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On March 20, 2009, Blackhand Strawman, a documentary of Kansas City's organized crime history, was released in theaters in Kansas City. On March 1, 2011, retired FBI agent William Ouseley published his history of the KC crime family from 1950 to 2000 in a book titled Mobsters in Our Midst .
A number of Old West gangs left a lasting impression on American history. While rare, the incidents were retold and embellished by dime novel and magazine authors during the late 19th and the early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place on the American frontier in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Charles Gargotta, also known as "Mad Dog", (1900–1950) was a Kansas City, Missouri, gangster who became a top enforcer for the Kansas City crime family. Born in Kansas City, Gargotta joined the criminal organization of boss John Lazia as a young man. Gargotta and his close associate, Charles Binaggio built a gambling ring that grossed as much ...
The men convicted for the murders documented in Truman Capote’s classic crime novel “In Cold Blood” were executed in this penitentiary
Paul Massey (gangster) (1960–2015) Mark Fellows (hitman) Middlesbrough. Brian Charrington (born 1956) Essex ... Kansas City. Charles Binaggio (1909–1950)
Pierpont was a Prohibition-era gangster, and friend and mentor to John Dillinger. [2] [10] Adam "Eddie" Richetti: 1909–1938 Richetti was an American criminal and Depression-era bank robber. He was associated with Aussie Elliott and later Pretty Boy Floyd in the early 1930s, and both Floyd and he were later implicated in the Kansas City massacre.
Frank Nash (February 6, 1887 – June 17, 1933) [1] was an American bank robber, and has been called "the most successful bank robber in U.S. history." He is most noted for his violent death in the Kansas City Massacre.
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