Machine Gun Kelly: Prohibition Devil | Natural Born Outlaws | Crime Stories

Before the rapper was around, the original Machine Gun Kelly was the one of the most wanted men of the prohibition era.
Infamous villains the likes of Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby face Nelson show how hard, mean and desperate you have to be to earn the title of Public enemy.
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[@jimburg621]

@08:39...LOL Hoovers dress hanging on the wall....too funny. well played.

[@seanalexander9373]

My dad picked that up and I immediately went to the comments to see if someone else did too lol

[@ThePlayboyLen]

The caricature of J. Edgar Hoover on the telephone in his bedroom, alone... and a female nightgown hanging on a hook behind him is priceless 😆

[@MrBobthebird]

I noticed that very subtle, Ha Ha🤣

[@toddadams8420]

i caught that too and rushed to the comments😜😜😜

[@hquinn8635]

So you learned about the rumors too 🤣🤣😭

[@wendellthayne2509]

I missed that. I’ll have to go back and watch.

[@markminter3960]

@@hquinn8635 you believe it’s not true?

[@hquinn8635]

"She grew up in an Oklahoma brothel, where apparently she did more than just make the eggs" .....the shade 🤣🤣🤣

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

Why bank robbery is a crime is beyond me!😂😂😂

[@LifeHacksDaily365]

Everything got insurance cover 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marvelltuggle8751]

His wife talked him into doing all that!! I'm from Memphis and I came up hearing about him and went to the school he went to in Memphis.

[@davidcastleberry2941]

They're Show boating. him. More than they should be. You are. correct his wife talking? Most of it? He was not that smart.

[@justjoe942]

What was that you all drew into the panel of Hoover's bedroom, hanging on the wall behind him? You cheeky devils; made me laugh, thanks. I Subscribed with that one.

[@editingkinga]

Nice production. good acting, graphics, images, details, narrative... Super sharp.

[@JayCity10]

As was the gangsters, and the time they lived in.

[@robbiecomo5953]

i dont think someone wearing woman clothing should be judging anyone for bad habits

[@barqodahabiya7483]

You mean the weird boy

[@JDUBB31B]

What if it's a woman

[@larrysingleton2864]

My gra'mom met Al Capone shortly before he was arrested. A waitress pregnant with my mom Capone gave her twenty bucks and said "Buy your baby some shoes".

[@evanpimental]

That's really cool. For a few reasons.... 1. Obviously to have an interaction with such a notable figure in history in itself is quite epic. 2. There isn't a single recording of Al Capone's voice, people don't really know how he sounded. 3. 20 dollars in that time was probably like 350-400 and this was probably in the depression. The fact that he said "buy your baby shoes" seems like something I could imagine him saying too! Haha

[@hoggers7572]

Better than banks or Politicians at least regular people stand a chance with gangsters

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

The original thugs and gang members.

[@mickeymcafee7615]

The feds using family who knew nothing is ridiculous

[@jermainepearson6835]

I like how they presented this documentary

[@cm9439]

There's a nightie hanging up in Hoover's bedroom. BWAHAHAHA! 👍

[@jamescorlett5272]

Harvey Bailey a Big Time bank robber who had nothing to do with the kidnapping and just happened to be chilling at the Shannon ranch had the misfortune to be picked up in the raid - i don't know why that fact is missing - Bailey deserves a program of his own he helped Freddie Barker and Karpis get a start in making Big money but found them to wild for his liking .

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

I love these stories. And bravo to these Canadian actors!

[@MichaelSpikes-pv6kl]

Good episode

[@scocon8658]

I forget the movie, but Rip Torn says to Jeff Bridges, "I swear y'all are living testimony that it's better to be lucky than smart..." In a slow southern drawl ;)

[@Desire123ification]

Well done! Keep it up.. 💯

[@amyjojinkerson5668]

those reporters really emphasised there reporting

[@johnnylightning203]

This is awesome!! Nicely done! Cool animation, too! Looking forward to more.

[@JumpingJackFlash1989]

The term G-Men predates the great depression by a couple of decades. The IRA coined that term in the 19-teens, referring to British Secret Service, whom they were in the process of beating in the Irish War of Independence.

[@lisalise1622]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@kupokinzyt]

God I feel dumb thinking of the rapper/whatever he is now. Thanks for the video!

[@truecrimelover2022]

I'm the opposite i always think of this MGK first in fact idk about the other MGK until like a year ago i was like why do people keep talking about this gangster from the 1930s lol

[@lukelyons8716]

@@truecrimelover2022 Exactly it was like what's with all the hype all of a sudden about Machine Gun Kelly. What about Al Capone his raps are pretty decent

[@jamesmiralda7965]

Foreal? Lmaoo

[@kacieogle513]

Today's MGK is a goon compared to the name he ripped off! Straight up brass balls on the original machine gun Kelly!

[@kacieogle513]

Wild story! Thank you!

[@missmaggie2620]

Katherine Kelly & her mother Ora were released after serving 25 years. They served their time together. They moved together & lived quietly in Oklahoma City. Ora died at 92 in 1980 & Kathrine died at 81 in 1985. How interesting would it have been to talk to her in her old age?

[@Tater4200]

now thats the first time i've ever heard of a IOU kidnapping xD lmfao

[@marveljones7126]

He wasn’t bad his wife talk him into doing that!! His wife got him his first Tommy Gun and she was the one talk him into do that. He a Memphis man off top.

[@johnwhitworth679]

Great info. Love the accent of expert lady

[@jermainepearson6835]

Yes we'll done video.. tha nk you

[@mothereartha7]

I’ll tell you about machine Kelly , he rode along the outlaw trail, machine Kelly was a simple man but his women was as hard as hell.

[@kenhawkins1033]

From James Taylor's "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" album. Released in 1971, I wore the grooves off my copy of that album!

[@wandahall4435]

Great job Love 💘❤ 💕♥

[@barbarapearson1653]

The woman narrator sounds like Cyndi Lauper

[@jamessmithson9803]

That’s why I call him Gay Edgar Hoover. His personal preferences set the fight against organized crime back several decades.

[@cm9439]

Ellen Poulsen's accent is classic.

[@hernandotorres1234]

That lass's accent is fascinating.

[@lawrencemoore1943]

The " OG" Literally

[@lulassong6524]

Loved this one too! And how Catherine was in fact the tough guy and Kelly the milder one.

[@Wooley689]

He was hooked by her bedroom ways.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷/actor reenactments.Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Special thanks to veteran guest speakers sharing personal information/knowledge pertaining to " Machine Gun's " criminal activities.😉. His down fall was his unfaithful/treacherous wife.

[@robertalpy9422]

He was a regular guy who didn't want to hurt anyone who had a dominant, aggressive wife who sought money and infamy. He had no chance against his wife so he did whatever she said. His story is kind of sad because of that. If he hadn't meet her he'd never have gotten into bank robbery and definately not kidnapping.

[@larrysingleton2864]

My gra'mom met Al Capone shortly before he was arrested. A waitress pregnant with my mom Capone gave her twenty bucks and said "Buy your baby some shoes".

[@georgeramirez2264]

Called a beta male.

[@kevinfiess4494]

@@larrysingleton2864 Where is your Grandmother from ?

[@larrysingleton2864]

@@kevinfiess4494 You know....I"m not sure. I thought she was from San Bernardino judging from some early photos. But after she passed away I found some stuff, including a pair of dice, that indicated they might have been involved in gambling in Florida which is where I suspect my gra'mom met Al Capone. She told me a story about how someone knocked on their back door while someone else stole the bootleg whiskey off their back porch....San Bernardino....Florida??? I kick myself today for not taking more interest in my family history including my grandpop who was from Ireland.

[@kenharp4807]

Will Smith and Jada lol

[@daivdbenson411]

Could yas do one on ownie madden

[@doittoit4116]

The title should be “the one and only, the real MGK!”

[@tonyarichards5430]

Very interesting details I’ve never heard before. Very cool.

[@jesseserna8424]

I’m from okc ,I’ve heard of MGK but not of the kidnapping of this guy WOW I probably drove right through that neighborhood 😮

[@JJSpades69]

All this guy had was criminal thinking, access to firearms,and a flashy name given by hoover.

[@earl-tf4qc]

Hoover was many things. He was intelligent but a narcissist and a true creep. He had a lot of power because he figured out that knowledge is power and gathered incriminating info on powerful individuals, including presidents.

[@amyjojinkerson5668]

I like that Dan Anderson he's neat

[@randlewhitney6560]

MGK was from Memphis Tennessee. My hometown. Home of Elvis Presley

[@kenhawkins1033]

I thought Tupelo was his hometown.

[@randlewhitney6560]

@@kenhawkins1033 he was born there they moved here in Memphis when he was still in school.

[@randlewhitney6560]

@@kenhawkins1033 they lived in what was called hood ( not like they are now). He drove a truck for a electric company. Was driving the truck when he got a chance to sing for SAM and history was made.

[@randlewhitney6560]

@@kenhawkins1033 by the way I live about 5 miles from Graceland. Was going to go over there but my health just want let me. I did go see the Christmas lights.

[@stevewheatley243]

Machine gun Kelly didn't give us our money's worth.😏😂

[@robertveronelli7208]

Why was there a dress in the bedroom of Hoover when he wasn't married? Lol 😆 cross dresser huh

[@shawnGlobal]

Machine gunn was soft bonnie and clyde was the biggest bacc then this guy was not that bad I saw another movie about a lady and her sons and they were pretty much handling this guy he was a non factor but I kno he definitely did his robberies but he did not scare the other gangsters around town don’t forget he had to run and hide out and he definitely ran into real gangsters lol but he was dope and always legend 💯💯

[@lauralang7379]

Does anyone know what became of poor Geraldine after she went home to her parents? How awful of her parents to allow her to be put in the hands of a notorious outlaw all alone no less!

[@oldcremona]

6:05 I doubt either one of the men had a photo id on them, they were were rare at the time

[@rykerandfriends]

Urschel shouldn't have been told a damn thing when captive.

[@jamesaubuchon3608]

i think john dillinger was the type of guy thatwold take you out in a minute and not even think about it the first time

[@danor6812]

Why didn't you say his wife came up with the name "Machine Gun Kelly."

[@mrsaxks3539]

Not bad at all just when I thought I seen everything on YT

[@JosephCee]

Is that lady faking that early 1900's accent?

[@amyjojinkerson5668]

the movie they made about him is nothing like this true story

[@dariushodges5328]

Memphis Tennessee's on machine gun Kelly

[@genesauter4755]

Hoover was a lil different a looney tune in girls cloths

[@larry1824]

He never fired the gun in anger. Myth is he invented name G man when it had been around but he got all the publicity thanks to ,,Hoover.

[@mcoleman58]

Does anyone catch the woman's nightgown in Hoovers bedroom?

[@txddyfarquh3916]

The original MGK?, if ppl get dude confused with the rapper ( sorry singer who is ALSO confused ) then they have to ask themselves where Megan Fox' man got his name from...

[@mr.sherlockholmes6130]

The FBI building should be renamed: Hoover was a Bad man who was not only a cross dresser but a self righteous person. It was all about him . Great story and the bank robbers were the real deal . The depression made men do evil things to survive. Great documentary

[@grayman556]

MGK is a cautionary tale of the hotness to craziness scale of Women!!!

[@markmiller6402]

I’ve watched most of these now, Dillinger/Nelson/Bonnie and Clyde.What the hell were they spending all that stolen money on? Thousands upon thousands stolen from a bank, when even a thousand dollars was a fucking fortune, where did it all go?

[@ariadneschild8460]

Good question! Seems it was all for nothing. 🤷‍♀️

[@Waferdicing]

😱

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

The only MGK

[@Imakebootysclap]

I thought he was a millennial rapper that dresses like a gay club promoter?

[@Abdiep]

J Edgar Hoover the cross dressing homosexual and his boyfriend lover, Clyde Tolson, were one for the other during their years together and from the onset of the FBI. Hoover enjoyed dressing-up in female under garments and not having ever had a relationship with a woman, upon his death he left his entire fortune to Clyde Tolson.

[@mariomooring3438]

Tonya

[@gscop1683]

Leave it to FDR to form what has become our very own KGB

[@georgeramirez2264]

He just helped banks close a little faster!

[@putitback4789]

When she said people jumped up and cheered for the feds I thought it’s all probably a lie. More and more things are coming out that where complete lies

[@highhopesdetecting7447]

At least this actual gangster had a skill or “talent“ I don’t like this shit nugget that’s making me want to be music now… Once was a rapper but once Eminem chewed them up and spit him out now he is a want to be punk rocker that wears women’s jewelry thinking he’s cool

[@blueighty]

mgk rent free in your head

[@thomask6798]

I love this channel. What they should have done was rob banks & traded the money. You make $50,000.00, you leave 50,000.00 of the ransom money. Completely swap it out.

[@larrygribaudo1092]

Some might think there is glamour and excitement in crime, but all have to face the true God of the bible, if you like it or not. The grace gospel for salvation 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 To stand and believe Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, was buried and rose again the third day according to the scriptures. also for understanding read Romans 5:9 & 10:9 -10, try to use the KJV

[@rahsunallah2825]

The real machine gun Kelly never killed anyone. Lol

[@kevinmacan2262]

was it meant to mean GAY MEN of the FBI? Hoover was GAY?

[@miket7966]

G men = Thugs of the democrats'

[@bradleyjackson7168]

You got it. It's sad to see what they become

[@deseangibir4764]

He’s glorified like all other white gangsters.

[@nomadpi1]

The comic book sequences make this story a failure as far as I'm concerned.

[@johnnyyammine77]

publicity , marketing.. fibbing the legend. fake it till you make it.. sums up all these mob youtubers of today