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After the Kansas City, Missouri massacre in 1933, J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI realized that in order to save his job he had to end America's crime spree.

Burton Hersh's book "Bobby and J. Edgar" leads the reader expertly through the tangles and intrigues of the Kennedy years.

Pretty Boy Floyd was one of many depression-era bandits that emerged during hard economic times in America and chose robbery and murder as a way of life.

Machine Gun Kelly would be among the first notable bandits to emerge during the period of time in American history called The Mid-West Crime Wave

Johnny Depp stars in this movie about gangsters in the 1930s, and John Dillinger was at the top of the list of bad guys.

James Ellroy (LA Confidential, The Black Dahlia) churns the JFK assassination into page-turning, high-grade pulp.

With the death of John Dillinger, Baby Faced Nelson became the FBI's most wanted man. Nelson, a gangster and bank robber was now public enemy number one.

Gangster John Dillinger was believed to have been gunned down by the FBI on July 22, 1934. But some historians claim it may not be Dillinger who was killed that night.

Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard star in Public Enemies, the story of Depression era bank robbers and the FBI, now in theaters across the country.

Alarmed by possible communist subversives, conservatives used the politics of fear to maintain and preserve the principles of democracy and capitalism.

Public Enemies offers a multitude of exciting sequences and a charismatic lead actor in Johnny Depp, but the film is too long and too muddled to be truly great.

Palace Council is a 20-year trip through dirty, violent post-war American politics. Stephen L Carter's novel weaves fiction into history to create a sprawling mystery.

Birthday, anniversary, special occasion? Discover what other noteworthy occasions also took place on this day in history, May 10th.

1933, John Dillinger's (Johnny Depp) bank robbing spree turns him into a celebrity. Young FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) is ordered to hunt down Dillinger.

Anti-communists efforts in the United States following World War I.

Joe Kennedy, JFK, RFK, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Mob: The origin of "The Kennedy Curse"?

Michael Mann's recent Public Enemies tells essentially the same story as John Milius's 1973 movie Dillinger, but there are differences in approach between them.

Although small in stature "Baby Face Nelson" was notorious for his violent temper and his intense hate for officers of the law.

Jack Nelson's career at the Los Angeles Times spanned over 35 years. He covered civil rights, Watergate among breaking stories and led the paper to national prominence.

Dangerous dramas and thrillers come to DVD for the holiday season.

A celebrated director of modern-day crime sagas, Michael Mann takes on a film about the hunt for John Dillinger. Is he up to the challenge of a sprawling period piece?

Move over Godfather, move over Sopranos, John Dillinger is in the house. 1930s era public enemy number one comes to the silver screen.

Being left handed in a right handed world can be a challenge. However, most lefties have found a way to accomplish and excel by taking advantage of their uniqueness.

Universal Pictures' Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, is a surprising disappointment. 4/10.

His reputation secured with two murder mysteries set amidst New England's black intelligentsia, Stephen L. Carter serves up an epic political conspiracy tale.

The social movement that began in Niagara culminated with the direct nonviolent confrontation strategy of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Alcatraz, otherwise known as "The Rock" was virtually inescapable.

John Dillinger was the best-known American bank robber of the 20th century up until he was shot dead on July 22, 1934 by the F.B.I

Michael Mann is better than most when not at his best. His latest look at emotions betraying calculated crimes is unwieldy, but buoyed by strong themes and Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis combine to make gangster thriller Public Enemies a real winner.

Teapot Dome was one of the largest political scandals of the early twentieth century and one of many scandals under President Warren Harding.

American troops fighting in the Pacific Rim during World War II enjoyed radio broadcasts by popular personalities such as Orphan Ann and Tokyo Rose from Japan.

Forty years after the murder of Martin Luther King, controversy still swirls. Many believe the alleged killer, James Earl Ray, was a patsy. His brother thinks so too.

Cryptozoologists, Ivan Sanderson and Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans, the father of cryptozoology, investigated the iceman, thinking he was a significant discovery.

The story of of Edward Bremer 's kidnapping in 1934 captured the nation's imagination and remains an interesting episode in the annals of crime.