Crime Doesn't Pay

Posted by ESC April 04, 2001In reply to Crime Doesn't Pay? posted by Pedro on April 04, 2001

Does any one know where the phrase Crime Doesn't Pay comes from? If so please enlighten me.

The Shadow knows...

CRIME DOESN'T PAY -- "Inevitably, sooner or later, criminals will be caught and punished. First attested in the United States in N. Martin's 'Mosaic' . The saying was popularized in the 1930s through the radio crime drama 'The Shadow.'." From Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings by Gregory Y. Titelman ( Random House, N.Y., 1996).