A recounting of some of the most famous and infamous crimes in recent American history, featuring such notorious figures as Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger, with many of their crimes and/or captures re-enacted. Also featured are lawmen such as FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover and Judge Edgar North, who sentenced the kidnappers of wealthy beer magnate Charles F. Urschel to life sentences in prison.