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Four cases changed history: Sarajevo 1914, Capone's St. Valentine's Day massacre, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and Fritz Bauer's fight for justice. Crimes That Changed The World tracks the moments when violence and law collided to reshape nations. From the shots that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in Sarajevo, we follow the chain that pulled alliances into World War I. Along the Milyatska River, a bomb failed, a route changed, and a wrong turn at the Latin bridge put the heir and his wife in a gunman's sights. Investigators soon linked the plotters to the Black Hand as Vienna issued its ultimatum to Serbia. In Chicago, 1929, men posing as police lined seven North Side gang members against a wall and opened fire with Thompson submachine guns. The St Valentines Day massacre shattered Al Capone's untouchable image, prompting a federal push that used early forensic ballistics and, ultimately, IRS forensic accounting to corner him. Tax investigator Frank Wilson followed the money through cash ledgers and shell businesses, while a comparison microscope tied seized guns to the garage killings. Capone could not

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Turning Point That Doomed Capone
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Society
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45 minutes
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English
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