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The Lexington Avenue Explosion of 1914

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 10 p.m.

On July 4th 1914 an explosion randomly went off at an unassuming apartment building on Lexington Avenue. 4 men were discovered dead and dozens more were injured. T he explosion would trigger an investigation into the attempted assassination of one of world's richest men. All of this would stem from one of the bloodiest and deadliest labor strikes in American History. 

Listen to the episode and the story of the would bomb plot the blew up in the face of its conspirators.