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Marion Hedgepeth – known as The Handsome Bandit – was one of the most charming and dangerous outlaws of the Old West. A master train robber with style and precision, Hedgepeth rode with some of the most feared bandits of his time. But in a shocking twist, his tip to authorities would help capture one of America’s most notorious serial killers — H.H. Holmes, the “Devil in the White City.”After prison, Hedgepeth tried to go straight, working as a shoemaker and Pinkerton informant. Yet his old ways caught up with him, and the legend of The Handsome Bandit came to a tragic end.This is the incredible true story of crime, betrayal, and redemption — the outlaw who helped catch a killer.#OldWest #OutlawStories #WildWestHistory #MarionHedgepeth #HandsomeBandit #TrainRobberies #HHHolmes #TrueCrimeHistory #AmericanWest #WildWestDeepDives #WesternLegends #LawmenAndOutlaws #19thCenturyAmerica #PinkertonDetectives #truehistory Sources;https://www.legendsofamerica.com/marion-hedgepeth/ https://truewestmagazine.com/article/last-of-the-fast-guns/ Article by Ron Soodalterhttps://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/1996/05/26/the-bad-doctor/50650073007/ Dave Ivey Articlehttps://truewestmagazine.com/article/marion-hedgepeth-crosses-tracks-with-serial-killer-h-h-holmes/ Mark Boardman Articlehttps://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes https://archive.org/details/holmespitezelcas00geye/page/46/mode/ The Holmes-Pitezel case; a history of the greatest crime of the century and of the search for the missing Pitezel children by Geyer, Frank P; Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) ICIU, 1896MARION HEDGEPETH'S LETTERhttps://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=RLRP18911119.2.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Rensselaer Republican Article, 19th November, 1891.https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18911203.1.1&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN-robbery-------sppp18911203---- St. Paul Pioneer Press Article, 3 December, 1891https://www.newspapers.com/image/457546007/ The San Francisco Examiner, 11 Feb, 1892Grady, David P. (July–August 1996). The Debonair Killer. American Cowboy Her Sacque of Sealskin: A Chapter of Western Bandit History. Vol. 20. Express Gazette. 1895.https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-marion-columbus/164499381/?utm St. Louis Globe-Democrat, History of Glendale Robbery
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