Ep 296 - The Gangs of New York

Ep 296 is loose! And it's time for us to tell the story of The Bowery Boys and The Dead Rabbits!

How did the famous gangs of New York form? Who were the powerful leaders? And why was everyone scared of rabbits?

The secret ingredient is...a dead rabbit!

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Sources this week include:

• https://blogs.shu.edu/nyc-history/gangs-of-new-york-19th-century/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowery_Boys_(gang)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Poole#
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/bill-the-butcher
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/dead-rabbits
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Rabbits#
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morrissey#
• https://www.theirishstory.com/2023/12/08/john-old-smoke-morrissey-the-man-who-ordered-the-death-of-bill-the-butcher-poole/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots#
• https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/11/killing-of-butcher-bill.html

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