{"id":3346,"slug":"st-valentines-day-massacre-site-chicago-illinois","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["St. Valentine's is the '29 — the 'February 14' that's the 7 shot, the 'Moran' that's the North Side. The 'police' is the fake — the 'uniforms' that's the 2, the '70 rounds' that's the Tommy. The 'Capone' is the suspected — the 'never charged' that's the nobody, the 'S-M-C' that's the garage.","The '1967' is the demolished — the 'Patey' that's the bricks, the '300' that's the museum. The '5 trees' is the mark — the 'middle' that's the wall, the 'nursing home' that's the lot. St. Valentine's is the erased — the 'no plaque' that's the site, the '2122 Clark' that's the address.","The file keeps St. Valentine's: the 1929 seven, the fake police, the 1967 demolition, and the 5 trees.","St. Valentine's Massacre is the archive's Chicago file — the erased wall."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["St. Valentine's Massacre is the archive's Chicago file — the line's bricks.","A lot keeps its trees — the file's suggestion being that Valentine's hold is the absent: the '7' that's the lined, the 'never charged' that's the Capone, and the '5 trees' that's the mark."]}],"name":"St. Valentine’s Day Massacre site","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","GANGSTER"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"February 14, 1929—the garage where seven men died.","full_desc":"St. Valentine’s Day Massacre site is a site in Chicago, Illinois. February 14, 1929—the garage where seven men died. Its accounts name only a collective — the victims. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. 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The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'St. Valentine’s site'. A ghost with a name outlasts a ghost without one; the reports keep it employed.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The victims","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"St. Valentine’s site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3483,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the site. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Investigators logged it; whether instruments or interpretation produced it is the open question. The account appears in 'St. Valentine’s site'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"St. Valentine’s site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The February 14, 1929 massacre is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'St. Valentine’s site'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from. The reports keep the address on the map.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1929-02-14","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"St. Valentine’s site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The victims are reportedly seen. The site in Chicago, Illinois gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The report is preserved in sources like 'St. Valentine’s site'. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"St. Valentine’s site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The victims","claimed_identity":"The victims","verified":null,"summary":"The victims are reportedly seen. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The account appears in 'St. Valentine’s site'. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is The victims. 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