E11 Lester Gillis aka Babyface Nelson

Lester Gillis is better known as “Baby Face Nelson.” In this episode, the brothers discuss the brutality inflicted by a guy who can only be described as evil. Once dubbed Public Enemy Number One, Gillis is responsible for murdering more FBI agents than anybody else in history.

Below are various resources that we reviewed in preparation for this episode:

 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lester-gillis-baby-face-nelson

 

https://www.nndb.com/people/870/000205255/

 

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2004/november/nelson_112904

 

https://vault.fbi.gov/George%20%28Baby%20Face%29%20Nelson

 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/wall-of-honor/w-carter-baum

 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/wall-of-honor/samuel-p-cowley

 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/wall-of-honor/herman-e-hollis

 

https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-lessons-at-little-bohemia/view

 

https://www.architecture.org/news/historic-chicago/time-traveling-to-1908-chicago/

 

https://time.com/4543241/world-series-chicago-cubs-1908-history/

 

http://historicalgmen.squarespace.com/agents-of-the-30s-biographie

 

https://www.biography.com/crime/baby-face-nelson

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Baby-Face-Nelson-American-gangster

 

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5095375#:~:text=Gillis%20aka%20%22Baby%20Face%22%20Nelson,shootout%20on%20November%2027%2C%201934.

 

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