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freshest streaming service. By mid-1930, Lester Gillis, known to most as George Nelson was 21 years old.

He had spent the latter half of his teenage years serving several stints in the Illinois State School for Boys.

Nelson had a propensity for stealing and a propensity for getting caught.

But after his last parole, it seemed like there was a chance he might walk

an honest line. He had fallen in love and married his wife Helen. They already had two children,

a son and a daughter, and for a short time, Nelson had held down decent-paying legitimate jobs.

In part, he achieved a level of respectability. For more than a year, he worked as a driver and mechanic for an electric company,

but he always kept one foot in the criminal world.

When the nation plunged into the Great Depression in the fall of 1929, millions of young men like

Nelson found themselves unemployed and without prospects.

It was an easy decision for Nelson when he chose a life of crime.

At just five feet, five inches tall, the diminutive Nelson walked around with a chip on

his shoulder the size of the Ritz.

He was known to be tough and had a notoriously short temper.

He had idolized the gangsters who ran Chicago in his adolescence and long to enjoy their lavish lifestyle.

In short, he was a little young man who wanted more than anything to be a respected big shot.

Nelson and a small gang had burst onto the scene riding a crime

wave that struck the city throughout 1930. Their scam was home invasions.

They would force entry into a rich family's mansion, flash weapons, and

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