30 Notorious Fugitives from FBI's Most Wanted

MsMojo

When justice calls, these fugitives answer with notoriety. Dive into the shadowy world of some of the most infamous FBI most wanted criminals. From high-profile heists to years on the run, learn about the crimes, manhunts, and shocking escapes that made these fugitives legendary. Which ones have managed to elude capture, and who has met their match?

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00:00Fingerprints in the Mustang matched the prints found on the rifle abandoned in Memphis

00:04and matched the prints of the Missouri prison escapee named James Earl Ray.

00:09Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most infamous individuals

00:14to have appeared on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list,

00:18whether they've been captured or are now deceased.

00:20They went after them so hard every single narco in the world got the message

00:24that the DEA is off limits.

00:27Kiki was like Jesus Christ to us.

00:30Number 30. Glenn Stewart Godwin.

00:33Take a look at some of the sketches, and this is the last good photo of Godwin.

00:38In 1980, Glenn Stewart Godwin decided to rob a drug dealer with his roommate,

00:42but they ended up murdering him.

00:44To cover up the crime, they attempted to load the corpse with explosives.

00:48However, this plan failed and they were both apprehended.

00:51Godwin was sentenced to 26 years to life,

00:54but he managed to escape from prison and fled to Mexico.

00:56While there, he was arrested for dealing drugs,

00:59which alerted American authorities.

01:01But while they worked on his extradition,

01:04Godwin murdered a fellow inmate,

01:05further delaying the process and allowing him to escape again in 1991.

01:10Since then, he has evaded capture and is believed to be living under an alias in Latin America.

01:15Godwin was removed from the Most Wanted list in 2016.

01:18He has to be perfect every day.

01:20I only have to be perfect once to eventually catch him.

01:22Number 29. Alejandro Castillo.

01:24Alex Castillo is charged with an extremely ruthless crime.

01:29Alejandro Castillo was just 18 years old when he was added to the 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list in October

01:342017.

01:35His inclusion was as a result of the murder of his ex-girlfriend and co-worker,

01:39Chuk Kwan Sandy Lai Lee, in August 2016.

01:42At the time, Castillo owed Lee some money and asked to meet her at a convenience store to repay the

01:48loan.

01:48However, she was never seen again.

01:50When Feaster and Lee didn't come home one night,

01:53their families thought the young women were missing.

01:55It turned out the three were in a love triangle that took a deadly turn.

01:59After killing Lee, Castillo fled to Mexico with his accomplice and girlfriend, Amia Feaster,

02:04who was also their co-worker.

02:05While Feaster turned herself in two months later,

02:08Castillo was at large until January 2026, when he was caught in Mexico.

02:13Take a good look, because it's been nearly a decade since these pictures were taken.

02:17The FBI hopes a bump in the reward to a quarter of a million dollars will lead to Castillo's capture.

02:24Number 28. Anthony Brancato.

02:26After honing his skills as an armed robber in Kansas City,

02:29Anthony Brancato moved to Los Angeles in 1946,

02:32when such skills were in high demand by the mob.

02:35He quickly became a freelance gunman,

02:37suspected of being involved in several gangland murders,

02:40including that of Bugsy Siegel.

02:42Brancato teamed up with fellow Kansas City criminal Anthony Trombino,

02:46forming the notorious duo The Two Tonys.

02:48In 1951, Brancato and Trombino robbed the Flamingo Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas,

02:54resulting in Brancato appearing on the most wanted list for just two days before he surrendered.

02:58After their release from jail, L.A. mob boss Jack Dragna allegedly ordered their killings,

03:03and both were shot dead in their car on August 6th, 1951.

03:08Number 27. Angela Davis.

03:10The FBI pursued Davis in connection to the Marin County courthouse shooting,

03:14and circulated her photographs across the country.

03:17Today, Angela Davis is a respected activist, academic, and author,

03:21but back in the 1970s, she was deemed a terrorist due to her affiliation with the Communist Party.

03:27This not only led to her temporary dismissal as an assistant professor at UCLA,

03:31but also landed her on the most wanted list in 1970.

03:34I was a political prisoner, falsely charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy

03:42because of my politics, because of my membership in the Communist Party,

03:46because of my involvement in the Black Liberation Movement.

03:50The Catalyst was an August 1970 incident in which weapons purchased by Davis

03:54were used in an attack on a courthouse in California, resulting in a judge's death.

03:59Although not involved in the attack, an arrest warrant was issued for Davis,

04:03prompting her to flee California and go into hiding for two months

04:06before she was arrested in New York.

04:08Davis was charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder, but was ultimately acquitted.

04:12When her trial began, just days later, it drew worldwide attention.

04:17In court, Davis admitted to owning the guns used in the shooting,

04:21but argued that she had bought them for self-defense,

04:23and they'd been taken without her knowledge.

04:25Number 26. Yasser Abdel-Sayed.

04:28I'm erasing this tape.

04:30No, you can't.

04:31Behind the camera is their father, Yasser Saeed.

04:34Do I be gonna tape you when you're sleeping?

04:36Born in Egypt, Yasser Abdel-Sayed moved to the U.S. in 1983 and later became a citizen.

04:42He had three children, including two daughters, Amina and Sarah,

04:46whom he reportedly assaulted both physically and sexually.

04:49Believing they had dishonored the family by refusing arranged marriages and dating non-Muslims,

04:54Saeed decided to kill his daughters.

04:56You hear her last breath.

04:57She was fine until the very end.

04:59On January 1st, 2008, he took them for a ride in his taxi and fatally shot them.

05:05Saeed went on the run immediately after and managed to evade capture for 12 years.

05:10Although he was initially thought to have fled to Egypt,

05:13he was arrested in Texas in August 2020, along with his son and brother.

05:17Saeed was ultimately found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

05:22The defendant came out and surrendered and lay prone on the ground and was handcuffed.

05:28Saeed showed little emotion Friday, as jurors were shown clothing his girls were wearing when they were killed.

05:34Number 25, Willie Sutton.

05:36Reportedly, he was asked once why he robbed banks.

05:39And he reported to have said, well, because that's where the money is.

05:43On March 20th, 1950, just one week after its creation, the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list added its 11th

05:50name, Willie Sutton.

05:52Sutton was a notorious bank robber who stole approximately $2 million throughout his long career.

05:57He was first sent to prison in 1931, but successfully escaped on three different occasions.

06:03After his third escape in 1947 from the Philadelphia County Prison, Sutton was placed on the Most Wanted list.

06:09He remained on the run until February 1952, when a clothing salesman recognized him on a subway and alerted the

06:16authorities.

06:17Sutton received a prison sentence of 30 to 120 years, but was released in 1969 due to good behavior and

06:24poor health.

06:25Willie Sutton's countless attempted jail breaks and three spectacular escapes have secured him a place in the history of weird

06:33crime and punishment.

06:34Number 24, Donald Eugene Webb.

06:37The FBI says Webb died sometime around 1999, that's 19 years after Adams was shot and killed.

06:44On December 4th, 1980, the town of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania was rocked by its first murder in over a century.

06:51Police Chief Gregory Adams pulled over a man named Donald Eugene Webb in a routine traffic stop.

06:56When Adams asked to see his license, Webb attacked and shot him twice at close range.

07:01We didn't realize until this investigation really unfolded in the last few weeks as the hero that Chief Adams actually

07:07was, because he really fought for his life that day.

07:11A nationwide manhunt for Webb was launched, and in 1981, he was placed on the Most Wanted list, where he

07:17remained for nearly 26 years before being removed in 2007, as authorities believed he had died.

07:23That presumption was confirmed in 2017, when investigators discovered that Webb's wife Lillian had harbored him in two of her

07:30homes until he passed away from a stroke in 1999.

07:33And so, after 37 years, it's hoped that the identification of Webb's body and word of Chief Adams' heroics will

07:41give solace to his family and help the Saxonburg community move on.

07:46Number 23, Ruja Ignatova.

07:49She would always have large parties. I went to her birthday party. It's a typical Ruja party. Everybody dressed to

07:56the nines. Ruja dripping in diamonds from head to toe.

07:59Ruja Ignatova became known as the crypto queen for her digital currency, OneCoin, which she founded in 2014.

08:06However, less than a decade later, she earned a new title, FBI's Most Wanted Fugitive.

08:12OneCoin, it turns out, was nothing more than a pyramid scheme that swindled investors from around the world of $4

08:18billion.

08:19How much, in the end, did you invest?

08:22Um, I was 10,000 euros, but of course, you speak to family, friends, and then they speak to their

08:30family, and their friends, and it just goes on.

08:34In 2017, when it became clear that authorities were investigating her company, Ignatova vanished into thin air.

08:40She has since appeared on the Most Wanted lists of the FBI and Europol, with a $5 million reward offered

08:47for information leading to her arrest.

08:49Although still at large, rumors suggest that Ignatova may have been murdered in 2018 on the orders of a Bulgarian

08:55drug lord.

08:56Let's say she lives the high life on some yacht in the Mediterranean.

09:00It is difficult to do that on such a profile.

09:03She is not the type that will live in the jungle and hunt for food.

09:09Number 22. Andrew Cunanan.

09:15As a way of saying how special you are.

09:18Between April and July 1997, Andrew Cunanan went on a killing spree across four states, claiming the lives of five

09:26people.

09:26But he is mostly remembered for the murder of his final victim, renowned fashion designer Gianni Versace.

09:32On July 15, 1997, Cunanan fatally shot Versace at the entrance of his mansion in Miami Beach, Florida.

09:38Here in Miami, they are continuing to mourn the death of Gianni Versace, gathering in front of the home where

09:44he was gunned down yesterday.

09:46By that time, he had already spent about one month on the 10 most wanted fugitives list, but managed to

09:51lay low.

09:52Just one week after Versace's murder, Cunanan turned the same weapon on himself and took his own life before he

09:58could be captured.

09:59To this day, no one knows the motives behind his deadly rampage.

10:03Lieutenant Dale Barsness is the head of homicide for Minneapolis police.

10:08His prediction turns out to be true.

10:10Number 21. Robert William Fisher.

10:13There are three bodies found inside the house.

10:16Robert's truck is in the driveway.

10:18Mary's car is missing.

10:20In June 2002, former U.S. Navy personnel and firefighter Robert William Fisher became the 475th fugitive to appear on

10:28the 10 most wanted list.

10:29He was wanted for the alleged murder of his wife and two children at their home in Scottsdale, Arizona.

10:34Fisher, whose parents divorced when he was a teenager, reportedly had a troubled marriage on the brink of divorce.

10:40What makes this really hard to see is that everybody, including myself, is used to seeing that Van Lee portrait.

10:48That's our greatest knowledge of Brittany and Bobby, what they look like is from that portrait.

10:53Before that could happen, he killed his family and fled, rigging their house to explode hours later, supposedly to destroy

11:00all evidence of the crime.

11:02Since then, Fisher's whereabouts have never been verified, despite hundreds of tips received by the FBI.

11:08In 2021, he was taken off the list, though he still remains a wanted fugitive.

11:13Out of character and unexplainable. It's still beyond comprehension as far as how this could happen.

11:18Number 20. Ramzi Yusuf.

11:20The Bojinka plot was very much a proof of concept for al-Qaeda.

11:25Almost a decade before 9-11, the World Trade Center was hit with a terrorist attack that claimed six lives

11:31and left more than a thousand injured.

11:33Ramzi Yusuf, one of the brains behind the 1993 incident, fled the U.S. just hours later and was subsequently

11:40added to the FBI's list.

11:42During his period at large, Yusuf masterminded what is now known as the Bojinka plot, which included a plan to

11:48assassinate Pope John Paul II and attack 11 planes en route to the United States.

11:54The idea was to create confusion with the assassination of the Pope, experts say, and then quickly launch your second

12:01phase.

12:01Although detailed, the plan failed, and Yusuf was later arrested after one of his former associates ratted him out.

12:08He was extradited to the U.S., where he is currently behind bars for life.

12:13Number 19. Ruth Eisman Shear.

12:16The first woman to ever appear on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, Eisman Shear and her boyfriend Gary Stephen

12:23Crist orchestrated the kidnapping of heiress Barbara Jane Mackle in 1968.

12:27The two criminals abducted Mackle from her hotel room and took her to a remote area, where they buried her

12:34in a ventilated box for more than three days.

12:37Luckily, Mackle was rescued in relatively good condition.

12:41Crist was apprehended just two days later.

12:43And applied for a job at Central State Hospital, and when you go to work for the hospital, you have

12:49to be fingerprinted in a background check.

12:53It would take the better part of three months for Eisman Shear to be caught.

12:57But after it finally happened, she spent four years in prison and was deported to her home country of Honduras.

13:04Number 18. Jason Derrick Brown.

13:07Before he was included on the FBI's Most Wanted list,

13:10Jason Derrick Brown was a seemingly successful businessperson with a taste for the expensive.

13:15In reality, he was deeply in debt and involved in various sketchy schemes.

13:20His apparent life of luxury came to an end in November of 2004,

13:25when he carried out a heist of an armored car outside a movie theater, killing the guard.

13:30This was just a cold-blooded ambush in which the suspect was waiting for this man.

13:34Brown fled the scene and bounced around the U.S. before disappearing completely.

13:38His surfer-dude looks have led to supposed sightings of him all around the country,

13:43the majority of which have turned out to be false.

13:46The FBI has more tips on Brown than any other fugitive on the Most Wanted list.

13:53In 2022, Brown was removed from the list, although he still remains at large.

13:58Number 17. James Charles Kopp.

14:02Nicknamed Atomic Dog, James Charles Kopp was closely affiliated with anti-abortion militants,

14:08including the Christian Lambs of Christ.

14:11In 1998, he fatally shot physician Barnett Slepian in his own home.

14:16Dr. Slepian provided abortion services for several New York communities.

14:20Outrage. I don't think any of us are fearful for our lives.

14:24We are outraged that somebody would have the audacity and the just terrible gall to come in

14:30and do that to another human being.

14:32After committing the murder, Kopp fled the U.S.,

14:36moving to Mexico and Ireland before landing in France in March of 2001.

14:41Two weeks later, he was arrested by French police and extradited to the U.S.

14:46He's serving a lifetime sentence without the possibility of parole.

14:50Police suspect that he was also responsible for the murder of several other doctors in the U.S. and Canada.

14:56Number 16. Leslie Isben Rogge.

14:59Bank robber Leslie Isben Rogge was the first ever criminal on the FBI list apprehended thanks to the internet.

15:06He loves boats. He's probably around the water somewhere.

15:10He's probably got a bush bear in his hand.

15:13Rogge built his criminal career on bank robberies across the U.S., from Florida to Missouri.

15:19He was caught and convicted in 1984, but escaped the following year to commit even more robberies.

15:25If they really wanted to find him, all they would have to do is go into the areas where they

15:29think they are.

15:29He is and probably run a special on bush bear and he'd come by.

15:34In all, Rogge robbed over two dozen banks and made away with over $2 million.

15:39His travels, financed with stolen cashier's checks, have taken him from Belhaven, North Carolina,

15:45to Charleston, South Carolina, to Hendersonville, North Carolina, always just a step ahead of police.

15:51He remained on the run for several years before his picture on the FBI's website was recognized by someone in

15:57Guatemala,

15:58who alerted the local authorities.

16:00Rogge will remain locked up until 2034, when he will be 94 years old.

16:06Number 15. Eric Rudolph

16:08Another anti-abortion militant, Eric Rudolph was behind the Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

16:17And nobody's bothering you, right?

16:20He also bombed two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar.

16:24For five years, he hid in the Appalachian wilderness,

16:28but in 2003, he was arrested at a grocery store in North Carolina.

16:32He pleaded guilty to all charges, including murder, and revealed that he had hidden 250 pounds of dynamite in the

16:39forest.

16:41Unrepentant, he has written essays from prison promoting violence,

16:45published online by Christian terrorist organization Army of God.

16:49He didn't change a thing.

16:50No.

16:51Except that his actions destroyed a lot of lives, including his.

16:57Number 14. Warren Jeffs

17:00You don't know any better until you get away from it.

17:04And getting away from it is the hard part.

17:07The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a radical denomination of the Mormon church that still

17:14preaches polygamy.

17:15When he took over as president of the church, Warren Jeffs married nearly all of his father's widows,

17:20and took strict control over who his followers married.

17:24His regime was fraught with allegations of assault,

17:27and he was responsible for arranging marriages between adult men and minors.

17:32Warren had himself 78 wives.

17:3524 of those wives were underage.

17:38After appearing on the FBI Most Wanted list for just four months,

17:41Jeffs was arrested at a traffic stop and tried for his crimes in Utah, Arizona, and Texas.

17:47He is currently serving a life sentence in Texas.

17:50There were 10 women on that jury, and there were two men,

17:53and I've always maintained that it was a good thing for Warren Jeffs.

17:57There were a bunch of Texas Rangers in that courtroom,

17:59because after those 10 women heard that audio tape,

18:02they would have jumped over the railings and killed Warren with their bare hands.

18:05Number 13. Alexis Flores

18:07In 2000, a drifter going by the name Carlos was working as a handyman in a neighborhood in Philadelphia.

18:14That summer, the body of a missing girl was found in the apartment building where Carlos lived,

18:19and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

18:22Four years later, Alexis Flores was arrested for forgery in Arizona and jailed for 60 days.

18:28Before he was deported back to his home country of Honduras.

18:32After his deportation, DNA samples taken from Flores in Arizona matched those from the murder case in Philadelphia,

18:40proving that Carlos was, in fact, Flores.

18:43He was added to the FBI's list soon after,

18:46and nearly 20 years later, in February 2026, he was found in Honduras.

18:51Number 12. Juan Garcia Abrego

18:54The first drug trafficker to appear on the FBI's list,

18:58Juan Garcia Abrego gained notoriety as the ruthless leader of the Gulf cartel.

19:03After taking over the reins of the cartel from his uncle,

19:06Garcia Abrego transformed it into one of the most expansive crime syndicates along the U.S.-Mexico border.

19:12He shipped not only drugs into the U.S., but also millions of dollars to be laundered.

19:18With such an infamous reputation, he was added to the FBI's list in 1995,

19:23and apprehended almost a year later on a ranch in Mexico.

19:27He was tried on 22 counts of money laundering and drug trafficking,

19:31and bagged himself 11 consecutive life sentences in the slammer.

19:35Number 11. José Rodolfo Villarreal Hernández

19:39Speaking of the Gulf cartel, they feuded heavily with another Mexican syndicate called the Beltrán-Leba cartel.

19:46As part of their ongoing rivalry, the Gulf cartel arranged to have the father of José Rodolfo Villarreal Hernández murdered.

19:54Villarreal Hernández, who was a Beltrán-Leba boss, sought to enact his revenge,

20:00but not on any of his rival drug lords.

20:03Instead, he targeted Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa, the Gulf cartel's lawyer who represented their leader.

20:09In May 2013, Guerrero was tracked down to Southlake, Texas and assassinated by Villarreal Hernández's men.

20:17Investigation by the authorities traced the murder plot back to Villarreal Hernández,

20:21who was then added to the Most Wanted list.

20:24His name remained there until January 7, 2023, when he was arrested in Mexico.

20:28Number 10. Thomas James Holden

20:31Over the last 70 years, more than 500 names have graced the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list.

20:38Thomas James Holden was the very first.

20:41A career criminal, Holden first appeared on the FBI's radar as one half of the notorious Holden-Keating gang.

20:48Together with Francis Keating, he went on a robbery spree in the Midwest throughout the 1920s and 30s,

20:54targeting payroll deliveries, trains, and banks.

20:57Shortly after his second stint in prison, Holden shot his wife and her two brothers after a drunken night and

21:03fled the scene.

21:04The following year, he appeared as the first fugitive on the FBI's inaugural list.

21:09He was eventually captured and thrown right back in prison.

21:13Number 9. Victor Manuel Jarena

21:16With a record 32 years, Victor Manuel Jarena remains the fugitive with the longest amount of time spent on the

21:24Most Wanted list.

21:25While working as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo in 1983,

21:29Jarena and his accomplices pulled off a heist of $7 million from the company's depot.

21:34This became the biggest cash theft carried out on U.S. soil at the time.

21:38Jarena escaped to Mexico soon after the robbery and hasn't been seen since then.

21:43He was added to the FBI's list the following year and remained there until he was taken off in 2016.

21:50While many of his co-conspirators have since been apprehended,

21:53the whereabouts of Victor Manuel Jarena remain unsolved.

21:57Number 8. William Bradford Bishop Jr.

22:00Before the horrific events of March 1st, 1976,

22:04William Bradford Bishop Jr. lived the American dream.

22:07The Yale alum and former diplomat was married to his high school sweetheart and was the father to three boys.

22:13You know, you would have thought that they were the perfect family.

22:16They seem to be very happy.

22:18After finding out he was passed over for a promotion on that fateful day,

22:21Bishop returned home and allegedly murdered his family as well as his mother.

22:25For decades, the feds have combed through lead after lead,

22:29but have turned up nothing in their search for Bishop.

22:31One of the rangers noticed the car and he thought that maybe it was a backpacker.

22:36They run the plate and turned out that guy was wanted by the FBI.

22:41From 2014 to 2018, Bishop was named as one of the 10 most wanted fugitives,

22:46but he was kicked off the list in favor of more dangerous people.

22:51Number 7. Leonard Peltier

22:52The criminal case of Leonard Peltier is one that has been heavily debated for decades.

22:58I'll be an old man when I get out.

23:00An activist and member of the American Indian movement,

23:03Peltier appeared on the most wanted list for his involvement in the killing of two FBI agents

23:07at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

23:10He was arrested just two months later in Canada and extradited back to the U.S.,

23:14where he was tried and convicted.

23:16Peltier's trial raised several questions concerning the evidence presented and the witness testimonies,

23:21some of which have since been recanted.

23:24Witnesses were coerced by the FBI into saying they saw Peltier shoot the agents.

23:29Ballistics evidence that could have aided Leonard's defense was hidden from his lawyers.

23:34Despite clemency appeals from several human rights groups and key political figures,

23:39Peltier's convictions, two life sentences and additional time for a 1979 prison escape, still stand.

23:46Number 6. Rafael Caro Quintero

23:48The whopping $20 million reward for information leading to the capture of Rafael Caro Quintero

23:55was at the time the largest offered for an FBI most wanted fugitive.

23:59One of the founders of the Guadalajara cartel,

24:02Caro Quintero went to prison in 1985 for his role in the murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar.

24:09What the f*** were they thinking?

24:10They could kill an American government agent and get away with it?

24:13He was released in 2013 after a state tribunal in Mexico ruled that he should have been tried

24:19for murder in a state, not federal court.

24:21How could this drug lord be released from prison without the United States knowing?

24:25We are extremely disappointed and more than that, we are angry.

24:31After outrage from the Obama administration,

24:33the Mexican government issued a new arrest warrant a few days later.

24:37But Caro Quintero was long gone.

24:39He was, however, captured in Mexico on July 15, 2022,

24:44in a covert mission that left 14 Mexican service members dead in a helicopter crash.

24:49Number 5. Semyon Mogilevich

24:51He has contacts in various industries.

24:54He's a highly educated man.

24:56He's definitely a different type of mobster now.

24:58Arms trafficking, racketeering, money laundering, contract murders.

25:03These are just a few of the criminal charges leveled against Russian mafia boss Semyon Mogilevich.

25:08He has access to so much, including funding, including other criminal organizations,

25:14that he can, with a telephone call, affect the global economy.

25:19Described by the FBI as, quote,

25:21the most dangerous mobster in the world,

25:24Mogilevich was placed on the most wanted list in 2009

25:27after scamming millions of dollars from investors of a Canadian company he oversaw.

25:32Investors lost millions into the pockets of Mogilevich and his associates.

25:36It was a long shot, as the feds knew he had high-profile connections in Russia

25:40and was living freely in Moscow.

25:42Due to the lack of an extradition treaty between Russia and the U.S.,

25:46Mogilevich was taken off the list in 2015,

25:49but he is still being actively pursued by the FBI.

25:53Number 4. James Whitey Bulger

25:55One of the most notorious mob bosses ever to spring out of Boston,

26:00James Whitey Bulger was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang.

26:03You threatening me, Bulger?

26:04The last thing I would do if I was planning to harm you

26:07is to warn you in advance you dumb f***.

26:10Bulger had his hands in multiple criminal enterprises,

26:13such as racketeering, money laundering, extortion, and even murder.

26:17Yet he worked as an FBI informant against other mobs.

26:21Facing impending prosecution, he fled Boston and remained in hiding for 16 years.

26:27During this period, he was added to the list

26:29and was at one time the second most wanted man in the U.S. behind only Osama bin Laden.

26:35After he was apprehended in 2011,

26:37Bulger was convicted of his many crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

26:42In 2018, he met his demise at the hands of other inmates.

26:47Number 3. Theodore Ted Bundy

26:50One of the most infamous serial killers of all time,

26:53Ted Bundy was responsible for the deaths of at least 30 women in the 1970s.

26:58He was arrested in 1975, but managed to escape from prison twice,

27:03killing even more women while he was on the run.

27:06Bundy used his charm and good looks to lure his victims in

27:09before assaulting them and taking their lives.

27:12After his second escape from prison, his name was added to the FBI's list.

27:16He only spent five days on the list before he was arrested at a traffic stop.

27:20Following two highly publicized trials, Bundy was found guilty of three murders

27:25and was executed by electric chair in 1989.

27:29Jet Bundy is dead!

27:32Number 2. James Earl Ray

27:35Already a convicted armed robber and fraudster,

27:39James Earl Ray gained notoriety for his 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

27:44Ray, who had escaped from prison the previous year,

27:47ran up north to Canada and laid low for a while.

27:50Two months after the murder, a Scotland Yard detective in London's airport

27:54recognized Ray from his mugshot and detained the killer of an American icon.

28:00After a few months on the run, Ray was arrested in London

28:03and sent back to the U.S. to stand trial for his crime.

28:06There, he pleaded guilty to King's murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

28:11The mystery, the enigma about James Earl Ray is,

28:14to this day, we don't know exactly why he did it.

28:17Having appeared on the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives in 1968,

28:21Ray's name resurfaced on the list in 1977

28:23when he escaped from prison with six other inmates.

28:27He was recaptured three days later and died in prison at the age of 70.

28:32Number 1. Osama bin Laden

28:34USA! USA!

28:37As the founder of al-Qaeda,

28:39Osama bin Laden was responsible for masterminding several terrorist attacks.

28:43Although most infamous for the events of September 11, 2001,

28:47bin Laden originally appeared on the FBI's list two years earlier.

28:51His inclusion was as a result of his involvement in the 1998 bombings

28:55of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

28:57After the 9-11 attacks, bin Laden became the most wanted man in the world,

29:02with the FBI placing a $25 million bounty on his head.

29:06Bin Laden managed to evade capture for more than a decade,

29:09but met his end in May 2011,

29:12when he was shot and killed by U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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