Stole money to open their own theatre (1939)

Posts from This Journal “crime” Tag

• Before Dongtai Lu there was... Pahsienjao Thieves' Market (1932)

  Pahsienjao Thieves' Market, "where a customer may purchase anything from a gramophone to a picture of his grandmother." China Press,…

• What's it like to be abducted in Shanghai? (1939)

  Italian Tourist Kidnapped Outside Rue du Consulat Apartments Detained in Foreign-Style House for Three Hours; Believed to Be Case of Mistaken…

• Architect + criminal = ?

  Introducing William A. Kirk, real name Vsevolod Kirkor, one of whose buildings – the Belmont Apartments – still stands at 240 South…