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You're under the influence, Terry O'Reilly. One day in 1949, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was being interviewed for a newspaper article.

The editor asked Hoover to name the ten most dangerous criminals the FBI was hunting.

Hoover told him, and an article was later published listing the FBI's top 10 most wanted list.

It attracted enormous attention, and leads from the public began pouring in.

Hoover was surprised at how many successful leads the article generated.

So on March 14, 1950, the FBI formally launched its 10 Most Wanted program.

The Bureau began by creating most wanted posters.

These posters showed photographs of the fugitives, along with information detailing all distinguishing marks, the crimes they were wanted for, and where they were last seen.

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