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United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth

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Sep 18, 2026

Darren MarlarHOST
28:37
Moran lived at the Parkway Hotel, which was barely a block from the SMC garage.
Darren MarlarHOST
28:42
According to biographer Rose Keefe, Moran himself told authorities at Leavenworth Prison upon his admission there years later that he was simply getting a haircut at the Parkway Barber that morning and his appointment ran late.
Darren MarlarHOST
28:56
There has also been speculation as to who was with Moran that morning.
Darren MarlarHOST
29:01
Willie Marks, Teddy Newberry and even Terry Druggan have all been named as having accompanied Moran.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:28
though, and several arrests came in the years that followed in Tennessee, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:34
His bootlegging career came to a temporary end in 1928, after that last arrest in Tulsa, which earned Kelly a three-year stint at Leavenworth Penitentiary.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:48
Despite the fearsome reputation he would later develop, Kelly was usually a model prisoner while incarcerated.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:54
In fact, years later, while at Alcatraz, some of the other inmates mockingly referred to him as Pop Gun Kelly instead of Machine Gun Kelly because he was far less brutal and violent than one would expect.

14 MINS LATER

Simon WhistlerHOST
19:08
By most accounts, he was a model prisoner, perhaps in the hopes of an early release.
Simon WhistlerHOST
19:12
This never came, but he was granted a small concession.
Simon WhistlerHOST
19:15
After 17 years in Alcatraz, Kelly was transferred to the more relaxed Leavenworth Penitentiary, where he spent the final four years of his life.
Simon WhistlerHOST
19:22
He died of a heart attack on July 18, 1954, aged 59.
speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
21:34
Insurance policy.
speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
21:37
Library card of Leavenworth Penitentiary.
speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
21:39
And this ring, sir, that Collins always wore, with the figure eight on it.
speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
21:43
Oh, yes.
Katie CharlwoodHOST
32:45
The FBI captured them and all received 35-year sentences, which they were serving at Florida State Prison.
Katie CharlwoodHOST
32:56
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and then Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
Katie CharlwoodHOST
33:02
After repeated attempts to escape from Atlanta...
Katie CharlwoodHOST
33:07
Right? Here's the thing.

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