Weaving a tall tale Generations removed from the robbery, the life-threatening reality seems to take a backseat to the coolness factor of the Baby Face Nelson chapter of Brainerd's history.

Stories of bank robberies, shootouts, murders and kidnappings-crimes all connected to the gangsters of Minnesota including Brainerd's own history of Baby Face Nelson, a well-known gangster from ...

Brainerd's legend of Baby Face: Original play depicts infamous bank robbery Twilight had yet to give way to the morning sun on a Monday in October 85 years ago in downtown Brainerd. Late October ...