Insane Killer Dynamited in His Fortress

In earlier eras, there were different strategies for ending a siege than what we are accustomed to today.

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Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 29, 2017
Category: Crime | Scary Criminals | Death | Destruction | 1930s

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I'm sure there's a good movie script in there. The story also reminds me of a few modern sieges that have gone over the top - the Symbionese Liberation Army siege in the mid 1970's and the MOVE incident in Philadelphia in 1985. That last one burnt down a whole neighborhood.

Posted by KDP on 08/29/17 at 07:44 AM

THE Mad Trapper of Rat River has a couple of movies about him. He had a well planned log cabin bunker and they had 20Lbs of dynamite to get him out. Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin were in "Death Hunt".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_(criminal)

Posted by BMN on 08/29/17 at 09:32 AM

Anyone know why the run-around on Wiki?

Posted by BMN on 08/29/17 at 09:44 AM

Link should be:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_(criminal)

Posted by RobK on 08/29/17 at 11:21 AM

Appears the site is changing the link, must not like parentheses. Need to copy and paste the text.

Posted by RobK on 08/29/17 at 11:22 AM

RobK: tinyurl always handy for such situations.

http://tinyurl.com/

Posted by Paul on 08/29/17 at 11:36 AM

Sixty isn't elderly.

Ironic that it took place in Defiance, Ohio.

Posted by ges on 08/29/17 at 10:56 PM

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