Steve Ryan, { Egan Rats } was released from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after serving 18 yrs. of a 25 yr sentence for his part in the 2.4 million in...
Thanks for the hearty welcome! Never seen anything strange at Mt. Carmel (other than the Gennas being relatively close to O'Banion, et.al.) With the amount...
There are flaws in both (as there are in all books) but a couple of general histories covering only the 1933-35 period that are good starters would be John...
Hello. As to the Bonnie ans Clyde festival. I think it's too early for that little town to have decided the date yet. Usually it's the weekend closest to the...
lance cryan
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Jan 1, 2006 7:16 pm
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the gangsterologists group: In your opinion, which actor best epitomized the gangster of the...
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Jan 1, 2006 7:47 pm
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Hello Mari, Another good book is "Dillinger, A short and violate Life" by Joe Pinkston and Robert Cromie. This was probably one of the most accurate books...
Oklahoma was wide open. It was mostly undeveloped and hit the hardest by the depression. My own grandfather, who was born and reared in OK, was named "Jessie...
Hi Tony. I notice that in your list for the person who wanted to know about books on outlaws, you don't mention Jay Robert Nash's Bloodletters and Badmen....
People identified more with their famly and region back then, rather than the federal gov. They seemed to have had strong ideas of freedom and do it yourself,...
lance cryan
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Jan 1, 2006 10:03 pm
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Bob Bates is a researcher who has been doing this work for many years. I respect his work and on his recommendation, have decided to join. I see many of my...
Hello everyone. For those of you with whom I have not already corresponded, my name id Ed Butts (no relation to Charlie in Escape From Alcatraz) and I have...
Hello everyone. For those of you with whom I have not already corresponded, my name is Ed Butts (no relation to Charlie in Escape From Alcatraz) and I have...
About Nash, probably the less said the better but Bloodletters and Badmen is the best thing he's done. ... outlaws, you don't mention Jay Robert Nash's...
Let's see; Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, born in Akins, OK; married Wilma; is 6 foot 2 inches tall; robbed Sylvania, Ohio bank on March 1, 1930.......
A few other good books on the era are; "The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd" by Jeff King "Baby Face Nelson" by Steven Nickel and William Helmer; "The...
I whole-heartedly agree with my esteemed colleague, Mr. Mattix. Jay Robert Nash’s interview of Blackie Audette in The Dillinger Dossier constitutes the ...
My Grandfather is Bob Rehr. He was into slot machines and Dutch Schultz was one he worked against. He lived in the Waldorf-Astoria and did his business out...
Choice selections. Here are a few more: "Don't Call Us Molls" by Ellen Poulsen; "Mean Men: The Sons of Ma Barker" by Robert Winter; "Bad Boys of the Cookson...
I just want to make sure I understand: Should I come across the byline of J. Robert Nash, I should ignore it. I really need to know. I'm trying to get up to...
Reply to Gary: I first brought up the matter of Jay Robert Nash because I was under the impression that he was an authority on the era and the genre. It...
I tend to ignore Nash myself. He gets a lot of details wrong and doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story. I have even heard that he deliberately...
For an excellent rebuttal of the Dillinger survival theory, check out Bob Fischer's online article at www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4172/nash.html It's...
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Jan 2, 2006 5:50 am
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I was hoping to make group reservations for Public Enemies in Minden as soon as possible, so we'd all end up with rooms (ground floor hopefully so we don't...
lance cryan
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Jan 2, 2006 6:50 am
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Hi Ellen, glad you made it here & Happy Late New Year! Bob's got a good thing going here for us all, I think....
I think I usually get the announcement in April or May. I shoulda made it down there a long time ago but never have gotten around to it yet. Maybe this year....
Minor criminals Harry and Jennings Young committed the largest police massacre of the 20th Century, killing six officers in a gun battle at their mother's farm...
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