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Famous Crimes #1 (1948)

Fox · 1948 · 36 pages

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Contains 8 stories
Alvin Karpis: Old Creepy
10 pp · crime
Alvin KarpisDoc BarkerMa BarkerEdward CreamerFred Hunter [Fred Cooper]

Alvin Karpis, known to his gang as "Old Creepy," builds a ruthless criminal empire through robbery and murder alongside Doc Barker and Ma Barker, but his violent ways draw the attention of law enforcement. When the gang turns to kidnapping wealthy businessman Edward Creamer for ransom, they set in motion events that will make Karpis one of the most wanted men in America. As the F.B.I. closes in, the walls begin to close around him and his associates.

The Bloodless Corpse
1 pp · crime
Inspector RocValdaJim KinkadeRodMarga
Clara Peete: The Beautiful Beast
9 pp · crime · inks ? [as Larry] (signed)
Phantom Lady (narrator)Mrs. WealMrs. MarshallMaryJames DentonJoeCharlieMr. LoganMrs. LoganLouise Fowler [Clara PeeteLouise WardlowAlma Blaine]

Phantom Lady narrates the true crime file of Clara Peete, a woman whose pattern of petty theft and manipulation escalates into something far darker when she insinuates herself into the life of a mining agent named James Denton in California. What begins as a calculated scheme to exploit his hospitality takes a sinister turn as Louise—operating under yet another assumed identity—sets her murderous plan in motion.

Sadie Krum: Girl Bandit
1 pp · crime
Sadie Krum

Sadie Krum dreams of escaping her humble life caring for her ailing mother, abandoning her home for the glittering promises of the big city—where she falls in with a criminal crowd and trades her poverty for stolen luxuries. As she learns the tricks of the trade and joins her new companions in bold heists, fate catches up with her in an unexpected way that forces her to confront what she left behind.

Jack "Legs" Diamond: Scorpion of Crime
9 pp · crime
Blue Beetle (narrator)Jack DiamondDutchJacob OrgenLepke BuchalterGurrah ShapiroArnold RothsteinDink MoranGrover Parks

The Blue Beetle recounts the rise of Jack "Legs" Diamond, a ruthless criminal who earned his nickname for his speed as a young thief in Hell's Kitchen and climbed through the ranks of New York's underworld—from street robber to bodyguard for labor racketeer Jacob Orgen, then to operator of his own criminal enterprises. As Diamond's power and enemies multiply, his path through bootlegging, narcotics, and murder brings him ever closer to a reckoning he can't outrun.

The Case of the Lethal Christmas Package
1 pp · crime
Alphonse RuoccoOlga Trapani RuoccoPearl Lusk

Small-time racketeer Alphonse Ruocco nurses a deadly obsession with his estranged wife, Olga Trapani Ruocco, and devises a cunning scheme to eliminate her while evading suspicion—by posing as a private detective and recruiting an unwitting accomplice. As the plan unfolds in the crowded New York subway on New Year's Eve 1946, the stage is set for a fateful confrontation that will determine who truly pays the price.

The Case of the Homicidal Hit-Runner of Donelson, Tennessee
1 pp · crime
Pameca LeeHoward Sullins

A woman accepts a ride from a stranger in Donelson, Tennessee, only to discover her driver is a dangerous obsessive who claims he'll commit murder for her affection—and proves it. When police begin their investigation, they close in on a man with blood on his hands and desperation in his heart. A chilling true-crime account of how a moment of ordinary kindness spirals into tragedy.

Killers at Large
1 pp · crime
Frankie Mudvino

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