Famous Crimes #2

Blacky Banton, fresh from prison and itching to burn, teams up with his girlfriend Mavis to set fire to anything that catches his eye—gasoline and dynamite in hand, he’s back in his favorite game. But when two curious hunters start poking around, Blacky’s fun might just spark something far more dangerous than he planned.

Lieut. Charles Becker runs a strongarm squad meant to clean up New York's rackets, but he's secretly in on a gambling operation with Herman Rosenthal—until Rosenthal threatens to expose the whole scheme to the press. When Rosenthal turns up murdered outside the Metropole restaurant, the trail of evidence points back to the very cop who was supposed to protect the city.

Handsome con man Harry Holmes—posing as a respectable doctor—charmed his way into an Illinois drugstore, then orchestrated an elaborate scheme involving a grand hotel, fake business concerns, and vulnerable young women to fund his twisted ambitions. When his debts mounted, Holmes turned to insurance fraud and murder, partnering with a crooked lawyer to stage increasingly brazen crimes while maintaining his façade of respectability. Detective Geyer and the authorities close in as the full scope of Holmes' predatory operations begins to unravel.

Ann and Tom Duncan are a married couple with a taste for crime—specifically bank robbery—but their partnership takes a darker turn when murder enters the equation. As the pair becomes increasingly notorious across the Southwest, their criminal enterprise spirals into violence and betrayal, forcing them to confront the consequences of their bloody collaboration.

Joe Corregio and his partner Sammy Green embark on a brutal crime spree across upstate New York, robbing bars, liquor stores, and a shoe factory with escalating violence. When their reckless actions finally catch up with them at a Buffalo train station, the two killers must face the consequences of their ruthless pursuit of easy money. Based on actual police files, this gritty 1948 crime story charts the downfall of two hardened criminals who thought they could outrun the law.