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Ever since the 1940s, British film studios have been consistently making great crime and gangster films with a singular style and feel to them. Whether it’s the black comedies of the 1950s, the realistic, hard-boiled thrillers of the 1970s, or the flashy, fast-paced work of recent directors like Guy Ritchie, the following are ten of [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 12:01 am
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There’s no more iconic scene in Western movies than the good old-fashioned pistol duel, where the lawman and the outlaw meet at high noon to see who’s faster on the draw. In actuality, this kind of thing very rarely occurred, and the true life Western stories—like Wild Bill Hickok being shot in the back while [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:00 am
Filed under All, History, People · Tagged ben thompson, Billy The Kid, bullets, civil war, Clay Allison, criminal, criminals, Dallas Stoudenmire, danger, deadliest, gambling, gang, Gun, gunfighters, gunslingers, jail, Jim "Killer" Miller, Jim Miller, John Wesley Hardin, kill, killer, King Fisher, legend, People, stagecoach, theft, Tom Horn, tombstone, violence, wild bill, wild bill Hickok, William H. Bonney, wyatt earp
Every year, thousands of inmates escape from prisons around the world. Of these, most just walk away from minimum-security corrections facilities, but other inmates implement complex, ingenious, and often violent schemes in order to make their getaway. Whether the work of notorious outlaws, WWII G.I.s, or 18th century writers, the following are the top 10 [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 12:01 am
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When it comes to the amount of sheer planning, creativity, and outright lunacy that goes into them, few crimes rival the high profile, multi-million dollar heist. And when you consider the colorful characters and criminal masterminds behind these robberies, it’s easy why these crimes continue to be the subject of constant speculation and fascination. Whether [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 12:19 am
Filed under All, Crime · Tagged Agricultural Bank of China Robbery, Antwerp Diamond Heist, baker street burglary, Banco Central Burglary, bank, Central Bank Of Iraq Heist, Crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, diamond, diamonds, gang, Gardener Museum Art Heist, Great Brinks Robbery, guns, Harry Winston Heist, jewelry, Knightsbridge Security Deposit Robbery, robbery, steal, The Great Train Robbery, the police, theft, unsolved
In determining the worse Generals of the American Civil War, this list will take us from battlefield blunders to portraits on urinals. No doubt, I will likely have a great deal of criticism regarding my choices, as this is certainly a passionate and controversial subject for most individuals who love American Civil War history.
10. Hugh [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Filed under All, Crime, History, People · Tagged abraham lincoln, Ambrose Everett Burnside, America, battle, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Braxton Bragg, civil war, Controversial, criminal, Don Carlos Buell, Franz Sigel, Generals, George Brinton McClellan, Gideon Pillow, Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, leaders, Lincoln, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, political, president, Richmond, Stonewall Jackson, War, Washington, William S. Rosecrans
Congratulations to our Kathy Wood, 3rd place winner in our Top 10 List Writing Contest.
No matter what clique you identify with, from the jocks to the Goths, everybody is a little geeky on the inside. To help us embrace our inner geek here is a list of the top 10 coolest movies for Geeks.
10: The [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 3:50 am
Filed under All, Humor, Movies · Tagged alcohol, cloak & dagger, computers, criminal, die hard, geek, geek movies, geeks, Hackers, Internet, Life, movie, Movies, nerd, revenge of the nerds, steal, Swordfish, teenagers, The computer wore tennis shoes, The Last Starfighter, The Net, video, war games, weird science
Bank robbery is still alive and well in these times of high tech crimes. Some go off without a hitch and some go off like the Titanic. Here’s a list of some of the less successful ventures. Keep your hands where we can see them and read on…
10. Maybe a Return Trip to the [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 1:10 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Crime, Humor · Tagged attack, bank, bank robbery, battle, Crime, crimes, criminal, money, rifle, robbery, steal, the police, theft, thief
