Almost a decade before Bonnie and Clyde blasted their way into our collective public consciousness, Richard and Margaret Whittemore, aka “The Candy Kid” and “Tiger Girl” made national news, not only for their participation in deadly robberies in 1920s New York, but also for their romantic love story, played out through newspaper articles and photographs across America.
My guest is prolific author Glenn Stout, author of “Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid: America’s Original Gangster Couple”. He spent fifteen years researching and writing this epic tale about the most infamous gangster duo you’ve likely never heard of.
More information can be found at his website.
