When people think of organized crime, the cities of Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York come to mind, but the state of Missouri has produced a long list of high profile criminals known across the nation. In fact, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, and Fred "Killer" Burke—all high on the FBI's most wanted list—had ties to the state.
In
Gangsters, Outlaws and Mobsters – A Missouri History of Twentieth Century Crimes and Criminals
, retired ATF agent and author David True details the true stories of the state's most notorious criminals.
Missouri native David True, who grew up in the shadow of the St. Louis underworld, has compiled an exhaustive list of Missouri's most notorious criminals based upon three decades of research and insider knowledge from investigating gangland crimes and criminals.
Read
Gangsters, Outlaws and Mobsters
and see the dark side of Missouri too disturbing to be discussed in travel guides!