| This "butcher of Uganda" attacked Tanzania in 1978, but his forces were routed & he fled into exile |
Idi Amin |
200 |
February 20, 2019 |
| The prison break of 2 murderers named Matt & Sweat is dramatized in TV's "Escape at" this place in New York state |
Dannemora |
600 |
February 20, 2019 |
| Nicknamed the "Angel of Death", serial killer Charles Cullen committed his crimes while employed as one of these |
a nurse |
800 |
February 20, 2019 |
| Rosemary & Leno LaBianca were murdered on his orders |
Manson |
1000 |
February 20, 2019 |
| Notorious weapons dealer Adnan Khashoggi was a key figure in this 1986 scandal that saw 1,500 missiles head to Tehran |
the Iran-Contra scandal |
|
February 20, 2019 |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) You need more people than there are in the world to keep it going forever, so eventually, there are no new investors to add funds & you get the devastating collapse of the pyramid scheme, named for this Italian man |
(Charles) Ponzi |
200 |
October 3, 2016 |
| One of the 2 types of targets that Ted Kaczynski focused on; they made up the first 3 letters of "Unabomber" |
universities (or airplanes) |
400 |
October 3, 2016 |
| In the 2015 movie "Legend", Tom Hardy played these 1960s twin Cockney gangsters |
the Kray brothers |
600 |
October 3, 2016 |
| Alexander Pichushkin was branded this "Killer" after claiming 61 murders in Russia; he was 3 short of his goal |
the Chessboard Killer |
800 |
October 3, 2016 |
| She was one of a handful of known female pirates; her last name meant "pretty" to the Scots |
Anne Bonny |
1000 |
October 3, 2016 |
| This young outlaw escaped from a New Mexico jail on April 28, 1881; a bullet ended his run on July 14 of that year |
Billy the Kid |
200 |
January 11, 2016 |
| Anna Sage, the "Lady in Red", was with this bank robber at the Biograph Theater in Chicago, where he was shot to death |
(John) Dillinger |
400 |
January 11, 2016 |
| Convinced she was wrongly accused, President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, known by this name during WWII |
Tokyo Rose |
800 |
January 11, 2016 |
| In 1947, as this mobster was killed in California, pals of Meyer Lansky walked in & took over the Flamingo in Vegas--hmm |
(Bugsy) Siegel |
1000 |
January 11, 2016 |
| This 1962 film made convicted murderer-turned-ornithologist Robert Stroud a household name |
<i>Birdman of Alcatraz</i> |
|
January 11, 2016 |
| Author Patricia Cornwell says without a doubt that this killer was 19th century English painter Walter Sickert |
Jack the Ripper |
200 |
November 1, 2002 |
| In 1890 William Kemmler, who had killed his mistress, became the first convict to be executed this way |
electrocution |
400 |
November 1, 2002 |
| In the '70s in New York, David Berkowitz went by this infamous nickname |
"Son of Sam" |
600 |
November 1, 2002 |
| In 1935 she & her favorite son Fred died during a shootout with FBI agents |
Ma Barker |
800 |
November 1, 2002 |
| Perhaps the most famous gangster of all & the worst he got nailed for was income tax evasion in 1931 |
Al Capone |
200 |
February 27, 2002 |
| In the movie "From Hell" Johnny Depp investigates this 19th century serial murderer |
Jack the Ripper |
400 |
February 27, 2002 |
| This Manson family member "squeaked" by until 1975 when she attempted to assassinate President Ford |
"Squeaky" Fromme |
600 |
February 27, 2002 |
| This notorious Ugandan president has been in exile since 1979 |
Idi Amin |
800 |
February 27, 2002 |
| Tests proved that the remains of a man who drowned in Brazil in 1979 were those of this notorious Nazi doctor |
Josef Mengele |
1000 |
February 27, 2002 |
| This pair were killed in an ambush set up by ex-Texas Ranger Frank Hamer May 23, 1934 |
Bonnie & Clyde |
100 |
October 28, 1999 |
| A 1934 headline read, he "used wooden gun to escape" |
John Dillinger |
200 |
October 28, 1999 |
| Arthur Bremer stalked Richard Nixon before stalking & shooting this Alabama governor |
George Wallace |
300 |
October 28, 1999 |
| New England criminal seen here in 1973 with some of the jewelry, including chokers, he made in prison: |
Albert DeSalvo ("The Boston Strangler") |
400 |
October 28, 1999 |
| Arrested over 30 times, she paid her fines with profits from selling souvenir hatchets with her name on them |
Carrie Nation |
500 |
October 28, 1999 |
| He was an employee of the Texas School Book Depository when he shot JFK from its 6th floor |
Oswald |
100 |
September 3, 1996 |
| He established a commune for his "family" on the Spahn Ranch outside Los Angeles |
(Charles) Manson |
200 |
September 3, 1996 |
| Alvin "Creepy" Karpis holds the record for time served on this "rock" — 28 years |
Alcatraz |
300 |
September 3, 1996 |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre broke the power of this Chicago gangster nicknamed "Bugs" |
George "Bugsy" Moran |
400 |
September 3, 1996 |
| Ramon Mercader, who killed this Russian in Mexico in 1940, died in Havana in 1978 |
Trotsky |
500 |
September 3, 1996 |
| Many consider the gunfight at this Arizona site outright murder by the Earps |
the OK Corral |
100 |
October 9, 1995 |
| Affer a murder attempt in 1925, John Torrio turned over control of his Chicago mob to this man |
Al Capone |
200 |
October 9, 1995 |
| This assassin of RFK avoided execution when the Calif. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment |
Sirhan Sirhan |
300 |
October 9, 1995 |
| In 1939 columnist Walter Winchell arranged the surrender of Lepke Buchalter to this FBI chief |
J. Edgar Hoover |
400 |
October 9, 1995 |
| Mass murderer Albert DeSalvo was known as this city's "Strangler" |
Boston |
500 |
October 9, 1995 |
| From about 1873 to 1890, the famous feud between these 2 mountain families was at its worst |
the Hatfields & McCoys |
100 |
September 21, 1995 |
| William & Emily Harris, kidnappers of this newspaper heiress, were paroled in 1983 |
Patty Hearst |
200 |
September 21, 1995 |
| In 1971 Clifford Irving received $750.000 from McGraw-Hill for a fake autobiography of this man |
Howard Hughes |
300 |
September 21, 1995 |
| In 1849 this U.S. city's bloody Astor Place riots began as a dispute over a performance of "Macbeth" |
New York |
400 |
September 21, 1995 |
| Murderer Albert DeSalvo, known by this nickname, was stabbed to death in a Massachusetts prison in 1973 |
the Boston Strangler |
500 |
September 21, 1995 |
| In 1994, after over 4 years in prison, this televangelist moved to an Asheville, N.C. halfway house |
Jim Bakker |
100 |
May 3, 1995 |
| This term for the nation's worst criminal was coined to describe John Dillinger |
Public Enemy Number One |
200 |
May 3, 1995 |
| Criminal George Moran earned this nickname for his strange behavior |
Bugs |
300 |
May 3, 1995 |
| In May 1994, after 14 years on death row, this serial killer was executed in Illinois |
John Wayne Gacy |
400 |
May 3, 1995 |
| In 1993 a 51-day standoff at this cult's headquarters near Waco ended with about 80 dead |
the Branch Davidians |
500 |
May 3, 1995 |
| On Jan, 3, 1993 2 TV movies about this "Long Island Lolita" aired opposite each other |
Amy Fisher |
100 |
March 30, 1995 |
| General Schwarzkopf's father headed the N.J. State Police during this 1932 kidnapping investigation |
the Lindbergh kidnapping |
200 |
March 30, 1995 |
| James A. Johnston was the first warden of this notorious federal prison in San Francisco Bay |
Alcatraz |
300 |
March 30, 1995 |
| He retired from crime shortly after the death of his brother Jesse in 1882 |
Frank James |
400 |
March 30, 1995 |
| Pierre Laval was executed for his role in this WWII collaborationist French government |
the Vichy government |
500 |
March 30, 1995 |
| Frank Galluccio gave him the scar that earned him the nickname "Scarface" |
Al Capone |
100 |
November 16, 1994 |
| Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from this museum in 1911 & kept it for two years |
The Louvre |
200 |
November 16, 1994 |
| A reversed photo of this young outlaw started the legend that he was left-handed |
Billy the Kid |
300 |
November 16, 1994 |
| The real name of this assassin assassin was Jacob Rubenstein |
Jack Ruby |
400 |
November 16, 1994 |
| A county courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts was the site of this infamous 1921 trial |
The trial of Sacco & Vanzetti |
500 |
November 16, 1994 |
| He was nicknamed "Scarface" & his brother Ralph, "Bottles" |
Al Capone |
100 |
December 1, 1992 |
| Over $11,000 of the ransom money paid in this case was found in Bruno Hauptmann's garage |
the Lindbergh baby kidnapping |
200 |
December 1, 1992 |
| The crime partner of Richard Loeb, he worked as a medical technician after being released from prison |
(Nathan) Leopold |
300 |
December 1, 1992 |
| Burglar Robert E. Burns wrote the book "I am a Fugitive from a Georgia" one of these |
a chain gang |
400 |
December 1, 1992 |
| This famous pair of robbers met their end near Gibsland, Louisiana in May 1934 |
Bonnie & Clyde |
500 |
December 1, 1992 |
| Legend says this emperor torched Rome because he had a burning desire for a bigger palace |
Nero |
100 |
February 13, 1992 |
| This "Pretty Boy" became something of a folk hero & was even mentioned in "The Grapes of Wrath" |
"Pretty Boy" Floyd |
200 |
February 13, 1992 |
| Cambridge alumni Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean were recruited as agents by this country |
USSR (Soviet Union) |
300 |
February 13, 1992 |
| Of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary or Thyme, the last name of the lady in red who set up Dillinger |
Anna Sage |
400 |
February 13, 1992 |
| Pearl Hart is known as the last person to rob one of these vehicles; she did it in 1899 |
stagecoach |
500 |
February 13, 1992 |
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100 |
January 30, 1992 |
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200 |
January 30, 1992 |
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300 |
January 30, 1992 |
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400 |
January 30, 1992 |
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500 |
January 30, 1992 |
| On March 21, 1963 the last 86 prisoners left this federal penitentiary by boat |
Alcatraz |
100 |
April 12, 1990 |
| "Godfather of Soul" who got 6 years in prison for aggravated assault & failure to stop for police |
James Brown |
200 |
April 12, 1990 |
| This punk rocker died before being tried for the '78 murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen |
Sid Vicious |
300 |
April 12, 1990 |
| 2 hours after she escaped from prison on February 5, 1979, this presidential assailant was recaptured |
Sara Moore |
400 |
April 12, 1990 |
| Producer W. Wanger shot agent J. Lang in 1951 over the affections of this actress, Wanger's wife |
Joan Bennett |
500 |
April 12, 1990 |
| American-born "Lord Haw-Haw" was hanged by the British for treasonous broadcasts during this war |
World War II |
100 |
January 5, 1989 |
| The notorious spy Kim Philby fled to this country in 1963 & died there in 1988 |
Soviet Union |
200 |
January 5, 1989 |
| Title character of this 1897 novel was based on Vlad Tepes, a cruel prince from Walachia, part of Romania |
<i>Dracula</i> |
300 |
January 5, 1989 |
| A slave named Tituba is often blamed for starting the hysteria in this village in 1692 |
Salem |
400 |
January 5, 1989 |
| Rodrigo, a member of this flagrant family became Pope Alexander VI in 1492 |
Borgias |
500 |
January 5, 1989 |
| Pirate who reportedly smuggled slaves into Louisiana using a blacksmith shop as a cover |
Jean Lafitte |
100 |
March 18, 1988 |
| "Bugsy" Siegel insisted on being called this, his real first name |
Benjamin |
200 |
March 18, 1988 |
| On October 5, 1892, this gang robbed 2 Coffeyville, Kansas banks at the same time |
Daltons |
300 |
March 18, 1988 |
| His famous treason trial took place in Richmond, VA. in 1807 |
Aaron Burr |
400 |
March 18, 1988 |
| Buck Barrow's baby brother |
Clyde Barrow |
500 |
March 18, 1988 |
| Dancer & spy whose famous alias meant "eye of the dawn" |
Mata Hari |
100 |
September 15, 1987 |
| "Anyone who sees & paints a sky green & pastures blue ought to be sterilized," said this Nazi |
Hitler |
200 |
September 15, 1987 |
| This Italian introduced the lottery to Paris in 1757, but was more famous for his seductions |
Casanova |
400 |
September 15, 1987 |
| This mistress of Louis XV was guillotined in 1789, even though she "was a lady" |
(Madame) du Barry |
500 |
September 15, 1987 |
| At the end of the opera featuring the following, this title character is killed with a dagger: "Torreador Song" plays |
Carmen |
|
September 15, 1987 |
| In 1939, murderer Eugene Weidmann became last person publicly executed in France in this way |
the guillotine |
100 |
July 8, 1987 |
| Some of Al Capone's men who carried out St. Valentine's Day Massacre were disguised as these |
police |
200 |
July 8, 1987 |
| Echoing "Family" philosophy, she said, "Anybody can kill anybody" just before failing to kill President Ford |
(Lynette) "Squeaky" Fromme |
400 |
July 8, 1987 |
| Only 4 of this family's 15 children were in Old West gang that gave family name notoriety |
the Daltons |
500 |
July 8, 1987 |
| Notorious deed in title of the following:"All around in my home town /They're trying to track me down /They say they want to bring me in guilty..." |
"I Shot The Sheriff" |
|
July 8, 1987 |
| Gangster Charles Arthur Floyd always carried a comb, though he hated this nickname |
Pretty Boy Floyd |
100 |
November 26, 1985 |
| In 1927, he set a still-standing record for gross income in a year at $105 million |
Al Capone |
200 |
November 26, 1985 |
| Would-be assassin of President Ford who said, "I'm sorry I missed" |
(Lynette) "Squeaky" Fromme |
300 |
November 26, 1985 |
| When his son was taken prisoner by the Germans in WWII, he refulsed an offer to exchange him |
Josef Stalin |
400 |
November 26, 1985 |
| "That feeling just came over me", said this "Boston Strangler" when asked why he did it |
Albert DeSalvo |
500 |
November 26, 1985 |
| He tried to get the underworld to call him "Big" George Nelson rather than this |
Baby Face Nelson |
100 |
October 24, 1985 |
| The Reno bros. pulled off America's 1st robbery of one of these, October 6, 1866 |
a train robbery |
200 |
October 24, 1985 |
| Even though Ann Bonney put down this "colorful" pirate, she took up his profession |
Blackbeard |
300 |
October 24, 1985 |
| When he arrested Alvin Karpis, public enemy #1, in 1936, he forgot to bring his handcuffs |
J. Edgar Hoover |
400 |
October 24, 1985 |
| Clarence Darrow defended these 2 teens who tried to commit the perfect murder in 1924 |
Leopold & Loeb |
500 |
October 24, 1985 |