Crime Does Not Pay #50

The Fleagle brothers—Jake and Ralph—emerge from prison determined to build a criminal empire, armed with schemes, guns, and a willingness to silence anyone who gets in their way. Over years of robberies, train heists, and armored-car jobs, they perfect their ruthless system, leaving no witnesses and building a fortune they disguise as legitimate cattle business back home in Kansas. But as their notoriety grows and questions close in, the brothers retreat to a remote ranch to plan their boldest crimes yet—unaware that their own arrogance and superstitions may be their undoing.

Danny Iamascia's poor eyesight becomes both a running joke and a curse as this near-sighted triggerman climbs through the criminal underworld, eventually landing a lucrative gig as Dutch Schultz's bodyguard. When his glasses slip at a crucial moment on a hot June night in 1931, Iamascia's compromised vision sets off a tragic chain of events that spirals beyond his control.

James Waybern Hall returns to Little Rock in 1944 planning to settle down with a wife, but his violent drinking and brutal nature soon lead him down a darker path of crime and murder. As "Red" Hall preys on unsuspecting travelers and acquaintances, the scales of justice begin to close in on this Arkansas killer. This true crime story follows the deadly consequences of greed and rage in 1940s Arkansas.

When a ruthless artifact smuggler named Monroe Malice invites his enemies to his home—a temple dancer he abandoned, a spiritualist he exposed, a Chinese official he stole from—his smashed jade Buddha seems to herald disaster. After Malice is killed by an invisible assailant in the darkness, the murders continue, and detective Riley must untangle which of the gathered guests wielded a weapon no one can find. A locked-room whodunnit where the deadliest enemy may be the one closest to home.

Howard Potts of Denver loved his chickens more than anything—including his wife Muriel, whose practical concerns about money and household management put her at odds with his obsession. When Muriel kills one of his prized roosters out of desperation to feed them, Potts's resentment explodes into violence, setting him on a collision course with the law.

When a brazen burglar terrorizes the exclusive Belmont Hill section of Massachusetts with over sixty robberies, the police chief and citizens band together with patrols, tip-offs, and a clever trap—but the Belmont Bandit seems always one step ahead, striking wherever the law isn't watching. As his crime spree spirals deeper, a chance discovery at the town's school finally breaks the case wide open, revealing a shocking truth about who's been robbing them all along.