
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
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Sep 18, 2026
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE: The Confession Hoover Denied For Two Years
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28:37Darren MarlarHOST
Moran lived at the Parkway Hotel, which was barely a block from the SMC garage.
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28:42Darren MarlarHOST
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.
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28:56Darren MarlarHOST
There has also been speculation as to who was with Moran that morning.
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29:01Darren MarlarHOST
Willie Marks, Teddy Newberry and even Terry Druggan have all been named as having accompanied Moran.
George “Machine Gun” Kelly: The Most Wanted Man in America
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4:28Simon WhistlerHOST
though, and several arrests came in the years that followed in Tennessee, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
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4:34Simon WhistlerHOST
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.
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4:48Simon WhistlerHOST
Despite the fearsome reputation he would later develop, Kelly was usually a model prisoner while incarcerated.
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4:54Simon WhistlerHOST
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.
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19:08Simon WhistlerHOST
By most accounts, he was a model prisoner, perhaps in the hopes of an early release.
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19:12Simon WhistlerHOST
This never came, but he was granted a small concession.
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19:15Simon WhistlerHOST
After 17 years in Alcatraz, Kelly was transferred to the more relaxed Leavenworth Penitentiary, where he spent the final four years of his life.
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19:22Simon WhistlerHOST
He died of a heart attack on July 18, 1954, aged 59.
The Shadow - "The Three Ghosts" (Old Time Radio)
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21:34speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
Insurance policy.
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21:37speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
Library card of Leavenworth Penitentiary.
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21:39speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
And this ring, sir, that Collins always wore, with the figure eight on it.
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21:43speaker_16VOICE_ACTOR
Oh, yes.
207. Escape from Alcatraz
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32:45Katie CharlwoodHOST
The FBI captured them and all received 35-year sentences, which they were serving at Florida State Prison.
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32:56Katie CharlwoodHOST
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and then Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
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33:02Katie CharlwoodHOST
After repeated attempts to escape from Atlanta...
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33:07Katie CharlwoodHOST
Right? Here's the thing.