam Giancana. It's a very interesting cemetary.

  • @annawhitis4251
    @annawhitis42512 жыл бұрын

    I like your channel, you give an excellent perspective view of various era's of historical significance. Kevin Phoenix

  • @Rajacshadow
    @Rajacshadow5 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered your channel this morning. I was never a great fan of History or Politics while in school. It was basically by the book learning by disinterested teachers. It wasn't until later in life that I discovered an interest in the subjects. I wish that computers, the internet and websites like youtube(early youtube, that is) had been available during my "formative years". I won't tell you which decades those were as to not expose my geezerness.(If I revealed that as a youngster I lived in a tiny two room log cabin in the boonies, you would accuse me of spinning a yarn.) I went on a binge of several of your videos this morning then went to your homepage. I wanted to see if you had uploaded any information regarding two tidbits of American History not commonly known. I saw that you had not, so I decided to comment on your most recent. First let me say that you do an excellent job. You personally present the information very well and the production quality is the bee's knees. I am looking forward to catching up with all you have posted. I know that you are very astute regarding little known or washed over facts, regarding what has happened so far on planet earth. I wonder if you might be able to bring others attention to my favorite historical subjects. Both are not only American in nature, but also have a presence on the world stage. One I stumbled across in the 1950's, that I couldn't believe possible. The other in the 1970's when I heard whispers in the Washington, D.C. area of the improbable and thought...why not!? Two "secret" programs that mean very little. Or so 'they' would want you to believe. You know who 'they' are, don't you? So I don't have to don my tinfoil fedora, I'll ass/u/me you do. *nudge, nudge...wink, wink...know what I mean, eh!? A wink is as good as a nod to a blind man.* Seriously, however. I am referring to: "Operation Paperclip"(1950's) and "Operation Grillflame" (1970's). Careful with the second one...it could lead to witchcraft and devil worship. The human mind is a delicate thing. Can snap at the utterance of a single word. And that is absolute truth. History is full of examples, isn't it? Come to think of it, the first one is real horror story, also. To think one would ingest poison into one's system and think they're normal from that time on. Like The good Dr. Jeckyll. What one will do to win races. As I write this, it just dawned on me. That's the why behind both. You learn something everyday IF you keep your mind working and open. Sorry for such a long comment, but once my two fingers go on a hunt and peck, I can't shut them up. As if I am under some kind of demonic mind control...does everyone have a high pitch squeal in their ears...like this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5yl0c2rnpjVf5s.html I'll shut up now. No need to be accused of being a carrier of insanity. I know I don't suffer the symptoms, only the causes.

  • @joewapniarski

    @joewapniarski

    5 жыл бұрын

    The_Shadowman_knows a fellow Shadow fan!

  • @dayender
    @dayender5 жыл бұрын

    I think Chicago still has plenty of violence & gang activity, although not as colorful as your story.

  • @theshocker4626

    @theshocker4626

    5 жыл бұрын

    The mobsters are gone just punks in saggy pants now, and the Democrats in suits which control them.

  • @sharonmullins1957

    @sharonmullins1957

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Ruthlessnoodle No way.

  • @CavSctLdr

    @CavSctLdr

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@theshocker4626, sorry but no the Outfit is alive and well in Chicagoland

  • @CavSctLdr

    @CavSctLdr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Look up Willy the Wimp, Chicago is still colorful.

  • @dayender

    @dayender

    5 жыл бұрын

    CavSctLdr yea I’m old enough to remember cause I was selling bag phones then and thought it was cool when they buried him with one

  • @stevetuttle3674
    @stevetuttle36744 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the great video. One minor correction, Mount Carmel cemetary is nowhere near O'banion's flower shop. It's not even in Chicago, but in Hillside Illinois.

  • @thomaswaddell9012
    @thomaswaddell90124 жыл бұрын

    I just love your little spots on history. I am not a scholar but have a special & diverse interest in American history. Murder suicides, illegal booze all in my family history. All my family was here before Ellis Island.

  • @NitrousBanshee
    @NitrousBanshee4 жыл бұрын

    That's a GREAT video...!

  • @janek5970
    @janek59704 жыл бұрын

    All episodes are great. Suggestions for future episodes: Leopold and Loeb and the murder of Bobby Franks 1924 Eastland ship disaster 1915 Iroquois Theater Fire 1903 Cocoanut Grove Fire 1942 The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building, 1660 N Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA I love history!

  • @peterbanderas8184
    @peterbanderas81845 жыл бұрын

    Please consider doing a video on "Big" Alma Spreckels, "The great grandmother of San Francisco". The former artist's model turned philanthropist who brought art California. And her inspiration can still be found in various parts of the city.

  • @dalebelseth3058
    @dalebelseth30585 жыл бұрын

    Well Told

  • @DonkeyHammer
    @DonkeyHammer5 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff thank you.

  • @jjphank
    @jjphank5 жыл бұрын

    The driver for the st. Valentine's Day Massacre, his nickname was "devil." I read his book 'Devil Driver', where he spent the majority of his life 40 plus years in prison. He became a Christian but one thing I do remember he said, when drugs became more prominent in the penitentiary, then there was no longer a code of ethics 'keep your hands off my stuff'. That went out the window as another level of deception came in. And that's exactly what we see today, but back then, people used to keep their houses and cars unlocked. Bible calls drugs 'magic Arts' but in the Greek it's called 'pharmakea', the same word where we get our word 'Pharmacy.'

  • @Blaklege63
    @Blaklege634 жыл бұрын

    Yet another fantastic story

  • @rowdyrx6109
    @rowdyrx61095 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @swimasfastasyoucan
    @swimasfastasyoucan5 жыл бұрын

    for me.the best channel in youtube.im hooked

  • @Rog5446
    @Rog54465 жыл бұрын

    Hello History Guy, I like your style. Have you made a video on Ella Hatton (La Jaguarina) She seems to be a suitable subject to be remembered.

  • @stonds
    @stonds4 жыл бұрын

    A short history of The Purple Gang would tie in nicely with this video.

  • @catsupchutney
    @catsupchutney5 жыл бұрын

    So that florist mobster portrayed in Boardwalk Empire was based on a real character.

  • @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Dean O'Banion was a character in Boardwalk Empire, portrayed by Arron Shiver

  • @justinpipes85

    @justinpipes85

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheHistoryGuyChannel Do like that show? I always felt they portrayed 1920s life fairly accurately.

  • @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Justin Pipes I have watched some, but not all. It is an enjoyable show, but its presentation of various historical figures is highly fictionalized.

  • @justinpipes85

    @justinpipes85

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheHistoryGuyChannel I know the arc and life depicted of the main characters is highly fictionalized like you said. What I meant was like the day to day life of the people in general. Anyways... thank you for the videos sir. You sure can tell onel hell of a ripping yarn.

  • @acchaladka

    @acchaladka

    5 жыл бұрын

    The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered Agreed about Boardwalk taking a lot of liberties. My distant cousin is Eddie Cantor and I feel slightly miffed whenever I see his character on there. :).

  • @greyferguson9319
    @greyferguson93195 жыл бұрын

    My husband's family is from Chicago, lived on Archer Ave. & ran a small grocery store. Moved to Michigan in 1946. Supposedly, one of Al Capones hideaways was nearby in sw Muchigan.

  • @davidlogansr8007
    @davidlogansr80075 жыл бұрын

    I vaguely knew about some of this, but as usual your knitting together of a fine yarn in the spirit of the story teller historians of other times was nothing short of wonderful! Thank You Again!!

  • @carlstenger5893
    @carlstenger58935 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fascinating. More story and excitement in 10 minutes than is “jam packed” into 1 hour episodes of Boardwalk Empire.

  • @paulcalhoun6339
    @paulcalhoun63395 жыл бұрын

    So glad I found your channel. A bit of sanity in the Wild West of you tube.

  • @loganstansell5871
    @loganstansell58715 жыл бұрын

    Digging the bow tie

  • @kestral3915
    @kestral39155 жыл бұрын

    I am new come to this channel and watch two or three episodes with my meals. Eventually I will come to the end of playlist. That day will be sad, but not today oh but not today.

  • @rontoews5570
    @rontoews55705 жыл бұрын

    If you do something on Al Capone, look up "Lloyd Johnstone's Reminiscences regarding Lakelse HotSprings" on virtualmuseum.ca. During the beer wars Al Capone and 3 other gang members had to hide out for a while and hide out they did - in a very remote spot: Lakelse HotSprings near Terrace, BC. (served by the CN Railway). They spent their time there disguised as Roman Catholic priests, though the narrator (who was 12 at the time and working at the Hot Springs) thought they drank an amazing amount of Scotch (legal in Canada a the time) for priests and, when they left they gave him an amazingly huge tip -$10.00. He found out much later it was Al Capone and other gang members.

  • @craigfamily9321

    @craigfamily9321

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also he should look up little chicago...or as I know it. Mattoon Illinois where al Capone would go hide in when the police in chicago got to hot for him...and how he owned all of the police force.....al Capone house is still around and has tunnels in it

  • @sinnedsinister
    @sinnedsinister2 жыл бұрын

    O'Banion and his Chicago Typewriter. I remember hearing those stories growing up on the south side of my beloved City

  • @CavSctLdr
    @CavSctLdr5 жыл бұрын

    Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery is located in the Western Suburburb of Hillside, IL. Approximately 17 miles away from O'Banion former flower shop. Mt. Carmel is where also the resting place of Capone.

  • @barriewright2857
    @barriewright28575 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant more please, thanks. 😁