crime photography

Jack Sheppard, a 22-year-old carpenter turned burglar, escaped from London jails four times in 1724 before his execution at Tyburn. His remarkable feats of escapology made him a celebrity among the working classes and inspired popular ballads, plays, and prints across England.

William Francis Sutton Jr., known as 'Willie the Actor,' robbed over 100 banks across America from the 1920s through the 1950s, becoming one of the most notorious criminals in U.S. history. His sophisticated disguises and daring prison escapes made him a legend—until his capture on a Brooklyn subway in 1952.