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The Backstory: 1929 Market Crash: Did Panicked Investors Really Jump from W

By Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

October 24, 2025

It’s the 96th anniversary of Black Thursday . . the day the stock market crashed, kicking off the Great Depression. There were stories in the immediate aftermath of dozens of investors jumping from buildings on Wall Street. But what inspired those stories and what really happened?

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This story originally appeared in Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

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