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Rick "Mad Dog" Mattix, Editor-in-chief of On the Spot, is the co-author (with William J.
Helmer) of Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940 and The Complete Public Enemy
Almanac. He has also authored numerous articles on 20s and 30s crime and contributed
chapters to Tracie Hill's Thompson, The American Legend: The First Submachine Gun and the
expanded edition of Dillinger: The Untold Story by G. Russell Girardin and Helmer. Mattix
considers himself primarily a researcher rather than a writer and has contributed photos,
interviews, and research materials to the former John Dillinger Historical Museum, to other
authors, and to various television and radio programs. He lives in Bussey, Iowa with his wife
and chief creative editor, Linda.
This page is basically an excuse for him to indulge in monthly excursions into gangster
history or whatever he feels like putting on it.
Well, I haven't updated this damn thing in a while so...
For those who subscribe to On the Spot Journal, here are some news updates:
Our Winter issue, dealing with the early history of the FBI, is in the works now, and should be
available shortly, in case you're wondering.
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Meanwhile, thanks to the fine efforts of Winston Woodward, over 900 pages of FBI reports
pertaining to Bonnie and Clyde are now available on cd-rom. These files, from the Dallas
Field Office and long thought destroyed, were found with the assistance of official FBI
historian Dr. John Fox and cover in detail the Bureau's involvement in the Barrow case from
December 1932 right up to the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde in May 1934 and contain fantastic
new information and details. This stuff is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the
G-men & Gangster Era of the 1930s or of the Barrow Gang in particular. Ordering info folows:
Bonnie & Clyde:
The Long Lost FBI Files
The Untold Story
The file on CD which includes a detailed file
index for easy reference is $20.00. Please add
$6.95 for S&H within the USA--(total $26.95).
For overseas orders, S&H will vary depending
on location. Please provide address, and I will
supply cost with shipping.
You can pay through Pay Pal by sending funds
to e-mail address-- awinwood@optonline.net
or by mailing US Postal Service money order to:
Anthony Winston Woodward
P.O. Box 1042
Oakhurst, NJ 07755
Whether paying through Pay Pal or by mail-- please
make sure to detail your purchase-- including your
name, address and zip-- and confirm your purchase
by sending message to bchistory@optonline.net
Your order will be filled promptly-- and with many
thanks for your interest in this wonderful history.
Please feel free to address questions to me
if you wish.
A. Winston Woodward
732-337-7624
**********************************************************************************************************************************
For those with an interest in Mafia history, I highly recommend David Critchley's new book
The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York Mafia. Published by Routledge, it's
pricey but both scholarly and revisionist and corrects many misconceptions on the evolution
of New York's five families. Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
**********************************************************************************************************************************
St. Paul, a favorite hangout of the gangsters of the 1930s, is planning a July-August 2009
"Public Enemies Exhibition" with accompanying events including possibly a Gangster
Historians' Conference/Convention on weekend of July 9th (tentative). This is scheduled to
coincide with release of the movie Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp as Dillinger and
Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis. Many crime authors have expressed interest in attending
and the possibility of securing Depp or other people connected with the movie is also being
explored. If interested, contact Paul Maccabee, author of John Dillinger Slept Here, at:
612-337-0087.
**********************************************************************************************************************************
And for those, at least those who profess to have a serious interest in crime history, who
haven't yet subscribed to On the Spot Journal -- WELL, WHY THE HELL NOT?
Rick Mattix
Helmer) of Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940 and The Complete Public Enemy
Almanac. He has also authored numerous articles on 20s and 30s crime and contributed
chapters to Tracie Hill's Thompson, The American Legend: The First Submachine Gun and the
expanded edition of Dillinger: The Untold Story by G. Russell Girardin and Helmer. Mattix
considers himself primarily a researcher rather than a writer and has contributed photos,
interviews, and research materials to the former John Dillinger Historical Museum, to other
authors, and to various television and radio programs. He lives in Bussey, Iowa with his wife
and chief creative editor, Linda.
This page is basically an excuse for him to indulge in monthly excursions into gangster
history or whatever he feels like putting on it.
Well, I haven't updated this damn thing in a while so...
For those who subscribe to On the Spot Journal, here are some news updates:
Our Winter issue, dealing with the early history of the FBI, is in the works now, and should be
available shortly, in case you're wondering.
**********************************************************************************************************************************
Meanwhile, thanks to the fine efforts of Winston Woodward, over 900 pages of FBI reports
pertaining to Bonnie and Clyde are now available on cd-rom. These files, from the Dallas
Field Office and long thought destroyed, were found with the assistance of official FBI
historian Dr. John Fox and cover in detail the Bureau's involvement in the Barrow case from
December 1932 right up to the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde in May 1934 and contain fantastic
new information and details. This stuff is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the
G-men & Gangster Era of the 1930s or of the Barrow Gang in particular. Ordering info folows:
Bonnie & Clyde:
The Long Lost FBI Files
The Untold Story
The file on CD which includes a detailed file
index for easy reference is $20.00. Please add
$6.95 for S&H within the USA--(total $26.95).
For overseas orders, S&H will vary depending
on location. Please provide address, and I will
supply cost with shipping.
You can pay through Pay Pal by sending funds
to e-mail address-- awinwood@optonline.net
or by mailing US Postal Service money order to:
Anthony Winston Woodward
P.O. Box 1042
Oakhurst, NJ 07755
Whether paying through Pay Pal or by mail-- please
make sure to detail your purchase-- including your
name, address and zip-- and confirm your purchase
by sending message to bchistory@optonline.net
Your order will be filled promptly-- and with many
thanks for your interest in this wonderful history.
Please feel free to address questions to me
if you wish.
A. Winston Woodward
732-337-7624
**********************************************************************************************************************************
For those with an interest in Mafia history, I highly recommend David Critchley's new book
The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York Mafia. Published by Routledge, it's
pricey but both scholarly and revisionist and corrects many misconceptions on the evolution
of New York's five families. Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
**********************************************************************************************************************************
St. Paul, a favorite hangout of the gangsters of the 1930s, is planning a July-August 2009
"Public Enemies Exhibition" with accompanying events including possibly a Gangster
Historians' Conference/Convention on weekend of July 9th (tentative). This is scheduled to
coincide with release of the movie Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp as Dillinger and
Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis. Many crime authors have expressed interest in attending
and the possibility of securing Depp or other people connected with the movie is also being
explored. If interested, contact Paul Maccabee, author of John Dillinger Slept Here, at:
612-337-0087.
**********************************************************************************************************************************
And for those, at least those who profess to have a serious interest in crime history, who
haven't yet subscribed to On the Spot Journal -- WELL, WHY THE HELL NOT?
Rick Mattix
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