Behind the Bastards

Ma' Barker: A Doting Mother And Gangster Overlord

In Episode 93, Robert is joined by Emily Yoshida (Night Call Podcast) to discuss Ma Barker, the notorious leader of the Barker Gang.FOOTNOTES:
<a href="https://vault.fbi.gov/barker-karpis-gang">Barker/Karpis Gang</a>
<a href="https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3742&amp;context=flstud_pub">The day 'Ma' Barker was slain in Florida</a>
<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-10-19-8603190027-story.html">TOWN WHERE MA BARKER DIED SURE THAT ALLIGATOR DID HER IN</a>
<a href="https://www.mnopedia.org/thing/oconnor-layover-agreement">O'Connor Layover Agreement</a>
<a href="https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2015/11/crooks-haven-gangster-era-st-paul/">Crooks’ haven: The gangster era in St. Paul</a>
<a href="https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/october/floyd_101609">‘Pretty Boy’ Falls</a>
<a href="https://oklahoman.com/article/2392514/pretty-boy-floyds-life-crimes-retold">Pretty Boy Floyd's Life, Crimes Retold</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K3K5T5M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">Ma Barker: America's Most Wanted Mother</a>
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-terrible-rise-and-subsequent-spectacular-fall-of-1725070298">The Terrible Rise (and Subsequent Spectacular Fall) of the Barker/Karpis Gang</a>
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.