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May 2, 2010 · The “Red Light Bandit” case was featured in the Radio Drama “Dragnet” from the late 1940s. The Radio Drama preceded the famous. ground breaking TV series by a few years, and the final seasons of the Radio Drama ran concurrently with the TV series.
- Caryl Chessman
And bandit or not, the Grim Reaper had a mind to take that...
- Edmund Brown
After famously backing the failed 1964 presidential bid of...
- Dwight Eisenhower
He was condemned as the “Red Light Bandit,” a Los Angeles...
- Writers
He could scarcely have been ignorant of the danger this...
- Cause Celebre
Cause Celebre - 1960: Caryl Chessman | Executed Today
- Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan - 1960: Caryl Chessman | Executed Today
- Barbara Graham
Barbara Graham - 1960: Caryl Chessman | Executed Today
- Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh - 1960: Caryl Chessman | Executed Today
- Caryl Chessman
The Bandit was known to approach victims in ‘Lovers Lane’ spots and flash a red light resembling that used by police in order to stop motorists. He would then rob the vehicle’s occupants and sometimes abduct women and force them to perform sexual acts.
The radio version of Dragnet referenced the Chessman case and the Redlight Bandit in a 1949 episode. The producers changed the storyline of his crimes, allowing the rape victim to die in the fictitious version, justifying the death penalty.
Wearing a red flashlight he breaks into houses at night, rapes his female victims and has long irreverent conversations with them, makes daring escapes, and then spends the profits of his crimes extravagantly in the decadent Boca do Lixo district.
The Red Light Bandit was vain, dressing in a way that attracted attention, with bright colors, extravagant hats, and cowboy scarves covering his face. He liked to wear wigs and would often pose as a musician, carrying a stolen guitar slung over his shoulder.
The Red Light Bandit: Directed by Rogério Sganzerla. With Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Pagano Sobrinho, Luiz Linhares. The story of a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night.
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May 1, 2011 · On this day, May 2, in 1960, the "Red Light Bandit," a cause celebre for a movement to ban the death penalty, was executed in California's San Quentin Prison.
