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 Toronto's Infamous 'Boyd Gang' |
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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. |
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 From his days as a young hoodlum and later as a wartime commando, Edwin Boyd seems preordained to become infamous. (TV; runs 8:23) |
 To many Torontonians, the Boyd Gang are local heroes, robbing from the rich banks and living on the lam. But everything suddenly changes. (TV; runs 7:20) |
 The notorious Boyd Gang are back behind bars thanks to the work of two innovative police detectives. (TV; runs 6:35) |
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 The Boyd Gang busts out again, the nationwide manhunt that follows is the first story ever covered on CBC Television. (TV; runs 1:58) |
 The fugitive Boyd Gang are collared for the last time. (Radio; runs 2:36) |
 Steve Suchan and Lennie Jackson pay for the murder of Edmund Tong with their lives. (Radio; runs 5:11) |
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 After 10 years in the slammer, Edwin Boyd makes parole... briefly. (TV; runs 1:50) |
 Could Edwin Alonzo Boyd have been a murderer? One journalist believes he has a taped confession. (TV; runs 11:09) |
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4 Additional Clips about Toronto's Infamous 'Boyd Gang'
