Doris Payne

Doris Payne

, an elderly woman with a 1952 criminal record, never intended to make a living as a global diamond thief.

Pink Panthers

In 1993, The , a group of international jewel thieves, loot the first of many jewelry stores, taking more than £300 million in gold and diamonds in the process.

Charm

is used to make the employee forget how many objects were outside the case.

She carried off this trick three times

once from a guarded hotel room in Monte Carlo, once from a Texas hospital after pretending to be unwell, and once from an Enters shop while wearing a beautiful, affluent woman's attire

Doris Payne

an elderly woman with a 1952 criminal record, never intended to make a living as a global diamond thief.

October 10, 1930

An African American father as well as a Sioux mother gave birth to Doris Marie Payne on _, at a coal miner's camp near Slab Fork, southern West Virginia.

assisted living home for the elderly

She was reared in a segregated society as the youngest of six children and dropped out of high school to work at an . Her only genuine job was going to be this.

jewelry shops

In 1952, Doris Payne, a young single mother of two, decided that she could sustain herself by robbing upscale .

innate charm and sleight of hand

She came up with a cunning plan, using her _, to divert shop employees while she tried on a broad range of pricey rings.

20

Payne robbed establishments all across the globe using _ names and nine different passports.

10.5-carat emerald-cut diamond

In 1974, Her most well-known theft was a _ from Cartier in Monte Carlo, France, which was valued $500,000 (£396,000).

Monte Carlo

She carried off this trick three times: once from a guarded hotel room in _, once from a Texas hospital after pretending to be unwell, and once from an Enters shop while wearing a beautiful, affluent woman's attire.

Neiman Marcus shop

The five years Payne spent behind bars in Colorado for robbing a ___ in 1998 of a $57,000 (£45,000) diamond ring were the longest she had spent there.

83

At the age of ____, Payne was detained in 2013.

Palm Springs

She persuaded employees at a _ business that she had received a $25,000 (£20,000) insurance payment and wanted to pamper herself.

Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

The _, a 2014 documentary on Payne, depicted her as a renegade who overcame social obstacles to pursue her own version of the American Dream.

Sofia Ivanovna Blyuvshtein

In 1883–85, , a renowned Russian con artist commits several thefts from hotel rooms. She is finally caught and given a jail term that includes hard labor.

Yip Kai Foon

In 1991, steals £1.1 million worth of jewelry during five violent robberies of Hong Kong goldsmiths. He is apprehended after a shootout in which he was injured in the back.

Pink Panthers

In 1993, The _, a group of international jewel thieves, loot the first of many jewelry stores, taking more than £300 million in gold and diamonds in the process.

Miss Lady

Growing up in the 1930s in segregated coal mining country in West Virginia, Doris Payne played a game she called “_.”

Walmart store

Her latest crime took place in July of 2017, in which she stole $86 worth of jewelry from the jewelry counter at a local in Atlanta.

Town & Country

Payne browsed _, looking through the jewelry ads for potential items to take.

• Then, she made the trip from Cleveland, Ohio, to a certain shop to get the item she needed.

£1.1 million

Yip Kai Foon steals _ worth of jewelry during five violent robberies of Hong Kong goldsmiths.

£300 million

Pink Panthers, a group of international jewel thieves, loot the first of many jewelry stores, taking more than in gold and diamonds in the process.