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Infamous America

WILLIE SUTTON Ep. 2 | “Man of Many Faces”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Willie Sutton survives his first stint in prison and tries to go straight after his release. But before long, he’s back in the bank robbing business. This time, he discovers the perfect strategy to rob a bank with ease and without violence. Willie and his new partner, Marcus Bassett, go on a spree, but all good things come to an end. Bassett’s lifestyle leads Willie into a police trap. Bring the Arts home with Marquee TV! Sign up at Marquee.tv and receive 3 months for just 99 cents when you use the promo code AMERICA. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:18.0

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0:20.4

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0:24.0

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0:29.0

4 quid, for lunch, for new cheeky little pizzas from Domino's, for hot and cheesy wraps, for you,

0:35.2

for Finan Finance, for Sid on Security, for lunching at the laptop.

0:38.6

Lunch for just four-quil at Domino's?

0:40.6

High fours all round.

0:42.0

Order ahead on our app.

0:43.3

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0:45.3

4 pound per item collection and delivery, minimum delivery spend, charges and areas may apply. As Willie Sutton grew older in a Brooklyn neighborhood called Irishtown, he graduated from a mischievous child to an amateur thief.

1:11.0

What started with stealing loose change from his grandfather quickly evolved

1:16.1

into petty crime in the neighborhood. Willie's first real theft was the robbery of a local department store. The thrill of the action, the danger, and the success was addictive.

1:27.0

But Willie's next foray into crime wasn't for the thrill of it. It was for love.

1:32.0

At 17 years old, Willie robbed the safe of his girlfriend's strict

1:37.1

father because they wanted to get married and the father wouldn't allow it.

1:41.5

That escapade ended with a broken relationship, a jail cell, and a

1:45.8

courtroom trial. The judge let Willie off with probation and in order to get a job. Willie did, but trouble had a way of following him.

1:56.0

The biggest irony was that Willie went on the run twice for crimes he didn't commit.

2:01.0

Eventually, he spent so much time acting like a criminal that he

2:05.2

decided he might as well be one for real. Willie joined a safe cracking gang

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