Notorious People Flashcards

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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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3
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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
Q

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
Man executed in 1936 for kidnapping Lindbergh baby
Bruno Hauptmann
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Fall River - MA woman accused of ax murders - 1892
Lizzie Borden
27
London killer of seven prostitutes - 1888
Jack the Ripper
28
The Bird Man of Alcatraz
Robert Stroud
29
Nickname of Ilich Arthur Sanchez
Carlos the Jackal
30
Nebraska garbage man and mass murderer
Carl Starkweather
31
Mobster who testified before the senate - 1951
Frank Costello
32
The Wild Bunch's hideout
Hole in the wall
33
Killer and cannibalizer of 17 men in Milwaukee
Jeffrey Dahmer
34
Italian immigrants executed for murder in 1927
Sacco and Vanzetti
35
Brothers who were cohorts of the James Gang
The Youngers
36
Man convicted in Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh
37
Mobster who built the Flamingo Hilton
"Bugsy" Siegel
38
The Long Island Lolita
Amy Fischer
39
Missouri gang shot up in Northfield - Minnesota
James Gang
40
The Night Stalker
Richard Ramirez
41
He shot Robert Kennedy
Sirhan sirhan
42
The Unabomber
Ted Kazinsky
43
Meyer Lansky's group
Murder Inc.
44
The Wild Bunch Leaders
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
45
First American executed after 10 year hiatus - in 1977
Gary Gilmore (firing squad in Utah)
46
The People's Temple suicide leader - 1978
Jim Jones
47
1950 robbery from a Boston garage (2.7M stolen)
Brinks robbery
48
He was court-martialed for the My Lai massacre
Lt. William Calley
49
He shot Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
50
Terrorist wanted for bombing of U.S. embassies
Osama bin Laden
51
Cult leader and killer of nine in Los Angeles - 1968
Charles Manson
52
Navy spy family caught in 1985
The Walkers
53
He shot Martin Luther King Jr.
James Earl Ray
54
Mustachioed Chinese arch-fiend
Fu Manchu
55
Chicago mobster jailed for tax evasion - a.k.a. "scarface"
Al Capone
56
Matriarch killed by G-men - 1935
Ma Barker
57
Couple gunned down by police in Louisiana - 1934
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
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Mobster nicknamed "machine gun"
Machine Gun Kelly