BARKER GANG Ep. 6 | “Out of Time”
In 1934, time runs out for all the high-profile outlaws of the era. The Barker-Karpis Gang commits two more violent robberies – one disastro...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsSociety & Culture
Infamous America
Historical True Crime — assassins, gangsters, mobsters and lawmen; manhunts, scandals and unexplained phenomena. Stories of the wildest and darkest chapters of America's past.
Episodes
20 of 305 episodesBARKER GANG Ep. 5 | “The Hamm Kidnapping”
When two violent robberies lead to three murders and a loss of a gang member, Ma Barker begins to wonder if there might be a better way to m...
BARKER GANG Ep. 4 | “99 Problems”
After fleeing Missouri, Ma, Fred, and Alvin Karpis run to the criminal sanctuary of St. Paul, Minnesota. But shortly after they arrive, they...
BARKER GANG Ep. 3 | “I Shot The Sheriff”
With Herman Barker gone, and Lloyd Barker and Doc Barker in prison, Fred Barker restarts the Barker Gang with the help of his friend, Alvin...
BARKER GANG Ep. 2 | “Barker Bonnie and Clyde”
When Herman Barker, the eldest son, returns home from prison, he assumes leadership of a new gang. He gets married, despite Ma’s protests, a...
BARKER GANG Ep. 1 | “Born To Raise Hell”
In Missouri and Oklahoma, Ma Barker raises four sons to be outlaws like her idol Jesse James. They begin with petty crimes, and when they ge...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 3 | “April 11, 1986”
While FBI agents wait for information which might reveal the identity of one of the armed robbers they have been chasing for six months, the...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 2 | “Escalation”
After a robbery spree in October and November of 1985, Michael Platt and Bill Matix go dark until January of 1986. They return to their favo...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 1 | “Who are these guys?”
In October of 1985, two armed robbers, Michael Platt and Bill Matix, begin targeting banks and armored cars in broad daylight in South Miami...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 6 | “American Gangster”
Frank Lucas experiences a rough ride in the second half of the 1980s, and he hits rock bottom in the early 1990s. But when he is at his lowe...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 5 | “Mr. Untouchable”
In 1975, the law finally takes down Frank Lucas. Frank faces decades in prison, and he makes a decision to work with New Jersey prosecutor R...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 4 | “Superfly”
Hard times arrive for Frank Lucas’s heroin business. In the early 1970s, Harlem gangsters start dying, disappearing, or going to prison as a...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 3 | “The Golden Triangle”
After Bumpy Johnson dies, Frank Lucas travels to Bangkok, Thailand and sets up a powerful heroin operation. Frank’s new gang, nicknamed the...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 2 | “The Big Track Robbery”
Bumpy Johnson, the Godfather of Harlem, goes to prison after the betrayal by Flash Walker. While Bumpy serves time at Alcatraz, Frank Lucas...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 1 | “Godfather of Harlem”
Before Frank Lucas is a household name in Harlem, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson runs the city. During the Prohibition and Depression eras, Bumpy...
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 3 | “1990s: Primary Suspects”
As a police task force revisits evidence from one of the murders in the 1980s, the next series of crimes begins in the same area of Texas th...
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 2 | “1980s: Calder Road”
After a pause, the disappearances begin again in 1983 when Heide Fye vanishes after using a payphone in League City, Texas. A year later, La...
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 1 | “1970s: Galveston 11”
In the summer of 1971, outside of Houston, Texas, Claire Wilson is six minutes late to pick up her 13-year-old daughter, Colette, after band...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 6 | “Code 4: No Further Assistance”
Members of the SWAT team confront the remaining robber and finally end the North Hollywood Shootout. Elements of the 44-minute gunbattle spa...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 5 | “A New Danger”
The shootout moves into a residential neighborhood, and the LAPD organizes the rescue of injured officers and civilians. One of the robbers...