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S2 E12 The Kidnappers

Documentary

14+

20 minutes

Mar 9, 1996

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.

Season 2, 3 Episodes

The Great Midwest Gangs,

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

The City Killer-Gangs,

The Prohibition Act of 1919 turns the petty vice and extortion gangs into criminal armies and helps sow the seeds of what will become the great crime syndicates. Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes is interviewed.

The Kidnappers,

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.

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American Justice

Crime

14+

13 Seasons

43 minutes

American Justice looks at notable criminal justice cases in the United States from the perspective of the police, lawyers, victims, and perpetrators involved.

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