Crime in America: A Nation’s Shame

In the depths of the Great Depression, a staggering reality emerged: organized crime had become a behemoth, rivaling big business in scope and destruction. Noted churchman and radio personality Dr. Charles Fleischer sounded the alarm, warning that the annual toll of destructive crime in the United States stood at a staggering $12 to $18 billion. This was 1933, a year that saw over 12,000 killings and 1.3 million serious crimes, with a chilling three-fourths of them going unpunished.