PATTY HEARST Ep. 1 | “The SLA”
On February 4, 1974, strangers burst into the college apartment of Patty Hearst and kidnap her at gunpoint. While she begins her stay in captivity, she learns about her kidnappers. They are a ragtag c...
14 Feb 202433min
UPDATE | “Summer of 1876” Event Announcements!
Join us for two upcoming events in 2024 about Chris’s book, “The Summer of 1876” February 2, 2024 – 2:00-3:00pm Presentation 3:00pm Book Signing Scottsdale, Arizona Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museu...
24 Jan 20245min
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 6 | “Public Enemy No. 1”
Shortly after the Little Bohemia shootout, the celebrity criminals of the 1930s start to experience a reckoning. They fall one by one: Bonnie and Clyde, then John Dillinger, then Pretty Boy Floyd. In ...
17 Jan 202437min
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 5 | “The Little Bohemia Shootout”
After two robberies that featured gun battles, the Nelson-Dillinger gang needs some time to cool off. Baby Face Nelson heads out west to do a little business, and then reunites with the gang at the Li...
10 Jan 202437min
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 4 | “The Dillinger Connection”
After the messy Grand Haven job, Baby Face Nelson looks for a new crew. It’s the fall of 1933 and newspaper headlines are dominated by the most infamous criminals of the era: Bonnie and Clyde, George ...
3 Jan 202434min
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 3 | “The Grand Haven Heist”
Baby Face Nelson flees to the West Coast to avoid a manhunt in the Midwest. He works for prominent gamblers in Reno, Nevada and a bootlegger in California, but he misses his family in Chicago. He meet...
27 Dec 202334min
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 2 | “Escalation”
Lester Gillis – known as George Nelson, nicknamed Baby Face Nelson – wants to graduate from home invasion to bank robbery. His crew targets small-town banks with varying degrees of success, and their ...
20 Dec 202333min
BABY FACE NELSON Ep. 1 | “Home Invasion”
Lester Gillis shows a restless spirit at a young age and soon begins his criminal career with a gang that specializes in home invasions. His crew makes a name for itself during Chicago’s crime wave of...
13 Dec 202332min
