redrum Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Nyah, see? Listen here you mugs!! Yeah, lots of people are fascinated with the criminal types, especially the mob/gangster types. I thought it would make an interesting thread to post any that come to mind. I got this article and pic from some magazine on Gotti when he was first arrested. And remember kids, Crime Doesn't Pay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/cpn3a.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Larry King....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/cpn3a.html Big Al was a cobbler on Alcatraz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Larry King....... More of a mug shot than a 'mug.' HELLO CHICAGO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 This guy always cracked me up. Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante. He needed to take some target practice for sure. http://crime.about.com/od/gangsters/a/gigante.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 The Purple Gang (some mean Detroit Jewish boys) 'They're rotten, purple like the color of bad meat' http://www.legendsofamerica.com/20th-purplegang.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apantherfrommd Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Public Enemy Numero Uno Only thing left of him is in a jar in the Smithsonian. *but that may just be an urban legend* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Public Enemy Numero Uno Only thing left of him is in a jar in the Smithsonian. *but that may just be an urban legend* Wasn't that his finger? (according to THAT photo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apantherfrommd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Hi Sozozoso! How's it goin'? Yes that's either his finger or he's happ... Yup. That's his finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Public Enemy Numero Uno Only thing left of him is in a jar in the Smithsonian. *but that may just be an urban legend* Great movie with Warren Oates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Not too bad apantherfrommd atm... I kinda liked the story of Bonnie and Clyde but IMHO....(I'm gonna hijack the thread a bit here) I do read an awful lot of British crime, especially when it came to the noose being brought in. I have this book It's more of a reference book rather than bed time reading but anyways a fascinating read, listing every trial and execution in Britain from 1900 to 1964 I heartly recommend it to anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Back to the subject of mugs, I have come across some old photos taken of convicts from the Victorian times, quite a few of children Also a few years back I visited the old Crumlin Jail in Belfast and was told the reason why these chaps have their hands/fingers in show while getting their mugshot taken was because of theories about the shape of the skull and hands of criminals. Meanwhile I wouldn't like to bump into this during the night Amelia Dyer, convicted baby killer (she was a baby farmer) Hanged in Newgate Prison, London 1897 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apantherfrommd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Back to the subject of mugs, I have come across some old photos taken of convicts from the Victorian times, quite a few of children Also a few years back I visited the old Crumlin Jail in Belfast and was told the reason why these chaps have their hands/fingers in show while getting their mugshot taken was because of theories about the shape of the skull and hands of criminals. Meanwhile I wouldn't like to bump into this during the night Amelia Dyer, convicted baby killer (she was a baby farmer) Hanged in Newgate Prison, London 1897Bless her heart. I didn't know that was a woman at first glance. If I looked like that and I was a lady, I suppose people wouldn't have treated me so kindly. People are so superficial. And that never change with the times.I'm gonna have to check out that book you presented. It looks interesting. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'm gonna have to check out that book you presented. It looks interesting. Thank you. Yeah as I said it is a fascinating read, I use it as a reference book (I'm a bit of a wannabe crime historian) Here's the link to it http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Encyclopaedia-Executions-John-Eddleston/dp/1844540588 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Also a few years back I visited the old Crumlin Jail in Belfast and was told the reason why these chaps have their hands/fingers in show while getting their mugshot taken was because of theories about the shape of the skull and hands of criminals. Wacky science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Yeah as I said it is a fascinating read, I use it as a reference book (I'm a bit of a wannabe crime historian) Here's the link to it http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Encyclopaedia-Executions-John-Eddleston/dp/1844540588 This is a book I had back in the 90's. My niece borrowed it and I haven't seen it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Very interesting redrum, talking of hard to get/rare as hens teeth books (again...going off "mugs" topic again") There is a book that I used to get from the library as a kid. I've been after this gem for sooo long. I have seen the odd copy floating about in Ebay and Amazon for large stupid amounts of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Wacky science. Makes you wonder if the guys in those pictures, one day we will be viewing them perhaps even judging them, in the future through funny light up screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Very interesting redrum, talking of hard to get/rare as hens teeth books (again...going off "mugs" topic again") There is a book that I used to get from the library as a kid. I've been after this gem for sooo long. I have seen the odd copy floating about in Ebay and Amazon for large stupid amounts of money Yeah, I saw a Woody Guthrie book going for $2500. It's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Makes you wonder if the guys in those pictures, one day we will be viewing them perhaps even judging them, in the future through funny light up screens. You have to wonder about the 3/4 pose too. We have this book at the library titled 'Least Wanted' by Mark Michaelson and 2 others. It's pricey as hell too an Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 ^^Holy *rap, it's £178.20 here Another good book is about the life story of Ruth Ellis by Robert Hancock In fact a little interesting thing is that the guy she murdered, David Blakely, his mother was originally from Ballynahinch. A town just 15 miles south of where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozoZoso Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Oh and by the way, the cover of that book is the actress Miranda Richardson, who did play Ruth in the brilliant drama "Dance With A Stranger" Also another fact (sorry to bore everyone here) I did remember coming across an article linking Ruth Ellis and Dr Stephen Ward (of the infamous Profumo Affair) that she was one of his "girls" Again apologies for thread hi-jacking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 ^^Holy *rap, it's £178.20 here Another good book is about the life story of Ruth Ellis by Robert Hancock In fact a little interesting thing is that the guy she murdered, David Blakely, his mother was originally from Ballynahinch. A town just 15 miles south of where I live. I remember as a kid in San Francisco this woman killed two people and buried them in the basement. I'll have to try to dredge that up sometime. Also, we used to hang out at the Eureka Valley rec center as kids and there was this group of thugs always hanging out there making trouble. Well, one night they robbed and beat this guy a couple blocks away in Dolores Park and they tried to burn his wallet to destroy evidence. They left the poor guy on the ground and he crawled onto the streetcar tracks and was run over and killed. Those pricks all went to prison and it was strange to see their ugly mugs in the detective magazines. Good riddance to the scumbags and the rec center was now at peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 The Birdman Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a federal American prisoner, cited as one of the most notorious criminals in American history. During his time at Leavenworth Penitentiary he reared and sold birds and became a respected ornithologist, but despite his nickname, he was not permitted to keep his birds at Alcatraz, where he was incarcerated from 1942. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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