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Juanita Spinelli Facts

Evelita Juanita Spinelli (October 17, 1889 – November 22, 1941) nicknamed The Duchess, was the first woman to be executed by the state of California. She was a gangster and ex-wrestler.

Thomas DeSimone Facts

Thomas Anthony DeSimone (May 24, 1950 – disappeared January 14, 1979), also known as Two-Gun Tommy or Tommy D, was a Sicilian-American gangster and associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York. DeSimone was a grandson and nephew of Los Angele

Baby Face Nelson Facts

Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known under the pseudonym George Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was better known as Baby Face Nelson, a name given to him due to his youthful appearance and smal

Pretty Boy Floyd Facts

Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) was an American bank robber. He operated in the Midwest and West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. Like most other

Owney Madden Facts

Owen Vincent Madden, known as Owney Madden and nicknamed “The Killer” (December 18, 1891 – April 24, 1965) was a leading underworld figure in Manhattan, most notable for his involvement in organized crime during Prohibition. He also ran the famous

Dilip Buwa Facts

Dilip Buwa (1966-1991) was a notorious Indian gangster who used to work for the D-Company, an international crime syndicate of the Mumbai underworld led by the don, Dawood Ibrahim. He was killed in an encounter at the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootou

Fred Burke Facts

“Fred “Killer” Burke (May 29, 1893 – July 10, 1940) was a Midwestern armed robber and contract killer respon

Machine Gun Kelly Facts

George Francis Barnes Jr. (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known as “Machine Gun Kelly”, was an Ameri

Sam Giancana Facts

Salvatore “Mooney Sam” Giancana (born Salvatore Giangana; June 15, 1908 – June 19, 1975), better known as Sa

Al Capone Facts

Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone (/æl kəˈpoʊn/; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an American gangst