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Ma' Barker: A Doting Mother And Gangster Overlord

Behind the Bastards

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Ma Barker - A Criminal Mastermind?

Ma Barker was among the most innovative and successful criminal masterminds of any era. By other accounts, she was mostly just a chef in the moral support system for her criminal children. When they were arrested for petty infractions, she uprated them for getting caught. If God didn't want us to shoplift, he wouldn't have given us pockets - that is my justification.

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