Machine Gun Kelly (gangster) ... George Kelly Barnes ( [1][2] – ), [3] better known by his nickname Machine Gun Kelly, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun.
George "Machine Gun" Kelly is probably considered one of the most famous "gangsters" from the prohibition era. "Machine Gun" was born George Kelly Barnes on , to a wealthy family living in Memphis, Tennessee.
Machine Gun Kelly, born George Kelly Barnes on , was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the Prohibition era. Image: Picture of Kathryn (left) and George Kelly (right) being sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the Urschel kidnapping.
George “Machine Gun” Kelly, born George Kelly Barnes on , was a notorious American gangster during the Prohibition era and the early 1930s. He became infamous for bootlegging, bank robberies, and, most notably, the kidnapping of a wealthy oil tycoon, Charles Urschel, in 1933. His nickname, “Machine Gun,” came from his use of the Thompson submachine gun (Tommy gun ...
Gangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys—the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as “Machine Gun” Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne—who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime . . . How did a small-time, hip-pocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious gangsters in the country?
George “Machine Gun” Kelly ... captured in Memphis Hideout George "Machine Gun" Kelly is considered one of the most infamous "gangsters" from the prohibition era (1919-1933). He had adopted the George R. Kelly name around 1927. In spite of his enduring fame and violent nickname, Machine Gun Kelly never killed anyone, and he was never known to fire his namesake tommy gun (a gift from his ...