A Perfect Crime
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Pappy
Living the Dream
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), Lana Turner and John Garfield.
"Frank and Cora aspire to commit the perfect crime – knocking off Cora’s much older husband Nick (Cecil Kellaway), but their efforts are undermined by their guilty consciences and mutual mistrust."
"Frank and Cora aspire to commit the perfect crime – knocking off Cora’s much older husband Nick (Cecil Kellaway), but their efforts are undermined by their guilty consciences and mutual mistrust."
Pappy
Living the Dream
Meanderer
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10 great films about committing the perfect crime
"Thieves, con artists, murderers – all strive for the fiendish, cover-your-tracks precision of the untraceable crime. Let’s see if we can get away with this list of 10 classic perfect crime movies".
"Of course, the irony of the perfect crime in movies is that it’s rarely ever perfect. In classic Hollywood, morally redemptive conclusions were mandated to show that crime doesn’t pay, while certain directors – like Stanley Kubrick and John Huston – believed that perfection of any kind is incompatible with the avarice and deceit of humanity".
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
"Thieves, con artists, murderers – all strive for the fiendish, cover-your-tracks precision of the untraceable crime. Let’s see if we can get away with this list of 10 classic perfect crime movies".
"Of course, the irony of the perfect crime in movies is that it’s rarely ever perfect. In classic Hollywood, morally redemptive conclusions were mandated to show that crime doesn’t pay, while certain directors – like Stanley Kubrick and John Huston – believed that perfection of any kind is incompatible with the avarice and deceit of humanity".
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Bernie Madoff thought he had the perfect crime going until he was caught.
Once living the high life, while always looking over his shoulder, he now will die in prison.
One son committed suicide, the other died of cancer.
And his wife, who at one time shopped in the most expensive stores in Paris is now shopping at Walmart and Ikea.
Crime yes, but only perfect while it lasted.
Today there is the perfect crime thanks to the internet, the ease of making international calls, and gullible people. People get scammed and very few of the scammers are ever tracked down. The only defense is education.
Once living the high life, while always looking over his shoulder, he now will die in prison.
One son committed suicide, the other died of cancer.
And his wife, who at one time shopped in the most expensive stores in Paris is now shopping at Walmart and Ikea.
Crime yes, but only perfect while it lasted.
Today there is the perfect crime thanks to the internet, the ease of making international calls, and gullible people. People get scammed and very few of the scammers are ever tracked down. The only defense is education.
Pappy
Living the Dream
Meanderer
Supreme Member
MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams' death 'perfect crime,' expert says
Pappy
Living the Dream
The Axeman of New Orleans Murders
An axe-wielding maniac stalked the streets of the Big Easy, and the only way to avoid slaughter was to play jazz.
It was the night of March 19, 1919, and jazz played in New Orleans. Yet the musicians weren’t playing for love or money. These concerts were borne of fear, ordered by an axe-wielding maniac who claimed to come straight from Hell. For almost a year, the city of New Orleans had been the subject of multiple attacks by a serial killer. On March 13, 1919, an ominous letter arrived at local newspapers:
　
Esteemed Mortal:
They have never caught me and they never will. They have never seen me, for I am invisible, even as the ether that surrounds your earth. I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. I am what you Orleanians and your foolish police call the Axeman…
Now, to be exact, at 12:15 (earthly time) on next Tuesday night, I am going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I am going to make a little proposition to you people. Here it is:
I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it on Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.
Newspaper cartoon.
It’s impossible to know whether the Axeman truly wrote this letter. Nevertheless, New Orleanians took the demand to heart. On March 19, the city resounded with jazz. No attack came that evening. But the bloodletting wasn’t over quite yet. Three more victims, including one fatality, followed in August, September, and October of 1919, for a total of 12 victims in all. The Axeman murders remain a mystery. :eewwk:
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An axe-wielding maniac stalked the streets of the Big Easy, and the only way to avoid slaughter was to play jazz.
It was the night of March 19, 1919, and jazz played in New Orleans. Yet the musicians weren’t playing for love or money. These concerts were borne of fear, ordered by an axe-wielding maniac who claimed to come straight from Hell. For almost a year, the city of New Orleans had been the subject of multiple attacks by a serial killer. On March 13, 1919, an ominous letter arrived at local newspapers:
　
Esteemed Mortal:
They have never caught me and they never will. They have never seen me, for I am invisible, even as the ether that surrounds your earth. I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. I am what you Orleanians and your foolish police call the Axeman…
Now, to be exact, at 12:15 (earthly time) on next Tuesday night, I am going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I am going to make a little proposition to you people. Here it is:
I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it on Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.
Newspaper cartoon.
It’s impossible to know whether the Axeman truly wrote this letter. Nevertheless, New Orleanians took the demand to heart. On March 19, the city resounded with jazz. No attack came that evening. But the bloodletting wasn’t over quite yet. Three more victims, including one fatality, followed in August, September, and October of 1919, for a total of 12 victims in all. The Axeman murders remain a mystery. :eewwk:
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