This documentary examines Purvis' life and sheds some light on his gruesome death. Melvin Purvis, the Timmonsville native with the unassuming name, skyrocketed to fame in the 1930's as the leader ...

His name is no longer as well known as the men he hunted, but Melvin Purvis was famous ... actions without landing. A second scene at least broaches the Purvis theme, as a kimono-clad Hoover ...

John Dillinger's crime spree ended on July 22, 1934 thanks to SC FBI Agent Melvin Purvis. John Herbert Dillinger's life of crime ended on July 22, 1934. Dillinger is remembered as arguably the ...