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High Crimes and Low IQs: 50 of the Dumbest Criminals
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781490488059
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 19 2013
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
It doesn't take a genius to commit a crime, but it takes a special kind of foolishness to get caught in the ways these criminals did. This collection brings together 50 short, true stories of people whose criminal plans fell apart in spectacular fashion.
Meet burglars who left their wallets at the scene, con artists who scammed the wrong person, and robbers who couldn't figure out how to make a getaway. Some were tripped up by their own arrogance-like the ones who boasted about their crimes on social media-while others were brought down by sheer bad luck, poor planning, or a complete lack of common sense.
From would-be car thieves who accidentally called 911 on themselves to criminals who left behind incriminating selfies, each bite-sized biography offers a mix of crime, chaos, and comedy. These aren't tales of criminal masterminds-they're snapshots of real people who thought they could pull something off and failed in unforgettable ways.
Whether it's a half-baked scheme, a getaway gone wrong, or a plan so poorly thought out it was doomed from the start, these stories are proof that the line between bold and boneheaded can be a very thin one. Sometimes the truth is stranger-and funnier-than anything you could make up.
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