E11 Lester Gillis aka Babyface Nelson

Brothers in Crime

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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