NEW YORK CRIME

These are all pictures from a recent book of old New York Post photos called "New York Noir."

The Post's staff artists frequently drew recreations of crimes using the real backgrounds.  Here a man temporarily blinds his victim by throwing pepper at her.

Here (above) a woman has been shot by an unknown sniper.

This man (above) has been recaptured after a jailbreak.

This guy's wife caught him cheating so she gathered up the kids and threatened to leave him. That never came to pass because he shot her. One impulsive act changed his life forever.

Above, a policeman looks on as two tough kids (above) take a cigarette break. Two soon to be wasted lives.

In this picture a whole family has been wiped out. But why? No one knows.

Above, two cop killers after interrogation.

I'm supposing this man was a well-known criminal of the time. Here (above) a Physiognomist offers her opinion about why the man went wrong.

This dapper gent (above) is, believe it or not, the District Attorney. He dresses the way crooks in the movies dress.

Wow! New York used to look like one big noir movie set. I wish it still did.

CRIME, LOWLIFES, MURDERERS

What other animation site reports on the seedy urban underworld as often as Theory Corner? 

Here you'll find suspicious characters.

Gritty industry.

Jealous husbands.

Ex-friends.

Blighted lives.

Capture!

Coquettes.

Lowlifes.

Juvenile delinquents.

Thugs.

Secret societies.

Hot muggy nights on the fire escape.

Murder on the waterfront.

The first light of morning.

The milkman delivers.

Morning coffee in a rush.

The maid arrives for work.... 

....and discovers a body.