Natural Born Outlaws

Al Capone is America's best known gangster and perhaps the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. The FBI branded the bootlegging kingpin America's “Public Enemy #1.

George Francis Barnes J, better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an Irish American gangster during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun.

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are among the most famous outlaws in history. Murderers and hold-up artists, the pair robbed numerous banks, gas stations and stores in rural areas and killed at least nine people during their spree.

John Dillinger was the most brazen of the infamous criminals of the Great Depression, and probably the most brutal. In 1933, Dillinger rampaged through the state of Indiana, stealing thousands from banks and murdering a dozen people.

Notorious criminal “Pretty Boy” Floyd was involved in over 30 bank robberies and perhaps as many as 20 murders. A folkloric hero to some, he became “Public Enemy #1” after John Dillinger was shot.

Lester M. Gilis, aka "Baby Face Nelson," began his crime career at an early age in a street gang in the Chicago slums. He was given the nickname "Baby Face" by his gang members because he looked much younger than he actually was.

Bruce Reynolds was a career criminal who, looking for his defining moment, planned a daring train robbery in 1963. Reynolds secretly organised a gang of 15 men to bring down a Royal Mail train carrying over two million pounds in cash.

Twin brothers Ronald "Ronnie" Kray and Reginald "Reggie" Kray were English gangsters who were the foremost perpetrators of organized crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 60s.