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Toronto's Infamous 'Boyd Gang'
It's the early 1950s, and banks are popping up all over "Toronto the Good." So too is a daring group of villains (or heroes, depending on who you ask): the bank-robbing, jail-busting "Boyd Gang." Warring newspapers and budding television stations race to break any news of Toronto's most infamous gangsters, and capture the imagination of the public.
Last updated: January 18, 2013
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The fugitive Boyd Gang are collared for the last time.
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After 10 years in the slammer, Edwin Boyd makes parole... briefly.
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After serving 10 years, Edwin Alonzo Boyd faces a media barrage.
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Gang leader's parole revoked due to lack of co-operation and violation...
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The men that reported on crime during the 1950s talk about how gangs w...
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Steve Suchan and Lennie Jackson pay for the murder of Edmund Tong with...
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The notorious Boyd Gang are back behind bars thanks to the work of two...
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From his days as a young hoodlum and later as a wartime commando, Edwi...
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To many Torontonians, the Boyd Gang are local heroes, robbing from the...
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The Boyd Gang busts out again, the nationwide manhunt that follows is ...
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Could Edwin Alonzo Boyd have been a murderer? One journalist believes ...
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It's the early 1950s, and banks are popping up all over "Toronto the G...