The FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list began in 1950 after a news reporter asked the bureau for the names of the "toughest guys" it wanted to capture. The resulting story generated so much publicity, J. Edgar Hoover, then director, decided to launch the most wanted program. Since then, 501 fugitives have made the list, which requires that they committed serious or dangerous crimes and that national publicity would help apprehend them. The bureau has caught or located 471 of them — well abo...
The FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list began in 1950 after a news reporter asked the bureau for the names of the "toughest guys" it wanted to capture. The resulting story generated so much publicity, J. Edgar Hoover, then director, decided to launch the most wanted program. Since then, 501 fugitives have made the list, which requires that they committed serious or dangerous crimes and that national publicity would help apprehend them. The bureau has caught or located 471 of them — well abo...
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