They are the faces of modern day outlaws.
The FBI's most wanted list is marking its 65th year.
The first list drawn up in 1950.
"A reporter had asked the director of the FBI, J Edgar Hoover for a list of the toughest guys that the FBI was looking for the most wanted criminals and that story generated a great deal of publicity," said FBI Supervisory Special Agent JJ Klaver.
Hoover made the list a regular thing.
In the years that followed, television and the Internet have expanded its reach.
504 people have made the top ten.
The first bad guy on the list was Thomas James Holden who killed his wife and her two brothers.
Only 8 women have made the top ten.
Including Susan Edith Saxe, a bank robber who was arrested in Philadelphia in 1975 after someone recognized her.
Most recently, Canadensis resident Eric Frein made it on the list after an ambush at the Blooming Grove state police barracks that killed one trooper and injured another.
The list started with mostly murderers, bank robbers and members of organized crime but now includes white collar criminals, terrorists, child predators and gang members.
To get off the list you must be captured or die.
The FBI says while most of the "top teners" were captured by law enforcement.
35 percent of the perps were caught because of public involvement.
"That statistic alone points to the value of publicity surrounding the top 10 list. The public eye is what helps us catch fugitives," said Klaver.
The FBI says the list is a win win situation. The bad guys are taken off the street and public tipsters walk away with at least $100,000 reward money.
The FBI has put together a special website about the history of the top10 list, including pictures.
You can check out the report and the pictures here
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