Original Air Date: 7/20/2016
From the 1870s to the 1930s, New York City’s fabled Chinatown was the site of a series of vicious wars between two rival tongs, the On Leongs and the Hip Sings. Scott D. Seligman, author of Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York’s Chinatown joins me to chat about the origins of the animosity, and how their rivalry escalated into incredible brutality for both sides.
The author’s website: https://www.seligmanonline.com/
