With today being the birth anniversary of gangster George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1900 – July 17, 1954), aka "Machine Gun Kelly," we're revisiting this "From the Vault" Big Blend Radio interview with award-winning author Barbara Casey who discusses her book "Kathryn Kelly: The Moll Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly." This biography showcases how with a lust for danger, Kathryn Kelly masterminded the crimes that took her and her husband, and others who included her own mother and stepfather, on a spree across Minnesota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Texas. Starting with smaller crimes that included bootlegging, smuggling liquor onto an Oklahoma Indian reservation, and other petty crimes, she encouraged her husband, George Kelly, toward a life of more serious criminal activity that eventually escalated into bank robberies, kidnapping and extortion. Many believe that it was Kathryn, after giving him a machine gun, who developed George's feared persona and the name of "Machine Gun Kelly." Although much has been written about Machine Gun Kelly, there is very little known about Kathryn. Through narrative, FBI files, rare quotes from George Kelly's son and other relatives and associates, extensive research, and several photographs, "Kathryn Kelly - The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly" is the first book ever written about a woman who chose to follow a life of crime during the Prohibition era.