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Public Enemies America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940

William J. Helmer

In Public Enemies, historian and acclaimed crime writer William Helmer introduces every major gangster and outlaw of the Roaring Twenties and Depression Thirties, offering complete accounts of their lives and often-violent deaths, and revealing the sometimes sordid truth behind the many legends that...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It was discussed as another key source of information for the Ma Barker segment of the episode, exploring the context of public enemy figures during the Great Depression.

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Americans in the depression found something to admire in the bold and desperate men who only stole from the banks what the banks stole from the people.

— Episode: 364 - The B-I

Episode: 364 - The B-I

It was discussed as another key source of information for the Ma Barker segment of the episode, exploring the context of public enemy figures during the Great Depression.

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Americans in the depression found something to admire in the bold and desperate men who only stole from the banks what the banks stole from the people.

If Americans found something almost romantic in Bonnie and Clyde, a boy and girl bandit team, despite their murderous ways, the notion of a mother and son bandit team also appealed to the country's streak of rebellion against authority, especially when most police of the day were regarded as only a cut above the crooks they were supposed to catch.

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