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Dean Jobb
Dean Jobb’s latest true crime book A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue tells the incredible story of Arthur Barry, who charmed the elite of 1920s New York City while planning some of the most brazen jewel thefts in history. A New York Times Editors' Choice and a Canadian bestseller, it's published by Algonquin Books and HarperCollins Canada. Find him at deanjobb.com.
Unravelling the Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Country Retreat
Christie called it "the loveliest place in the world.”
The Jewel Thief and the Prince of Wales
One night in 1924, a charismatic thief took the Crown Prince on an unforgettable tour of Prohibition New York City.
‘I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You’: The Con Artist Who Peddled the Brooklyn Bridge
Dean Jobb on John McCarthy, the "last of the old-time crooks."
Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire
The bizarre, bloody story behind L.A.'s Griffith Park
The ‘Bogus Priest’ and the Murdered President
The infamous con man who managed escape after escape and whose strange course intersected with a President's rapid decline.
Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay
Was it an accident...or the first case of "aerial murder"?
The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.
The Ponzi of Paris: The Greatest, Wildest Confidence Artist in French History
Marthe Hanau was a savvy woman at the head of a financial empire. She wasn't going to be taken down without a fight.
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