19. Ernest Tait

Ernest Tait was a robber at his very core... even if he wasn't very good at getting away with it. He's one of the few criminal dudes in history who made the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list twice in his lifetime! More horrifyingly, though, he was a really really bad friend.

Sources (most are old-timey and don’t have bylines):

• Nashville Banner: “Ernest Tait Joins Rank of ‘Ten Most Wanted” by James Lee
• The Daily Reporter (Greenville, Indiana): “Schricker Files Extradition Papers for Tait’s Return”
• Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky): “Ernest Tait, On FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ List, is Arrested”
• The Circleville Herald (Circleville, Ohio): “Fugitives from the FBI: Ernest Tait”
• The Republic (Columbus, Indiana): “Hoosier Slayers Captured by FBI”
• Rushville Republican (Rushville, Indiana): “Burglar, Shot by New Castle Police in 1951, Put on FBI’s Wanted List”
• Terre Haute Star (Terre Haute, Indiana): “FBI ‘Most Wanted’ Tait Under Arrest”
• Grunge: “The Craziest Crimes that Landed People on the Most Wanted List” by Andy L. Kubai
• Ernest Tait v. State of Indiana

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