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alvin 'creepy' karpis

FBI agents surrounding a 1930s Plymouth coupe on a New Orleans street, evoking the arrest of gangster Alvin Karpis by J. Edgar Hoover in May 1936.

True Crime History

Alvin Karpis: The Gangster J. Edgar Hoover Had to Arrest Himself

In 1936, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover flew to New Orleans to help capture Alvin 'Creepy' Karpis, one of the...

11 Oct 2026 • Archive Note