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Feb 15, 2013

The Craziest Mob Hits, From Barbershop Ambushes To Trojan Horse Car Bombings

Sponsored by ABC’s new drama Red Widow: Organized crime has always thrived on intimidation and brutal acts, but sometimes the violence is unspeakably gruesome. Here are some of the most notorious mob hits, from a gruesome payback to the stool pigeon who couldn’t fly: Al Capone had an alibi for the massacre THE ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE: Considered the “most infamous of all gangland slayings in America,” seven men were lined up against a…

 
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