
“I’ll Take That!”: The Diamond Doris Payne Story
Ridiculous Crime
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Diamond Doris Payne's Journey to Freedom
Doris Payne was a jewel thief in the 1950s. Her modus operandi is rather simple: She would dress as much of the comportment as she could and then use her Miss Lady routine to steal from jewelry stores. "She basically spreads her criminal wings and just flutters away from Cleveland, right? But she, as I pointed out, decided to lean into crime as Cheryl Sandberg might put it, right?"
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