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S1 E8

The Great Midwest Gangs

Aired on Feb 11, 199622m

In the Depression-torn dust bowl of the 1930s, a new kind of desperado is born. Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger, and Bonnie & Clyde become as well-known and admired as movie stars. Bill Kurtis narrates their murderous rise and deadly fall

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S1 E12

The Kidnappers

Aired on Mar 10, 199619m

By the mid-1930s, law enforcement is outgunned and uncoordinated. Any state line provides a sanctuary for a fleeing hoodlum, setting the stage for a kidnapping wave. The Barkers become the First Family of Kidnapping, going after rich industrialists and their families, until J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI start cracking down.