@sfield_msun Standing in line at the Ideal Theatre in Clare Wednesday, Tom Kleinhardt listened to an elderly man recount things his father had told him about the Purple Gang. Nobody ever questioned… ...

His interest in rural organized crime set the topic for his first professional film, "Purple: Organized Crime In A Small Town," scheduled to premier Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Ideal Theater in Clare.

@sfield_msun When Benjamin Tigner’s documentary on the Purple Gang debuted in Clare in August, so many people showed up that the number of showings was doubled. Tigner, video unit head at the ...