Notorious People Flashcards

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First public enemey #1

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John Dillinger

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2
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Medieval Romanian Impaler

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Vlad the Impaler

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3
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Nebraska garbage man and mass murderer

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Carl Starkweather

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4
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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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5
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Italian immigrants executed for murder in 1927

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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6
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Pair imprisoned for kidnapping Bobby Franks

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Leopold and Loeb

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7
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1950 robbery from a Boston garage (2.7M stolen)

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Brinks robbery

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8
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Man executed in 1936 for kidnapping Lindbergh baby

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Bruno Hauptmann

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9
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Couple gunned down by police in Louisiana - 1934

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Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

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10
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Mobster who testified before the senate - 1951

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Frank Costello

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11
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Day “Bugs” Moran’s gang was killed

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St. Valentine’s day - 1929

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12
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Chicago mobster jailed for tax evasion - a.k.a. “scarface”

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Al Capone

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13
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“Lucky” crime boss

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“Lucky” Luciano

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14
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He shot Lee Harvey Oswald

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Jack Ruby

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15
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Mobster nicknamed “machine gun”

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Machine Gun Kelly

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16
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He shot Robert Kennedy

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Sirhan sirhan

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17
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Meyer Lansky’s group

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Murder Inc.

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18
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Matriarch killed by G-men - 1935

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Ma Barker

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19
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London killer of seven prostitutes - 1888

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Jack the Ripper

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20
Q

Hickock was holding this poker hand

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Aces and eights

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21
Q

Jack McCall shot this man

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Wild Bill Hickock

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22
Q

The Wild Bunch’s hideout

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Hole in the wall

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23
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The Wild Bunch Leaders

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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24
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Gang shot up in Coffeyville - Kansas

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Dalton Gang

25
Brothers who were cohorts of the James Gang
The Youngers
26
Missouri gang shot up in Northfield - Minnesota
James Gang
27
Sheriff Pat Garrett killed him
Billy the Kid
28
Fall River - MA woman accused of ax murders - 1892
Lizzie Borden
29
Mobster who built the Flamingo Hilton
"Bugsy" Siegel
30
The Long Island Lolita
Amy Fischer
31
He had millions put to death in Cambodia
Pol Pot
32
Terrorist wanted for bombing of U.S. embassies
Osama bin Laden
33
Cult leader and killer of nine in Los Angeles - 1968
Charles Manson
34
He shot John Lennon
Mark David Chapman
35
He shot Ronald Reagan and James Brady
John Hinkley jr.
36
Exxon Valdez captain
Capt. Joseph Hazelwood
37
Man convicted in Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh
38
Navy spy family caught in 1985
The Walkers
39
Branch Davidian leader in Waco TX - 1993
David Koresh
40
The People's Temple suicide leader - 1978
Jim Jones
41
Head of the Gambino crime family - "the teflon don"
John Gotti
42
Mustachioed Chinese arch-fiend
Fu Manchu
43
He shot JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
44
Skyjacker who parachuted from a 727 in 1971
D.B. Cooper
45
She shot J.R. Ewing on TV's _Dallas_
Kristen Shepard
46
The Bird Man of Alcatraz
Robert Stroud
47
The Unabomber
Ted Kazinsky
48
The Night Stalker
Richard Ramirez
49
The Hillside Strangler
Kenneth Bianchi
50
The Boston Strangler
Albert DeSalvo
51
Nickname of Ilich Arthur Sanchez
Carlos the Jackal
52
Nickname for .44 caliber killer David Berkowitz
Son of Sam (after a dog)
53
First American executed after 10 year hiatus - in 1977
Gary Gilmore (firing squad in Utah)
54
He was court-martialed for the My Lai massacre
Lt. William Calley
55
Killer of 30 young women - executed in Florida - 1989
Ted Bundy
56
Killer and cannibalizer of 17 men in Milwaukee
Jeffrey Dahmer
57
He shot Martin Luther King Jr.
James Earl Ray
58
Fake Howard Hughes biographer
Clifford Irving