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The Rise and Fall of Pretty Boy Floyd: Corn Liquor and Submachine Guns
Thursday, 23 April, 2026
The Rise and Fall of Pretty Boy Floyd: Corn Liquor and Submachine GunsIn October 1934, FBI agents shot and killed Charles Arthur Floyd, known nationwide as "Pretty Boy" Floyd, in an Ohio cornfield, closing the book on one of the most controversial manhunts in American criminal history. Floyd, a Sequoyah County, Oklahoma bank robber elevated to Public Enemy Number One by J. Edgar Hoover's newly formed FBI, was linked to multiple homicides and suspected involvement in the 1933 Kansas City Massacre, a shooting that left four law enforcement officers dead and reshaped the entire architecture of federal law enforcement in the United States.What the official record doesn't quite capture is that back home in the Cookson Hills of Oklahoma, nobody wanted him caught. He paid doctor bills. He left cash under pillows in farmhouses where he slept. He allegedly burned mortgage documents during bank robberies, which made him either a folk hero or the most effective PR manager in Depression-era America. This is the story of a man shaped entirely by a world that kept failing him, and a government that needed a monster badly enough to possibly invent one. Forty thousand people showed up to his funeral.#PrettyBoyFloyd #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #PublicEnemy #1930sCrime #KansasCityMassacre #DustBowl🔔 Subscribe for True Crime Cases multiple times a weekNever miss a story. Subscribe to 10 Minute Murder for bite-sized true crime episodes delivered fresh every week.Get a weekly email from me about the upcoming cases and more: 10minutemurder.com/newsletter📱 Follow for Behind-the-Scenes Content Get exclusive case updates, research photos, and sneak peeks of upcoming episodes:Instagram: @10minutemurder on IGFacebook: 10 Minute Murder on FBTikTok: 10 Minute Murder on TikTok💬 Have a Case Suggestion? Know a fascinating case that deserves coverage? I love listener suggestions and feature the best ones in upcoming episodes. Email: joe@10minutemurder.com Website: 10minutemurder.com ⭐ Help Grow the True Crime CommunityRate & Review: Leave a 5-star review to help other true crime fans discover the showShare: Send this episode to fellow true crime enthusiastsJoin the Discussion: Tag us in your episode reactions on social media🎧 Want Even More True Crime? Check out True Crime Blueprint, also created and hosted by Joe.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43zuDpH01HtdIrH0ShCAid?si=86b2281063334139 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-blueprint/id1877878404 iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/323307878Amazon Music/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b7d5eaae-9d27-40f9-8efb-6864c2af8055Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/1002664071Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/true-crime-blueprint/6785639Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/true-crime-blueprint-6381660Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-blueprint--6879387Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1113943Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/true-crime-blueprint/PC:1001113943Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/10-minute-murder-bingeable-true-crime-stories--4603604/support.
