One of the Last Lynchings in California | The Kidnap and murder of Brooke Hart | Well, I Never

The wealthy heir to his father's department store, Brooke Hart would never get a chance to take the reigns of his family's empire. In 1933 at just 22 years old, Brooke was kidnapped with his father soon being asked to pay a ransom of $50,000. Little could he have known that the perpetrators had no intention of returning his son and had already murdered him.

Enraged by their callous act of greed and evil, over 15000 residents attacked the jail the killers were held at, dragged them to a local park and lynched them.

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Crime and the Great Depression
01:59 - Brooke and the Hart Family
03:30 - The Disappearance of Brooke Hart
05:00 - The Investigation begins
07:36 - Harold Thurmond and John Holmes are captured
09:50 - Locals Enraged by the Murder
11:20 - A Mob Descends Upon the Jail
12:40 - The Lynchers Get Their Men
14:05 - Outcome and Reaction

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