Were The Dead Rabbits Really The Most Dangerous Gang In New York?

In the mid-1800s, New York City was a battleground and few places were more dangerous than the infamous Five Points where the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic Bowery Boys were locked in a brutal cycle of violence with one of the city's most feared street gangs: The Dead Rabbits If you’ve seen Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, you might recognize the Rabbits as the gang Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Amsterdam Vallon, belonged to. That character is fictitious, but the gang itself was all too real... or was it? In this episode of Weird History, we dive into the Dead Rabbits, Five Points, Gangs of New York, and the brutal history of 19th-century New York City to uncover what life was really like in one of America’s most dangerous neighborhoods and whether the most feared street gang of its era ever really existed. Were you a fan of Gangs of New York? Let us know in the comments. (Much like real history, this video was produced entirely by human beings.) Be sure to subscribe to the Weird History Newsletter: https://bit.ly/WeirdHistoryNews #fivepoints #newyork #weirdhistory

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