Shots Back in Time: The Union Station Massacre (2008)

June 17, 1933: At 7:15 AM on a Saturday, Union Station in Kansas City is crowded with travelers as police escort escaped convict Frank Nash to a waiting car for transport back to Leavenworth Penitentiary. The group is suddenly ambushed by gangsters, and the ensuing thirty-second firestorm shocks Kansas City and the country. This film recounts the events leading to the massacre and explores the intricate connections between the Pendergast political machine, organized crime, and the gangsters who believed they could operate undetected in Kansas City. As the FBI investigates the attack, which J. Edgar Hoover condemned as "despicable and cowardly," the incident profoundly alters Kansas City and law enforcement nationwide.