1926—MURDER IN AMERICA—David Kulczyk

About this episode

Homicide historian David Kulczyk discusses the extraordinary number of oddball murders in 1926, the deadliest year in American history.

Homicide historian David Kulczyk releases 1926—Murder in America—New and Expanded Edition for the 100th anniversary of the deadliest year in American history. While researching his seven true crime books, Kulczyk noticed that there was an extraordinary number of oddball murders during the year 1926. The 1920's was a time of massive cultural and technological changes. The death and destruction of World War l dope -slapped the collective mindset of the youth of America and 1926 was the year that Americans all over the country said screw it. And screw it they did.......Mixing too much bootleg booze, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin, with fast cars, sex, and jazz music can only lead to trouble. The number of allegedly normal people committing ghastly murders in 1926 is astounding. It is like a switch got turned on and some people went mad unlike any other time in American history. Originally released in 2019, Kulczyk discovered even more murders that occurred in 1926, hence this anniversary edition of the most insane year in American history. 1926—MURDER IN AMERICA—David Kulczyk

People in this episode

Host: Dan Zupansky

Guest: David Kulczyk

Topics covered

• true crime
• homicide history
• 1926 murders
• cultural changes
• American history

Keywords

• 1926
• murder
• true crime
• David Kulczyk
• American history
• cultural changes
• homicide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: True Murder

Books & works: 1926—Murder in America—New and Expanded Edition

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