Ruthless Gun Molls Behind The Mob's Infamous Gangsters

These dames can kill with more than just their looks. They say behind every great man is a woman and that appears to hold true even into the criminal underground.

1. Bonnie Parker

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Name: Bonnie Elizabeth Parker

Born: October 1st, 1910

Gun Moll To: Clyde Chestnut Barrow

Weapon Of Choice: Browning Automatic Rifle

Most Infamous Crime: Participating the the brazen broad daylight Eastham Prison Break that freed 4 prisoners and left one guard dead.

Fun Fact: Despite her love of Clyde, Bonnie's body still wore the ring of her estranged husband, Roy Thornton.

2. Billie Frechette

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Name: Mary Evelyn "Billie" Fretchette

Born: September 15th, 1907

Gun Moll To: John Dillinger

Weapon Of Choice: Her Charm

Greatest Crime: Fretchette housed Dillinger in her apartment after his prison escape, lying to police about his whereabouts.

Fun Fact: Billie was half Native American and grew up on Menominee Reservation.

3. Blanche Barrow

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Name: Bennie Iva "Blanche" Barrow

Born: January 1st, 1911

Gun Moll To: Marvin "Buck" Barrow

Weapon Of Choice: Unknown; Possibly Handguns

Greatest Crime: Armed robbery leading up to a shootout that left several officers dead.

Fun Fact: Surviving the shootout with only permanent loss of sight in her left eye, Blanche was the only Barrow gang member to outlive her 20s.

4. Mae Capone

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Name: Mary "Mae" Josephine Capone

Born: April 11th, 1897

Gun Moll To: Al Capone

Weapon Of Choice: None

Greatest Crime: Unknown: Perhaps covering for her husband's many crimes. Or at the very least, turning a blind eye.

Fun Fact: Mae Capone did not approve of Al's activities and told their son Sonny, "Don't do as your father did, he broke my heart."

5. Mary Northern Kinder

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Name: Mary Northern Kinder

Born: August 29th, 1909

Gun Moll To: Harry Pierpont

Weapon of Choice: Getaway Car

Greatest Crime: Assisting in helping 11 members of the Dillinger gang escape from prison.

Fun Fact: She was one of only two women listed on the Chicago Public Enemies list in 1933.

6. Virginia Hill

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Name: Virginia Hill

Born: August 26th, 1916

Gun Moll To: Bugsy Siegel

Weapon Of Choice: Her Body

Greatest Crime: Exceptionally Good Courier. Never caught. Never charged.

Fun Fact: Bugsy refered to Virginia as his Flamingo, a nod of the head to her exceptional oral sex skills and ended up naming The Flamingo Casino after her.

7. Helen Julia Godman

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Name: Helen Julia (Buda) Godman

Born: December 4th, 1888

Gun Moll To: John Homer T.

Weapon Of Choice: Her Body

Greatest Crime: Seducing men into taking her across state lines for a fun romp, then having fellow gang members impersonate federal agents and kindly offer not to arrest the gentleman for "White Slavery" for a large lump sum.

Fun Fact: Buda was a nickname from slang meaning "pretty as a flower bud".

8. Mary O'Dare

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Name: Mary O'Dare

Born: 1913

Gun Moll To: Raymond Hamilton

Weapon Of Choice: Her Wits

Greatest Crime: Narcotics trafficking

Fun Fact: While derisively called the "washerwoman" for her looks by Bonnie, O'Dare nonetheless tried to convince Parker to drug Barrow and steal him blind. Bonnie declined.

9. Opal Long

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Name: Opal "Bernice" Long

Born: March 20th, 1906

Gun Moll To: Russell Clark

Weapon Of Choice: Her Hands

Greatest Crime: Assaulting an officer, breaking his finger during her arrest.

Fun Fact: A large red-headed woman, she was affectionally referred to as the Macktruck.

10. Kathryn Kelly

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Name: Cleo "Kathryn" Kelly

Born: 1904

Gun Moll To: George "Machine Gun" Kelly

Weapon Of Choice: Machine Gun

Greatest Crime: Mastermind behind the kidnapping of millionaire oil baron Charley Urshel to be held for a ransom of $200k

Fun Fact: Kathryn pushed her husband George into a life a crime and was far more brutal than her man, wanting to kill Urshel after the ransom had been paid.

11. Stephanie St. Clair

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Name: Stephanie "Queenie" St. Clair

Born: 1869

Gun Moll To: None

Weapon Of Choice: Her Mind

Greatest Crime: St. Clair ran the numbers game in NYC and eventually became the gang leader of Harlem.

Fun Fact: Stefanie once complained of harassment by NYPD and when ignored, ran advertisements in the Harlem paper about officer corruption. She was arrested on trumped up charges to silence her. She countered by testifying about kickback she paid to local police, getting over a dozen officers fired.