Prohibition Outlaws: The Rise and Fall of the Kimes-Terrill Gang
Criminalia
Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
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🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Led by Matthew Kimes and Ray Terrill, the Kimes–Terrill Gang were known for successfully pulling off some very high-profile bank robberies -- but they may have been better known for their daring prison escapes. In the lore of their gang it's said that each member swore a blood oath promising to free other members from their prison cells – even if it meant they, themselves, were apprehended or killed while trying to spring a fellow associate. While that may be just part of their legend, it does very much seem to be true when you hear their story. Prison, say modern historians, was nothing more than, quote, “just another occupational hazard.”
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| 0:45.9 | The Kimes Terrell gang may not be a Prohibition-era gang you know much about, |
| 0:49.1 | like the Barrows or the Barker Carpus gang, |
| 0:53.3 | but they wreaked havoc across the southwest during the 1920s. |
| 0:59.2 | Led by Matthew Kimes and Ray Terrell, the outlaws were known for successfully pulling off some very high-profile bank robberies, but they may have been better known for their daring |
| 1:05.0 | prison escapes. |
| 1:06.7 | In the lore of their gang, it's said that each member swore a blood oath promising to free other members from their prison cells, |
| 1:13.6 | even if it meant they themselves were apprehended or killed while trying to spring a fellow associate. |
| 1:18.6 | Now, that may just be part of their legend, but it does very much seem to be true when you hear their story. |
| 1:25.6 | Prison, say modern historians, was nothing more than, |
| 1:29.3 | quote, just another occupational hazard. Welcome to criminalia. I'm Maria Tremarky. And I'm Holly Fry. |
| 1:36.6 | Brothers Matthew and George Kimes and their future associate, Ray Terrell, all got their criminal |
| 1:42.3 | starts as kids as petty thieves before becoming |
| 1:45.8 | involved in bigger crimes, like bank robbery and murder. |
| 1:50.1 | When Matthew and George were still boys, their family moved from Van Buren, Arkansas, |
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