Every once in a while I like to take a few steps back and learn about some of Michigan's past criminals, whose memories have been swept under the rug...and for mostly forgotten by history.

Here are five Michigan criminals, all from the Great Depression era – a time when sometimes crime was the only way for some to survive, while some used it as an excuse for thievery.

Five Forgotten Michigan Criminals: 1929-1940s

There you go.....five more of Michigan's forgotten criminals. They are no Dillingers or Capones, but still interesting footnotes in Michigan's criminal history.

 

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