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Crime Does Not Pay #26 (1943)

Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 1943 · 68 pages

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Contains 7 stories
The True Life Story of.... Charles "Lucky" Luciano
13 pp · crime

In 1904, a Sicilian immigrant boy named Charles Luciano arrives in America with his parents' dreams of education and respectability—but he has other plans. This hard-hitting true crime tale follows young Luciano's rapid descent from schoolyard dropout to street enforcer, showing how a criminal mentor molds him into a ruthless operator who climbs the ranks of organized crime through violence, bootlegging, and calculated ruthlessness. As his reputation grows and his reach spreads across New York, Luciano's ambitions begin to outpace even those who made him—setting the stage for a reckoning that will define his legacy.

The Elusive Corpse
6 pp · crime

A servant girl brings the Inspector a damning letter—her master's wife Jeanne has poisoned him with powder mixed into his food—but when the police rush to find the body, the "murdered" husband is nowhere to be found. As Jeanne and her lover André confess to the crime, the Inspector launches a desperate search through Paris, only to have his investigation turned upside down by a very unexpected arrival. A clever little mystery about what counts as murder when the victim refuses to stay dead.

The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed
8 pp · crime

In 1885 England, John Lee is convicted of murder he didn't commit and sentenced to hang—but the gallows trap mysteriously fails to open six times in succession, and his sentence is commuted to life imprisonment. Over two decades, Lee survives impossible accidents while imprisoned, earning a pardon through good behavior, only to discover that the executioner James Berry's deathbed confession reveals the truth about the crime. A man seemingly protected by fate itself finally learns that justice, however delayed, may yet find its way.

The Mystery of the War Bond Drive
5 pp · crime
Robert MartinAlbert ReraumTimothy BurnBob Abrams

When a high school war bond drive nets $747 in just four days, someone steals the entire collection—and the four boys in charge each have a motive to match. With Robert Martin, Albert Reraum, Timothy Burn, and Bob Abrams all under suspicion, the principal sets a trap to catch the thief red-handed. Can you spot the guilty party before the culprit strikes again?

Death Gives a Lesson
6 pp · crime

In 1894 Wabash, Indiana, a young man named Jack Darling plans to marry his sweetheart, but his family's financial troubles and the presence of the struggling Hubbard family living under their roof begin to unravel his hopes. When Sarah, Jack's intended, grows suspicious of Mr. Hubbard's involvement in a series of disappearances and murders, she races to uncover the truth before tragedy strikes closer to home. What Sarah discovers sets in motion a chain of events that will one day transform a killer's remains into a grim classroom fixture, teaching future generations about the wages of greed and violence.

The Case of the Cross-Eyed Killer
8 pp · crime

In 1935 Cleveland, a ruthless trio—led by the trigger-happy, cross-eyed Danny and his blonde accomplice Helen Harmon—tears through the city with a wave of robberies that leaves police scrambling for answers. When a store robbery goes violently wrong and a young man is killed, Detective Cody gets the break he needs to hunt down the gang across state lines. Watch as the pieces of the puzzle fall into place and justice closes in on this cold-blooded crew.

The Dalton Boys
10 pp · crime

The Dalton Boys—Robert, Emmet, and Grattan—start their careers as United States Marshals, upholding the law in the Old West, but when the government fails to pay them for their vital work, they abandon their badges in frustration. Adrift and desperate, the brothers find themselves drawn into increasingly lawless circumstances: false accusations, frontier vigilantism, and a cascade of robberies that transform them from lawmen into outlaws with a spreading reputation they can't escape. As their notoriety grows and legitimate life becomes impossible, the Daltons commit themselves fully to crime, planning a series of daring bank and train robberies that will test their cunning against a town ready for their return.

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