REBELS WITHOUT A CAUSE: A brief history of youth crime between the years 1950-1961.

This true-crime documentary, originally posted to Facebook, introduces viewers to the history of youth crime between the years 1950 to 1961.

In addition to being an “introduction” into the subject of postwar youth crime, the 45-minute video is also a “response” to other similarly-themed, and informative, videos, regarding “juvenile-delinquents of the 1950’s.” (Those videos focus on Hollywood actors of classic films who portrayed “troubled” or “rebellious” youth. This true-crime and history video focuses on the real-life cases.)

Timestamps to access specific chapters, as well as a bibliography, are below .

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Chapter Marks/Time Stamps:

0:02:46 Robert Arthur Ranson, the March 30, 1952 Civic Center shooting, the October 1956 “stabbing spree,” and the exploration of the “white shoe” gang subculture of San Francisco, California.

0:09:21 The Rebels street gang, the March 11, 1957 murder of Alvin Palmer, The 3rd Annual anti-gang Youth Rally, and the “stone greaser” gang subculture of Chicago.

0:13:22 Non-gang-related violent youth crime, May 4, 1956 Pleasant Seat, Maryland school shooting committed by 14-year-old Billy Ray Prevatte, a brief look at The Brooklyn Thrill Killers, Madeline Alred, shooter Howard Ray Criswell, and serial murderer Charles Starkweather.

0:17:03 The “bopping” gangs of New York, the real-life inspiration for the film “The Young Savages,” and the July 30, 1957 murder of Michael Farmer.

0:22:08 Recollections by Billy Luken, survivor of the August 29, 1959 “Capeman” murders committed by 16-year-old Salvador Agron upon Anthony Krzesinski and Bobby Young, also 16.

0:33:52 “Let The Good Times Roll,” remaking the image of the 1950’s “delinquent” from violence-prone marginalized youth into the family-friendly prankster and LP album and costume party mascot during “The Fifties Nostalgia Fad and Revival” of the 1970’s.

Bibliography:

Robert Arthur Ranson and The Civic Center shooting:
“The People v. Ranson”:
https://law.justia.com/cases/californ...
Parole record, courtesy of The California Archive.
Look Magazine January 27, 1953 “Teen-Age Killers” by Dan Fowler
News articles, dated March 31, 1952 San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner

John Alpaugh stabbing:
Court and arrest records of Clement Hall and Earl Anderson courtesy of The California Archive.
News articles, November 3, 1956 San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner

Interviews with Phil Ward (witness at the Ranson shooting), and William Miller, Ben Choate, Gary Jensen, Mark Zannini, and Patrick Coonen for insights into 1950’s San Francisco youth gang subcultures.

Alvin Palmer murder trial:
"The People v. Rybka":
https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois...
"Chicago: A Biography" by Dominic A. Pacyga (pages 305-307)
Farragut Career Academy high school yearbook 1955
Chicago Daily Tribune "15 Held For Teen Murder," dated March 15, 1957

1957 Chicago Youth Rally -
Casper Tribune Herald dated May 1, 1957
Life Magazine dated May 20, 1957
Mendell Catholic High School Yearbook 1957
3rd Annual Chicago Youth Rally Souvenir Program

Recommended websites for Chicago youth gang history:
http://www.stonegreasers.com/greaser/
https://www.chicagoganghistory.com/ga...

Non-Gang related Youth Crime:
Billy Ray Prevatte:
“Prevatte v. Director”:
https://law.justia.com/cases/maryland...
May 1956 news articles Baltimore Evening Sun, Windsor Daily Star, Fort Worth Star

Michael Farmer murder:
Life magazine August 12, 1957 “Teen-Age Burst Of Brutality.”
“The Jury Is Still Out,” Irwin Davidson, published 1959
http://michaelfarmer.org/murder---jul...

“Capeman” murders:”
“United States Ex Rel. Salvador Agron, Petitioner-appellant, v. Ross E. Herold, M.d., Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Dannemora, New York, Respondent-appellee, 426 F.2d 125“
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/...
New York Magazine, November 10, 1997 “The Murders And The Musical” by Mike McAllery

Conversations with Ed Bielcik, David Van Pelt, and Kwame Welsh for New York youth gang insight.

1970's Fifties Nostalgia Fad:
"The Wacky Revival of The 1950's" Life magazine, June 16, 1972
"Rock 'N' Roll Dances of the 1950s" by Lisa Jo Sagolla (pages 100-111.)

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