Meet the Kellys - The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly and His Moll Kathryn Thorne

Gangsters. Lovers. Legends. From How did a small-time, hip-pocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious gangsters in the country? For George “Machine Gun” Kelly, the answer was simple: a woman. Her name was Kathryn Thorne, a charming, strong-minded beauty who, had family connections in the crime world--and big ambitions for the tall, handsome bootlegger. By the time she met Kelly, she was already an experienced criminal herself, divorced twice and ready to marry a man who could give her the posh life she always dreamed of. With that in mind, she bought Kelly his first machine gun. And the rest is history . . . George Kelly wasn’t a natural-born gangster and never carried a weapon bigger than a revolver. But Kathryn changed all that. Like a mobbed-up Lady Macbeth, she pushed her husband to commit greater crimes, introducing him to her friends in the underworld and convincing him to join in a series of bank robberies. Soon, the Kellys were living large, with a house in Texas, expensive jewelry, the works. But it wasn’t enough, and eventually the couple hatched a daring plot to kidnap oil tycoon Charles Urschel. Their plan worked. They collected the ransom--and captured the attention of the nation, the world . . . and the FBI. A shocking story of ambition and greed, crime and punishment,

Product details

• Authors: Chris Enss, Enss Chris
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9780806543055
• ISBN: 978-0-8065-4305-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 237 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century