Crime Does Not Pay #73

When a small-time hood named Peter Feflin and his Sniper gang ignite a deadly fire at their rivals' clubhouse during Prohibition, the brutal act draws the heat of both the law and enemy gangsters seeking payback. Years after doing time for the arson, Feflin emerges from prison unchanged and more dangerous than ever—a quick-tempered runt with a gun and a vendetta simmering in a neighborhood already on edge. In this gritty tale from Crime Does Not Pay, Mr. Crime chronicles how Feflin's refusal to let old wounds heal sets him on a collision course with forces he may not survive.

A small-time crook with a poisoned mind, Al Jennings becomes obsessed with the false belief that Pete Foster has betrayed him to the police following a jewelry store robbery—a conviction born entirely from Jennings's own warped guilt, not reality. Released early for good behavior, Jennings plots revenge while secretly planning to return to crime, but his twisted logic and reckless decisions set him on a collision course with the very law he fears. This is the true story of a criminal undone not by a squealer, but by his own paranoia and the inevitable consequences that follow a life of crime.

Two hardened ex-convicts, Dennis Mayhew and Everett Johns, burst out of prison consumed by rage toward the law that confined them—and they embark on a brutal killing spree across the South, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. As their desperation mounts and the police close in from all sides, the fugitives find themselves cornered by relentless pursuit and their own unraveling plans. This is the true crime account of how the law finally caught up with two of the era's most dangerous killers.