"Creepy" Alvin Karpis | Natural Born Outlaws | True Crime Central

Alvin Francis Karpis, a Depression-era gangster nicknamed "Creepy" for his sinister smile and called "Ray" by his gang members, was a Canadian-born criminal of Lithuanian descent known for being a leader of the Barker-Karpis gang in the 1930s. Karpis led the gang along with Fred Barker and Arthur "Doc" Barker
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[@heysomeone0310]

This was Brilliant! The actor playing Karpis keeps is moving

[@sidviciousness7469]

My favorite gangster of all time He was a Lithuanian blood and spoke the language when at home with his parents. That drove the FBI crazy. RIP Old Creepy.

[@rikijett310]

Karpis was, I think the longest serving inmate of Alcatraz. He was also the last inmate to leave.

[@danielmcmasters9825]

I had an uncle that was in Alcatraz at the same time as Alvin Karpas,said Ma Barker couldn't plan breakfast let alone a kidnapping.

[@amberspaulding]

I know. She was just cover for the boys' activities. And she could be a sort of landlady for pals of the gang-- which I think brought money in.

[@KyleShiflet13666]

Yeah, the FBI made up the story of Ma being the leader of the gang to justify why they'd killed an elderly woman

[@johnstirling6597]

"Why do you rob banks?". "Because that's where the money is" !!!

[@marypatten9655]

Totally loved how this story of American crime history was told. Thank you so very much. God bless

[@lisahughes4746]

Oh I really do hope that there is going to be some more of these Natural Born Outlaws videos, because I really enjoyed watching them 👍🤞🤞👍

[@lindaarrington9397]

I really like this. Keep falling asleep and watching. Then fall asleep

[@JayCity10]

He was the Butch Cassidy of the Depression Era Gangs. A brilliant but ruthless force of nature.

[@johnmchugh7872]

Thanks ! Really enjoyed your video. Better than many other true crime doc.s which repeat the same facts 2 or three times. This was educational and entertaining. Cheer's !

[@lindaarrington9397]

Agree

[@Abdiep]

So that J.Edgar Hoover could have bragging rights, he was called-in to capture “Creepy Karpis” who the G-Men had already arrested. Reality is, Hoover and his right hand man were “hush-hush” long term lovers.

[@Wooley689]

I like the way this was done, kept it moving and interesting, never a dull moment.

[@Citrusfruits50]

My grandfather was in first grade w/ him.. Wow I’m old!! 😳

[@taylorlibby7642]

Alvin Karpis taught Charles Manson how to play guitar when they were in the same prison.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Tnx for info Birds of a feather.right

[@janetrawlings1691]

Fun fact🤔😳🤫

[@Donny.C.wlWilliams]

@lindaarrington9397 birds of a feather is a reach a long reach from a text book delusional sickopath . These are men with views and stood on principal for the times they lived in

[@thomasswafford250]

I knew that.

[@gcrav]

Damn, you beat me to it! That prison was McNeill Island Federal Penitentiary, near Tacoma, Washington. IIRC McNeill was also where Manson was introduced to Scientology, whose mind control techniques he borrowed. A little federal rap paid off big time for Charlie.

[@mattlawrence1932]

This was the only man to meet every famous bank robber of the 1930's (public enemies) , Al Capone & was also cellmates later on with a young Charles Manson

[@OscarOffTheCuff]

I always loved studying the 30s outlaws. Karpis was my favorite.

[@susanmenegus5543]

This is the first time I have heard of karpis I like him.

[@adriantowe278]

If you get time karpis did a interview and he tells his story it's on KZbin

[@normanpearson8753]

Not Dillinger , or B&Clyde?

[@OscarOffTheCuff]

@@normanpearson8753 nope.

[@cz75shadow2]

Or Baby face ✌🏼​@@normanpearson8753

[@davec.3129]

I liked the re-enactments . Guess cause I grew up on comic books and Cagney and Bogart films. One of my favorite series this Natural Born Outlaws

[@marieyatestaylor5732]

Great Series! Thanx for these presentations!

[@linneab8317]

I like the forensic aspect of this recounting.

[@anyjojinkerson6107]

Karpis taught Manson the guitar

[@asullivan4047]

2 low life diabolical 😈 excrement bags.

[@guytwombly2955]

?

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

Alvin "Creepy" Karpis taught Charles Manson how to play guitar. True story.

[@redcloudshaman2509]

Now that's some interesting trivia. Thanks David!

[@tammyh.5258]

Love these!

[@alyenestephens4473]

Crazy, Hoover was the biggest criminal at that time

[@prevost8686]

And the current FBI is carrying on his tradition. Armed thugs for Liberal Democrats.

[@davidhewson8605]

Alyen . Why all work for peace . All of us are Gods . ❤❤ Dave.

[@jackhowland3737]

And the FBI continues Hoovers traditions. Who has Epstein's List & Vids? Who has Ghilane Maxwell's List? Who has Diddy's List & Vids? Who has Hunter's (3) Laptops? Who has Heidi Fleisi's Little Black Book? Who paid out 17 million dollars in Hush Money for Members of Congress? If you said FBI, Winner Winner Chicken Dinner🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂

[@durwinpocha2488]

"I've got it all. And, nothing to lose"..... Alvin K.

[@muttonchopsgayever]

32:10 I’m sure I’m not the only one to immediately think of Barney Fife and Sheriff Taylor getting mixed up with Daphne and Skippy…..

[@emilyrauwerdink3451]

😂😂😂 LOL "Fun Girl"

[@ypaulbrown]

this is great, was not sure about it the way it started, but very well done, I have read about Karpis, and found him interesting.....well done video.....an old man living in Florida, Paul

[@noahm4464]

Absolutely the Best True Crime I have ever seen. Congratulations amazing. The Crime "comic book" style caught the abeounce of the 30's dark with highlight of color. The casting acting and quality of overall production. Better than "Hollywood." Amazing@

[@ashg7219]

Did you mean "ambience"?

[@partygrove5321]

It was well and professionally made with a good budget too. The days of the home made YT videos are over.

[@partygrove5321]

@@ashg7219 Did you mean "ambiance"?

[@ashg7219]

@@partygrove5321 both are correct spelling.

[@lulug4283]

One gangster I've not heard of before. 👍

[@sarahbrown9293]

Great video. I really loved the human aspect and happenstance perspective. You really see mean, method, opportunity, and more important the cultural perspective of each participant in this piece. Thank you for your hard work and diligence... you made this entertaining and that's really hard to do.

[@kevinjohnson620]

Ccx🎉,,❤😂🎉🎉bb the H. Lx l 88. Xchhhk. acaß is emergency owner 😅v c. 😊

[@haroldfadorka3816]

During the early 80's I recall reading a series of editorials about the Ma Barker gang and their bullet ending demise. The local Newspaper where she and her son were killed said it was noticed at the funeral home her skin was as thick as leather. Portraying her as a rough and tough female. A lot of embellishments are noted after the fact.

[@mellie9633]

I luv that 'this was breaking edge technology' the punch card system. I learned data entry on a very similar machine but a little more updated...but not by much

[@kevinstaggs5048]

Very good video. Informative and entertaining. I will look for more.

[@lindaarrington9397]

I really love these old stories and especially about gangsters .. They were so,, well gangster ... But thank you for posting this. I will enjoy it. I'm just starting.. I always like your videos ..stay safe

[@yk7408]

Ay linda sounds like you fantasise over a bad boy. No good

[@derrickwest2576]

Before he was arrested in New Orleans, in November of 1935 Karpis and his gang robbed the Erie Train of Garrettsville in Ohio,Karpis was expecting to grab 200,000 but only left with a lousy 34,000. Then taking a plane to Hot Springs.

[@alvankarpas6245]

Good job and well done...

[@myportal8512]

Great story!

[@johnrumsby7985]

Very classy work

[@mikeoneil5770]

If you can ever find it, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you read Alvin Karpis’ Autobiography, it’s a CLASSIC in True Crime literature..

[@OscarOffTheCuff]

Is it “On The Rock” ??? I just started it today

[@kevstacey8639]

@@OscarOffTheCuff Mike means Public Enemy Number One: The Alvin Karpis Story.

[@jamescorlett5272]

Karpis couldn't admit much for fear of arrest - it was Karpis who panicked and killed the sheriff in Missouri 30 / 31 - he blamed ol Freddie.

[@lulassong6524]

EXCELLENT

[@hollyfarr7209]

Fantastic find!

[@jamesmcclure3907]

Great tale

[@toddadams8420]

the actor that plays karpis looks like james cromwell

[@asullivan4047]

INTERESTING/INFORMATIVE/ENTERTAINING .Never thought much of diabolical Karpis.

[@vikmarisco5679]

Uncle Al..my personal favorite

[@michealschmidt908]

Throughout watching this i couldn’t get the fact out of my mind that they had their fingerprints shaved off with a razor

[@aprylrittenhouse4562]

Carpis also played a part in another huge crime. By teaching Charly Manson the guitar he ensured that music would play a huge part in the Tate, labianca murdets.murders. had they not met, Manson would never have met Doris days producer son who then screwed Manson out of copyrights. Manson guitar playing was mesmerizing to those young girls. It was his ticket into their pants as well as their minds.

[@saltycreole2673]

Too bad you're was no reenactment of J Edgar Hoover as a crossdressing homosexual who was essentially married to his second in command. That would've done enders for the LGBTQRST+GYNOPAPSMEAR Comunity.

[@alvankarpas6245]

The Gold Dust Twins, Clive and John

[@janetrawlings1691]

Very good never heard of him.🤔😳

[@peterm1826]

Alvin creepy Karpis taught Charlie Manson to play the guitar

[@DenitaArnold]

Sad that Alvin is now known as the guy to taught Manson how to play guitar?

[@kevinsysyn4487]

I don't dare comment. KZbin might delete my channel if I insult Karpis' memory.

[@amberspaulding]

Yes, it's funny how everybody comments in a uniform way and a dogma develops.

[@patrickcork9358]

Excellent Video Using Pictures from the 30s Everything

[@raymondkaufmann3167]

Alvin was the baddest man to ever live great video

[@tracyengle7829]

Surprised that creepy didn't think of asking someone if they had change for a bill or exchange a bill here and there with someone else.

[@lulassong6524]

BRILLIANT!

[@shraman108]

Why does Topeka-raised Canadian Alvin Karpis have a southern accent? There are interviews recorded with the man. He has no accent.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

Definitely an improvement over the tired Dineage paradigm.

[@stevenparsons2391]

When are they gonna do one about homer van meter

[@partygrove5321]

A lot of those gangsters used .30 cal Gov BARs because they packed way more punch than a .45 ACP Tommy Gun.

[@lisapop5219]

They want to stay quiet but kidnapped a high profile rich guy? Doesn't sound too smart imho

[@GrumpysAdventures]

Can you please do ruthless gangster BabyFace Nelson next

[@jamesl9371]

Thank goodness for the FBI and technology

[@robinluck2922]

He (according to his and Charlie Mason's books) taught Manson to play guitar. Not any accomplishment, just an odd fact...

[@Larkinchance]

tone down the dramatic drum circle

[@icjonezbutgod]

This was a good story... I could've done without the re-enactment actors but I liked the cartoons in between. The story so old they have no real video footage I assume. But for career criminals & gang, they did a great job of storytelling.

[@johncervantes7707]

Learn something new everyday

[@williamschlenger1518]

They covered him on old tv show The Untouchables

[@GeraldWood-ig9rw]

I believe he taught Manson too play guitar 🎸 🤣

[@jamescorlett5272]

Fred Ma and Karpis were tipped off by a cop just before they were raided i can't recall where but it didn't stop Freddie from going to pay the ice bill before hitting the road his name is still in the book there to this day - pretty chilled or what .

[@21stCenturyComm]

Too dumb to simply steal a license plate while vacationing in Atlantic City. Ladies and gentlemen, I present Alvin Karpis, criminal mastermind.

[@JamesSmith-ph7sp]

Karpis taught Charlie mason to play guitar

[@captainsidneymicrodot8385]

Karpis taught Charles Manson to play guitar in Alcatraz. If I'm not mistaken.

[@BrucePerkins-mc3hp]

They met at McNeil Island Penitentiary not Alcatraz. It closed in 1963

[@calvinnewborn8452]

He went to prison for the wrong crime. and he was Hoover first and only arrest?

[@tomitstube]

interesting, how fingerprint technology and being able to track unmarked bills would get them... not sure how being the only one without fingerprints is going to help you, they'd at least know it was one of them. cutting your fingertips off must have been extremely painful, a lot of nerves in your fingertips.

[@jamesl9371]

I don’t know why they didn’t leave the country and go to a Caribbean island 🏝️

[@darrickmalloy6909]

Who is your animator?

[@michaelcampin1464]

I thought her name was Ma Baker????

[@DrGarri]

Good documentary, but the excessive over acting lowers the seriousness of it all.

[@darrickmalloy6909]

Ole Alvin gave them hell.🤓

[@wildbirdbuffetfrenzy4161]

Creepy.:.

[@davidwhite4874]

The banks were/are the enemy. Karpis ain't so creepy in my book.

[@susanmenegus5543]

I agree 👍.

[@michaelarchangel1163]

I still don't know how the members of Boney M can sleep, after releasing that song called Ma Baker ! Maybe they're all dead and sleep is no longer a requirement.

[@allsouls5997]

Today the creeps prosper

[@gregwatson8219]

Nice but they all live in B& C world today

[@loretta_3843]

Splitting $100k back then and getting away with it, you'd never have to work again (not that they're "working" types). That's a lot of money! Why didn't they quit while ahead?

[@RussFinnessy-Cook]

Love the scripts, animation is “o.k.”, direction is abysmal - all the acting is about 50% over the top. Maybe casting is just weak ! Great concept , execution is uneven at best. The experts/historians are great. Keep working at it !

[@nancyfahey7518]

The police at that day were cringy

[@alvankarpas6245]

News flash... They still are! ;-)

[@mr.sherlockholmes6130]

Karpis sadly by teaching Charlie Manson to play the steel guitar which lead to the Manson murders , because Charlie used that to go into a want to be Rock star and what eventually lead to the death of Sharon Tate . Small World!!!!

[@waltermyalls9394]

alvin a canadian boy.

[@boydgrandy5769]

Hoover was a mamma's boy and a closeted homosexual. He made mistakes early on, overstepping his place in the pecking order, too eager for publicity. He learned, however. Once he got the FBI situated where he wanted it, and naturally himself, he spent as many FBI resources digging up dirt on just about every politician, from the 30's until he died in 1973, as the Agency spent on any criminal investigation. Using that information as a blackmailer would to keep his supposed bosses in line, he became immune to dismissal. This is the same guy that swore there was no such thing as a nation wide criminal organization, until he was slapped in the face by the big meet of the mob bosses at Apalachin NY in 1957. The FBI did not become corrupt in the 21st century. It was always so.

[@rogergriffin9893]

Yes, during the JFK assassination the conspirators supposedly got Hoover's cooperation because they were able to blackmail him. The man who had a blackmail file on every important person allowed them to get pictures of him and Clyde Tolson(his boyfriend) dressed up in women's clothes at some party. So he made sure nobody in the FBI found out about the assassination ahead of time. And afterwards he coordinated the cover-up. The actual evidence of a cover-up is overwhelming. The proof of a conspiracy is a little harder but it's there as well. That's when the military/industrial complex, the intelligence community, the big banks and corporate America staged a coup d'etat to take power away from the American people. It's been all downhill since then.

[@mwblackbelt]

That lady narrator sounds like a gun moll stereotype

[@jackhowland3737]

They all sound like that in New Joisy, all of them😊

[@ANTINUTZI]

... I gave up comic books when I grew pubic hair.

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

This is the story of ma Baker the meanest cat from old Chicago town She was the meanest cat In old Chicago town She was the meanest cat She really mowed them down She had no heart at all No no no heart at all She was the meanest cat For she was really tough She left her husband flat He wasn't tough enough She took her boys along 'Cause they were mean and strong. From the Boney M song Ma Baker 😛

[@dereksmith4177]

It doesn't say the year he died or how old he was That's disapionting

[@williamschlenger1518]

They should have stuck with robing banks.😊

[@meandego]

Karpis is Lithuanian surname

[@alvankarpas6245]

It was actually Karpowicz. Karpis was a shortened version his teacher used because she could not say his Lithuanian name.

[@meandego]

@@alvankarpas6245 Kaprowicz is a Polish surname, but if you shorten it to Karpis then it sounds Lithuanian.

[@alvankarpas6245]

@@meandego be that as it may, in his autobiography he says his family is Lithuanian. So if I gotta go by something, I'll go with the horse's mouth. :⁠-⁠)

[@gcrav]

@@alvankarpas6245 A Polish-sounding Lithuanian name makes sense, given that Poland and Lithuania were one country for a couple of hundred years.

[@LutherMahoney]

How come he never fled to Cuba or Canada?

[@alvankarpas6245]

He did go to Cuba with Delores Delaney and stayed there until some of the Bremer ransom money turned up in one of the casinos. Then Havana was crawling with Treasury and FBI agents. He saved much of his takings over the years and kept it in several different banks in Duluth, Minn. Which was an indication that he had plans of returning home to Canada one day. Which he did.

[@LutherMahoney]

@@alvankarpas6245 Ohhhhh ty for the update!

[@alvankarpas6245]

@@LutherMahoney yw friend, my pleasure

[@jackflack4253]

Too bad the wrong person fried in the lindbergh case. Ah but Lindy was a national hero, him getting fried for killing his own kid, wouldnt work for the crossdresser head of fbi

[@alvankarpas6245]

Just one more chapter in the fastidious work of the Gold Dust Twins. Add to that the Palmer Raids, the wrong Dillinger, the executions of Ma and Freddy and Pretty Boy, and they keep the tradition alive with Richard Jewell...

[@calcallaghan2698]

it was known as the barker gang nothing else ...

[@alx110]

Re-enactments are always so cringey

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

Especially the new Al capone one 🤣

[@alx110]

@@Jason.cbr1000rr thought that was the best one tbh

[@freethinker1378]

@@alx110 I agree. It’s easy to ignore the cringe factor because it’s a way to go back in time and experience true crime at time that’s unfamiliar.

[@gregwatson8219]

This man so underrated as criminal mastermind. Even Dillenger could learn from. him. He even met Bonnie & Clyde!!

[@hollyfarr7209]

True true

[@OLDSKOOLRAVER1]

😁