Jack McGurn

Biography

Jack McGurn (1902–1936), known to history as “Machine Gun” McGurn, became one of the most infamous figures of the Prohibition era, closely tied to the organized crime networks that shaped the darker side of the 1920s and 1930s. His involvement in notorious events, including the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, marked him as a symbol of the turbulence of those times.

Even as the high-profile chapters of his life remain controversial, his story continues to remind us of the desperate allure of power and the perils that accompanied those choices in a world straining for order.