Posts tagged as: crime

Broken childhoods in Europe – Part 3

This article is a continuation of ‘Broken childhoods in Europe – Part 2’. Noa Ovadia, Elem voluntary, it kicks the streets of Tel Aviv in search of children to attend. And find them. Are parks like Hashmal, south of the Israeli capital, sitting on a bench, waiting deals to go after a hedge, cheap sex […]

Broken childhoods in Europe – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘Broken childhoods in Europe – Part 1’. Statistics is Eerie: at least 11 out of 100 people in prostitution in the country have less than 18 years , experts say Elem, an organization dedicated to assisting young people with trauma. The U.S. State Department has sexual exploitation in Israel […]

Broken childhoods in Europe – Part 1

"I went with the man because he promised he was going to love and care. I believed in him " . Sarah says she just wanted love in Mr. Brown, tall and somewhat obese, with smell of coffee, which began her days as a prostitute. The first of the many men who vejarían for two […]

The Norwegian black widow

Born in Selbu (Norway, 1859), where he lived until 1883. Shortly after living in America changed its name, married Mads Sorenson and adopted three children: Jennie, Mirthle and Lucy. The case of Lady Bluebeard, nickname by which he meets Belle Gunness, is a paradigmatic case of black widow. Killed two husbands and 4 dozen men […]

The Black Widow of Loudon – Part 1

  It was one of the best known black widows in the history of crime for its spectacular process. Followed by all the people as if it were a soap opera judicial lasted almost ten years and ended in unpredictable ways. Davaillaud Philippine Marie Josephine, better known as Marie Besnard, born in France on August 15, […]

The Pyramid scam in Cuba

Baldomera created a "financial kiosk" very similar to what today is known as a pyramid scam. Daughter of Mariano José de Larra but never knew his father because he had already committed suicide. She was married to a physician of the royal family, when Alfonso XII was restored to the throne of Spain in 1875 […]

Victor Lustig, the king of scam – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘Victor Lustig, the king of scam – Part 1’. In 1925 he returned to Paris and learns of the problems the city had to meet the costs of maintaining the Eiffel Tower. Posed as a government official and business sent an invitation to six industrial metal. Organized a meeting […]

Victor Lustig, the King of Scam – Part 1

Few characters were as curious as Victor Lustig, who is widely believed to be considered the king of the scammers. Lustig was born in what is now the Czech Republic in January 1890. He had an amazing charisma and a winning smile. While still young he left his country and was engaged to defraud travellers […]

The pardon of Billy the Kid – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘The pardon of Billy the Kid – Part 2’. A mob of merchants, shop owners LG Murphy & Co., controlled all trade, in collusion with the sheriff. Tunstall then allied himself with the rancher John Chisum to try to break that monopoly. In return, the corrupt sheriff, William Brady, […]

The pardon of Billy the Kid – Part 1

After 129 years, Billy the Kid continues to be pardoned by the governor. One of the most famous gangsters of the American West was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881. The death of his friend John Tunstall had led him to unleash a conflict known as the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, and flee […]

Top ten Crime Thrillers: Part One

Top ten Crime Thrillers: Part One Here is the list of all time top crime thrillers: 10. Zodiac Most crime thrillers climax with the bad guy getting caught. Since Zodiac is based upon a real unsolved crime, it’s no spoiler to say that justice doesn’t completely prevail in the end. The movie was released on […]

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is a lonely and […]

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