Stupid Criminals
Follies of the Madmen #568
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 15, 2023 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, Advertising, Candy, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #567
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 06, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Stupid Criminals, Advertising, 1970s
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 14
Source: The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 02 Nov 1960, Wed Page 1"I was sick and tired of having to ask for every nickel from my wife," was the reason retired film producer James Howlett gave Glendale police for trying to hire a man to murder his 78-year-old wife.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 02, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Stupid Criminals, Husbands, 1960s
Monsters Under the Bed
It's highly gratifying to see an ancient cliche--OLD MAID CHECKS UNDER HER BED FOR MEN EVERY NIGHT--actually bearing fruit. Although not literally an "old maid," this wife's habit of looking under her bed for intruders paid off.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 22, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Sexuality, Stupid Criminals, Wives, 1910s
Burglary Party
Our Glorious Founder Chuck Shepherd frequently featured reports of housebreakers who a) did housework; b) drank themselves into a stupor; c) cooked a meal; d) had a bath or shower; etc. Here's a variation on the theme.Source: Wichita Falls Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 30 Jun 1953, Tue Page 1
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 31, 2022 -
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Category: Dinners, Banquets, Parties, Tributes, Roasts and Other Celebrations, Food, Stupid Criminals, 1950s
Unsuspecting drug dealer
July 1973: Two undercover agents approached Eduardo Bazua at a gas station and attempted to buy heroin from him. However, he was reluctant to make the sale there and asked if there was somewhere more private they could go. So the agents took him to their nearby office at the Drug Enforcement Agency. Once in the office, Bazua proceeded to make the sale, and the agents promptly arrested him.In Bazua's defense, there was no lettering on the door identifying it as the DEA, but even so, the fact that the office was on the 12th floor of the downtown federal building should have been a clue.
Los Angeles Times - July 27, 1973
San Bernardino County Sun - July 26, 1973
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 19, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Stupid Criminals, 1970s
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 9
These two were "lucky" enough to be immortalized by Weegee.Article source: The Grand Island Daily Independent (Grand Island, Nebraska) 03 Aug 1936,
Mon Page 1
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 10, 2022 -
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Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, Family, Photography and Photographers, 1930s
Self-Witness
1979: Thomas Martin, an assistant manager at a Jack in the Box restaurant, told police he was robbed of $307 while closing up the store. Police asked him to describe the robber. He described himself. He later confessed to taking the money from the store.I wonder if this sketch is preserved somewhere in the archives of the Oroville, CA police department.
Kenosha News - Mar 9, 1979
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 03, 2022 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, 1990s
Robbing a glue factory
I assume they got the charges to stick.
Decatur Herald and Review - Nov 28, 1993
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 24, 2022 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, 1990s
Robber warns of robbery
Jan 1995: Raymond Cuthbert warned an employee at Nolan's Pharmacy that he would be back in half an hour to rob the store. Sure enough, he returned a half hour later with a friend who was carrying a concealed weapon. The two were arrested by the waiting police.
The Vernon Morning Star - Jan 6, 1995
Perhaps Raymond had in mind the law proposed in Texas in 1973 that would have required criminals to give their victims advance notice before committing a crime.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 24, 2021 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, 1990s
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