Site of the Kansas City Massacre of 1933 took place at the Union Station 

Growing up in Kansas City, my Grandfather lived in that era and if I recall correctly witnessed the massacre. As a child in the 70's, my Grandfather took me to Union Station one day and showed me all of the bullet holes in the facade of Union Station. Every time I return to Kansas City, to visit my Mother if I'm in the area I'll stop by Union Station to relive the day my Grandfather took me there almost 50 years ago. Union Station was closed in the early 80's and fell into a state of disrepair, it was very nearly torn down. Ultimately the citizens of Kansas City rescued Union Station and it was restored to its former glory. It's a wonderful symbol and loved by everyone in Kansas City. I do hope you've done a video of the Liberty Memorial and the National WW1 Museum.

I went to school with a girl who’s mom was Pretty Boy Floyd niece. Her mom showed me her old photographs of him hiding out at their farm! He was blamed for stuff he didn’t do. Those old photos are really interesting. Love Grandma Debbie

Such a beautiful building. This is when America took pride in everything that was built. Sad that many buildings are being torn down and history is being lost. Hope this never happens here. As far as the history lesson you brought to us, I for one thank you. I have learned so much from you both 👍💯

Back in the 60’s, when I was a little girl.. my mom would take my sister and I to our Grandmas house in Saint Louis on the train. Well when we got to the Union Station we would use the bathroom there to wash up and change our dresses..,I remember that they had to pay 10 cents to use the toilet! I’m from the Yosemite area of California, and that is the biggest building I’ve ever been in.. and I’m 70. Love Grandma Debbie

I don’t recall the number of military personnel that traveled through Union Station en route to other destinations in 1945 (after the war), but there were over 600k travelers who passed through those doors. After WWll travelers declined. I can recall all of the bench seats that graced the main hall, people bustling from one loading dock to another. Shops on nearly every inside corner where you could get snacks, souvenirs, etc to take with you on your long journey. Great video!

Very interesting, I've been to KC many times but never got to see the train station. The Stockyards was my destination in my youth, many loads of cattle delivered. My family has a history with KC, grandparents had a grocery store on Troost Ave ,probably about the same time as the shoot out. Great story, Thanks 😊

My grandparents are buried in Holy Sepulchre in Omaha. I traveled many times from Omaha to KC for fun. Mostly to enjoy the Country Club Plaza there. Last time I was there was in the 80's and the station was going through some renovations but I remember eating in a restaurant I believe was in the lower part of the building and having one of the best steaks I ever had.

Thanks Jeff & Sarah for another History Hunters lesson. Sad history is history and it can't be erased, only learned from. Hopefully you both had a great Thanksgiving and looking forward to our Savior's birthday on Christmas 🎄!

Excellent story! I had a friend who had since passed that was an extra in the Dale Robertson film.

I look forward to watching your videos every Sunday morning☕️ thank you!

The massacre is mentioned in the movies The F.B.I Story (1959) and Dillinger (1973)

Very good video. I agree, KC’s Union Station is massive and beautiful. Thanks for telling the story.

I’ve seen these stories played out in movies but never done out this way, thank you for your research!

Very interesting. I've only been thru KC one time and never been to that site. As always, well told!

Hey Jeff an Sarah, Thanks again for making the past come alive for us. I've heard the Charley Floyd headstone has been changed 3 times from souvenir hunters chipping away pieces over the years from a friend that talked to relatives he said to me. I don't know how true this be?

I recall parking alignment as shown here in 1933 (must have changed after 1970s). They once had busy shoe shiners in that great hall, and I sat in waiting area before those benches were removed when the trains stopped arriving.😢. Also ate filet mignon once at Fred Harvey’s and served drinks at Ralph Gaines’ steak house while jazz band played. Rode the trains, too, and greeted and bid adieu Grandmother many times. Never heard of the massacre until later. It’s a beautiful building full of rich memories.

Well done Jeff, another great video. A nice way to end my Sunday. Thank you very much. Belated Happy Thanksgiving to you, Sarah and your families.

Thank you so much❤ love History Hunters!

Question?? What is the most historic state you’ve been? Seems like your partial to California (because you live here) and Kansas. Still watching but love it so far.

Excellent! Thank you so much for covering this event and of course, beautiful Union Station!

Thanks Jeff! I'll be watching those movies now.

Very interesting. Hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving Day.

Love your vids...can you come to Iowa and do a story on the Sullivan Brothers? All 5 died in WW2 on a ship. Others died in shark infested water.

I had an uncle that commented on how hot the train ride was across Kansas when he came home from WW2, He said soldiers would jump in rivers to cool off when the train stopped. Crazy the things you remember.

Another great history lesson, Jeff. Thank you.

Jeff I look forward to your show every Sunday morning. U only deserve the very best. I always let the commercials run for u. Happy Holidays.

Jeff, I used to volunteer at the train station, it is very beautiful. Great video and thank you so much for sharing. I enjoyed the history. I used to look at that bullet hole myself when I used to go volunteer there at the train station.

Wow, I have never heard this story. Thank you

I met a funeral director in Missouri who had photos of the Pretty Boy funeral. Very amazing.

I used to live in Kansas City from 1992-99 and it was common knowledge to all the locals I knew that the divots etched into the granite walls were in fact bullet holes from the Kansas City massacre. If you line up where the bandit's vehicles were situated in relation to where officers escorted Nash from the building the bullet holes align nicely to the lines of fire. During my time in KC the Union Station building was boarded and locked up, essentially abandoned and left to decay, save only for a small portion in the back of the building for Amtrak operations. After a years-long public effort to raise funds the majestic Union Station of Kansas City was fully restored to it's former glory. I haven't been back to KC since '99 and the sight of all those historic buildings (Western Auto, Stuart Hall) around Union Station brings back many memories for me. Thank you for another awesome video!

Thanks for the Annett Hanshaw background music! The fiddle player on the recording is Joe Venuti who had an interesting life if you want to look him up. He lived long enough to play on the first Leon Redbone album.

I grew up in Kansas City. In the sixties I took the train out of Union Station several times with my mom to visit my grandparents in southeast oklahoma. After I was married my wife and I had several anniversary dinners at the all you can eat seafood restaurant in Union Station. After dinner we would explore the building. One time we made our way upstairs to an open window where we climbed out onto a portion of the roof above the train tracks and took in the view of Kansas City. Later I took my son and then my granddaughter to many different attractions, science city, the titanic exhibit, model train exhibit, just to name a few. Seems like every trip included checking out the bullet holes and mentioning the massacre. Great memories, thank you for the history lesson, I know the story well.

Thanks for the nice video Jeff!

History Hunters. Great show again. Happy Thanksgiving to you and family ! Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲

Fascinating video, Jeff. Great work!

Another excellent one Jeff!.. 👍

Another great video full of history.

Thanks! Jeff and Sarah

Well done. You videos are always interesting and enjoyable.

Thanks again.

What a great channel you have! Stumbled across it while watching other documentaries and will be a regular viewer!

I learn a lot of history watching your videos. Thanks so much.

Awesome coverage Jeff! Thanks again and always look forward to watching each week! This is one of very few channels I give a thumbs up before I watch the video!

Thanks again, Jeff and Sarah for sharing

Thank you Jeff and Sarah for this great video I love all your videos I appreciate your work that goes into them 👍

Another Great video!

I enjoy the history you continue to bring to your fans. This is another interesting piece of history I'm going to do research on. Thanks Jeff!

Good stuff...Thanks for sharing... Happy Holidays!!!!

Thanks Jeff❤

Thank you for sharing another great historical event. ❤

Great video!

Excellent presentation of this historic event and its relevant characters! I’m interested in visiting KC one day.

Thank you Jeff and Sarah for another great history walkthrough I enjoy each and everyone thank you for the much hard work that you've attributed to the videos that you do and to cover each and everyone stay safe and God.

Very good ! I bet you could do a great video on some of the iconic buildings of Los Angeles, theaters and so forth

Jeff, you do have a way about you. The sultry tone and smooth delivery of your narration is unique for RU-vid channels. Love your content and as a history fan I apricate the interesting events you come up with. I subscribe to about 30 channels but after watching your offerings a thumbs up is almost always automatic. (I am stingy with those) Thank you for the time and obvious effort you put into each video.

Thanks for another great video Jeff.My uncle being a officer back in those days had a run in with pretty boy thank goodness my uncle is came out unscaved.

Thank you Jeff ! A great History lesson. Thank you for sharing. ❤️💯👍👊

One of many good episodes . Keep em coming. Thanx. 😊 Enjoy History.

Thank you ❤

Great history Jeff and Sarah Loved the video Thankyou and hope you all doing well :)

Very cool information.

That was very informative and interesting, thanks Jeff. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

Good one! Thanks for the old photos and especially the overview digram showing the location of all involved. it puts everything in context. One theory was something about a LEO in the car accidentally firing his gun shooting someone, maybe Nash. I can’t remember exactly.

I've never heard the details of this moment in history....interesting...thank ya'll so much!

Another AWESOME HH vid!!! Thnx for my weekly fix Jeff! ~Chris

Beautiful train station for sure. Thanks for bringing that bit of history to light for us.

Happy Thanksgiving Jeff and Sarah. Thanks once again for making my Sunday morning just a bit better with your excellent video. ........Russell D.

I just learned something new this was very interesting. I enjoyed watching this video 😊

Another amazing episode, Jeff. Just out of curiosity, where do you acquire most of your historical background information? Also, out of curiosity, what was all the "Spiderman" activity that was happening the day you were there? Thank you Jeff, for another Historical look back. Yes, tragic, but Historic nonetheless. God Bless you and Sarah.

Very interesting! Good job well done

Interesting video, thank you. I lived in KC for four years but never visited Union Station.

Another great video.

Another great video. If you are ever in L.A. go to union station downtown L.A. It’s a beautiful station with a lot of history.

Another interesting page in history Jeff. Thanks to you and Sarah history is being kept alive. Not so in schools anymore.

Jeff And Sarah another awesome video. We go to Union Station every time we visit KC even when to the Spiderman exhibit this summer. As much as I walked around I did not know about this thank you for sharing.

Thanks!

Wow didn't know about that one. Thanks for sharing, hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving.

Jeff, as always, this was so interesting, and very well researched.👏🏻It must feel strange standing in those locations.

Keep rocking Jeff very nice😊

thanks for another interesting story. I had heard about this escape attempt through the years, but your detailed account filled in all the blanks.!

Thanks

Another interesting episode of real history. Not fake crap. Thanks Jeff.

My mother was born in Kansas in 1933

A beautiful old building but a scary strange story…

Hi. A very interesting story. Sad but true . Off to prison you go . Thanks for vlogging and researching it. Take care. Deborah 🇨🇦

I read about this in a recent book about the beginnings of the F.B.I. Another vid worth my time watching.

Great story

Looks like a bullet hole to me also...great video again Jeff and Sarah!

They came to set Nash free, yet ended up shooting and killing him. With friends like them, who needs enemies! Great video!

👍👍👍 crazy story in kc

her husband speaking age 80 = 11:40 pm from Mactan Island, Cebu PH. It is still Sunday the 26th as we are 16 hours ahead of the West Coast. I had been in bed since 8:30 pm but happen to wake up and decide to go out and get a glass of milk. I usually get up at 4 am see what is on the PC and have coffee. We walk our 3 dogs about 5:30 am before the sun gets too warm. Going to be in our home here until 11 Mar 24. Another reminder of criminals of the past = too bad, today a bank robbery would only be a misdemeanor.

We could never build that now. Look at the ornate detail on everything. Look at the columns. They're massive, but the population was a fraction of what it is now. Who Built It!

I didn't know this is still a train hub. I picked up a friend a couple months ago. We toured Union Station when she came home. It is a beautiful building. I wear a brace on my left leg and couldn't walk to far. I did tell her about the violent history of the place

Kansas City is growing a lot and is turning into a beautiful city. Would be really be booming if the economy was better.

I have heard from some that they are bullets holes and other who they are not. Having seen the impacts in the marble I am sticking with ...bullet holes. I noticed spalling. Want to thank you for another Sunday adventure. 👍

Very interesting

Here's another W-O-W to add to your collection of them.

Thank you Jeff and Sarah. Being Italian from New York . I have heard about this massacre before THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.. PS. Have you ever been to Grand Central station ? Its big.......

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Leavenworth is a Federal Prison not a State Prison. Kansas State Penitentiary is in Lansing 7 miles south of The Federal Prison. The United States Disciplinary Barracks is located in Fort Leavenworth an active military post and is for incarcerated persons in the military.