FBI’s Most Wanted List Turns 60

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 12 March 2010 10:46 AM

On the 60th anniversary of the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ poster, the Washington Post takes a look a some of the most interesting and notorious ones. The list was started in 1949 after a reporter asked who the “toughest guys” the agency was pursuing were.

The above photo is one of the earliest Most Wanted posters put out by the FBI. If you look in the lower right hand corner you can see who issued it: J. Edgar Hoover.

FBI’s current Most Wanted List and its photo archive of fugitives throughout history

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