The Wall Street Crash of 1929 is popularly remembered for stories of bankrupt investors throwing themselves to their deaths. The grandfather of criminologist and film-maker Roger Graef was one of them.
A 1980s study suggested stories of widespread suicides of bankers in 1929 was myth; Suicides in New York in month following crash lower than normal; Only eight people jumped off buildings in the city between the crash and the end of 1929. Just two were on Wall Street.
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