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Notorious People Flashcards

1
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Head of the Gambino crime family - “the teflon don”

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John Gotti

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2
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Pair imprisoned for kidnapping Bobby Franks

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Leopold and Loeb

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Couple executed in 1950s for selling A-bomb secrets

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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4
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She shot J.R. Ewing on TV’s Dallas

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Kristen Shepard

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5
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He had millions put to death in Cambodia

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Pol Pot

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6
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He shot Ronald Reagan and James Brady

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John Hinkley jr.

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7
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Gang shot up in Coffeyville - Kansas

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Dalton Gang

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8
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First public enemey #1

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John Dillinger

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9
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Skyjacker who parachuted from a 727 in 1971

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D.B. Cooper

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10
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“Lucky” crime boss

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“Lucky” Luciano

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11
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Fake Howard Hughes biographer

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Clifford Irving

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12
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The Boston Strangler

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Albert DeSalvo

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13
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Killer of 30 young women - executed in Florida - 1989

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Ted Bundy

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14
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Day “Bugs” Moran’s gang was killed

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St. Valentine’s day - 1929

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15
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Hickock was holding this poker hand

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Aces and eights

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16
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Nickname for .44 caliber killer David Berkowitz

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Son of Sam (after a dog)

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17
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Sheriff Pat Garrett killed him

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Billy the Kid

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18
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Jack McCall shot this man

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Wild Bill Hickock

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19
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He shot JFK

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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20
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He shot John Lennon

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Mark David Chapman

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21
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Branch Davidian leader in Waco TX - 1993

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David Koresh

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22
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Exxon Valdez captain

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Capt. Joseph Hazelwood

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23
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Medieval Romanian Impaler

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Vlad the Impaler

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24
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The Hillside Strangler

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Kenneth Bianchi

25
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Man executed in 1936 for kidnapping Lindbergh baby

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Bruno Hauptmann

26
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Fall River - MA woman accused of ax murders - 1892

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Lizzie Borden

27
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London killer of seven prostitutes - 1888

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Jack the Ripper

28
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The Bird Man of Alcatraz

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Robert Stroud

29
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Nickname of Ilich Arthur Sanchez

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Carlos the Jackal

30
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Nebraska garbage man and mass murderer

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Carl Starkweather

31
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Mobster who testified before the senate - 1951

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Frank Costello

32
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The Wild Bunch’s hideout

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Hole in the wall

33
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Killer and cannibalizer of 17 men in Milwaukee

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Jeffrey Dahmer

34
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Italian immigrants executed for murder in 1927

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Sacco and Vanzetti

35
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Brothers who were cohorts of the James Gang

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The Youngers

36
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Man convicted in Oklahoma City bombing

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Timothy McVeigh

37
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Mobster who built the Flamingo Hilton

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“Bugsy” Siegel

38
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The Long Island Lolita

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Amy Fischer

39
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Missouri gang shot up in Northfield - Minnesota

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James Gang

40
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The Night Stalker

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Richard Ramirez

41
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He shot Robert Kennedy

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Sirhan sirhan

42
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The Unabomber

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Ted Kazinsky

43
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Meyer Lansky’s group

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Murder Inc.

44
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The Wild Bunch Leaders

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

45
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First American executed after 10 year hiatus - in 1977

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Gary Gilmore (firing squad in Utah)

46
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The People’s Temple suicide leader - 1978

47
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1950 robbery from a Boston garage (2.7M stolen)

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Brinks robbery

48
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He was court-martialed for the My Lai massacre

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Lt. William Calley

49
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He shot Lee Harvey Oswald

50
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Terrorist wanted for bombing of U.S. embassies

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Osama bin Laden

51
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Cult leader and killer of nine in Los Angeles - 1968

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Charles Manson

52
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Navy spy family caught in 1985

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The Walkers

53
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He shot Martin Luther King Jr.

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James Earl Ray

54
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Mustachioed Chinese arch-fiend

55
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Chicago mobster jailed for tax evasion - a.k.a. “scarface”

56
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Matriarch killed by G-men - 1935

57
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Couple gunned down by police in Louisiana - 1934

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Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

58
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Mobster nicknamed “machine gun”

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Machine Gun Kelly

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