Kate Barker, better known as Ma Barker, was the mother of a few members of the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era", when the exploits of criminal gangs in the Midwestern United States gri
Queen of the Mob
…Persons in Hiding. The events are loosely based on the kidnapping of Edward Bremer by the Barker-Karpis gang, which Hoover believed to have been led by Ma Barker. The names of the persons involved and other details of events were changed at the request of the FBI. Infamous Ma Webster rules her clan of mobsters…
Barker circa 1932
"Ma" and Fred Barker died in the upper left bedroom of this house beside Lake Weir in Florida . 29°02′29″N 81°56′00″W / 29.041319°N 81.933408°W / 29.041319; -81.933408 (Ma Barker hideout in Ocklawaha, Florida)