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b"Depression-era New York was a tough time for a guy just looking to get by. The pressure of feeding a family, the lack of available work, the poor conditions suffered from much of the work that was available and at the end of the day, you couldn\\u2019t even relax with a drink or drown your sorrows in the bottom of a bottle. At least, not legally. Whilst laws attempted to stop people from drinking alcohol, the culture of the speakeasy ripped through the underground. It was a place where one could relax and unwind, listen to some live music, play some cards, or set up an insurance fraud with a few of the friendly locals. It was the latter that took place in a small dive in The Bronx over several months in 1933 that would highlight how desperate the times could really be. It would also prove to be one of the most catastrophic displays of disorganised crime that the 19th-century newspapers would ever write about in what was dubbed as New York\\u2019s \\u201cmost fantastic\\u201d murder. SOURCES\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nRead, Simon (2005) On The House: The Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy. Berkly Publishing Group, NY, USA.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nFunderburg, Anne (2014) Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era. McFarland Incorporated Publishers, NC, USA.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nBrooklyn Times Union (1933) Gang Murderers \\u201cRub Out\\u201d 4 Men, Wound Another. Brooklyn Times Union, 20 March, 1933. P.3. NY, USA.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nBrooklyn Times Union (1933) Two Gun Girl Seized In Bronx Holdup. Brooklyn Times Union, 17 April, 1933. P.1. NY, USA.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nDaily News (1933) 5 Indicted As Murderers In Insurance Ring Probe. Daily News, 17 May, 1933. NY, USA.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nDaily News (1933) When Justice Triumphed. Daily News, 29 October, 1933, P.42. Daily News, NY, USA.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n----------\\nFor almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com \\nSupport the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories\\nThe Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories\\nDark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9\\nConnect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast\\nOr find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories\\n& Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/\\nOr you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com\\nor via voicemail on:\\xa0(415) 286-5072\\nor join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf\\nThe Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye\\nMusic was recorded by me \\xa9 Ben Cutmore 2017\\nOther Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that."