There are the Top Ten lists you enjoy, think David Letterman, and the Top Ten lists you can only dream about being a part of, such as the Academy Awards.
The FBI, however, has been responsible for the "mother" of all top tens. The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is turning 60 years-old this weekend.
Since 1950, 494 people have been on the list and 463 have been caught. As the list celebrates a birthday, two Houston FBI agents remember the day they helped get two local names off the list.
"I tried to get him to talk but he didn't say much," says Kim Barkhausen, FBI Special Agent.
Barkhausen is talking about July of 1999 when she put handcuffs on Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, the so called Railroad Killer. He turned himself in just three weeks after getting on the list.
'The reason he came off the list was because of the publicity he got from being on the list," Barkhausen said.
Special agent Peter Hanna remembers the day in January 1996 when he helped take drug kingpin Juan Garcia-Abrego into custody at Bush Airport.
"He knew he was a top ten and he knew we were going to get the help of the Mexican government in the war on drugs," Hanna said.
Anyone who makes the list must make the grade with a special review committee. Criteria includes criminal history and if publicity from being on the list could help make an arrest.
It used to be the Post Office was the only way to see the list, now the FBI has made things ready for the digital world. The list is available on the FBI's Facebook and Twitter pages. An app is also available for download for your iphone.
All of this is a way to keep the list relevant for another 60 years.
The FBI, however, has been responsible for the "mother" of all top tens. The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is turning 60 years-old this weekend.
Since 1950, 494 people have been on the list and 463 have been caught. As the list celebrates a birthday, two Houston FBI agents remember the day they helped get two local names off the list.
"I tried to get him to talk but he didn't say much," says Kim Barkhausen, FBI Special Agent.
Barkhausen is talking about July of 1999 when she put handcuffs on Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, the so called Railroad Killer. He turned himself in just three weeks after getting on the list.
'The reason he came off the list was because of the publicity he got from being on the list," Barkhausen said.
Special agent Peter Hanna remembers the day in January 1996 when he helped take drug kingpin Juan Garcia-Abrego into custody at Bush Airport.
"He knew he was a top ten and he knew we were going to get the help of the Mexican government in the war on drugs," Hanna said.
Anyone who makes the list must make the grade with a special review committee. Criteria includes criminal history and if publicity from being on the list could help make an arrest.
It used to be the Post Office was the only way to see the list, now the FBI has made things ready for the digital world. The list is available on the FBI's Facebook and Twitter pages. An app is also available for download for your iphone.
All of this is a way to keep the list relevant for another 60 years.
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