People often complain about how crime is so much worse now.
But crime was present even in the "good ol' days."
Route 66 advocate Delbert Trew writes in his column (free registration required) for the Amarillo Globe-News about criminal activity on Route 66 in the 1930s, including a near-fatal bank heist in Alanreed, Texas, along with the notorious exploits of Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie & Clyde.