Famous Crimes #17

Henry Lee Victor, a career criminal marked by the black silk glove concealing his mutilated hand, recounts to the FBI the string of post-office robberies and bank jobs that made his trademark a whispered legend in the underworld—beginning with a fateful operation in Missouri alongside his brother Red. As Henry reveals how crime consumed his life and tested the bonds of family and loyalty, his distinctive glove becomes the very clue that leads authorities to unravel his carefully hidden past. Told through flashback confessions in a police interrogation room, "The Gloved Hand" traces the rise of a desperate man whose disability and obsession would ultimately mark his downfall.

Three desperate drifters—Frank Sadeo, Charles Fello, and Iggie Ferroar—meet by chance in a freight car headed to Detroit and quickly turn to violence to survive, escalating from beating a railroad detective to armed robbery. When Frank gets the idea to snatch someone who can pay ransom, the trio sets its sights on a doctor, luring him into a trap that will test how far they're willing to go. This gritty 1950 crime tale chronicles the rise of three hoods from broke hobos to ruthless kidnappers.

Derrick Roper, a clever waiter with an eye for wealthy patrons, teams up with Gabriel Corey and Joe Cutter to turn petty theft into a refined operation—using high-society directories to identify rich marks dining at his cafe and tipping off his partners for coordinated home robberies. When a prosperous businessman named Van Dyne walks into the restaurant, Roper sees an opportunity to pull off their biggest job yet, setting in motion a scheme that will test whether their careful planning can withstand the pressures of greed.