Netflix has Lupin. Upstate NY had criminal aristocrat Max Shinburn.
Foiled in Schoharie: The final heist of the world-renowned, dapper King of Crooks
Dwight Grimm
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Maximilian Schoenbein photographed here in the 1890s and known more widely by his most popular pseudonym, “Baron” Max Shinburn was considered one of the world’s most successful bank robbers. His infamous career in the late 1800s figured prominently in upstate New York, where two sensational events unfolded in Saratoga Springs and Middleburgh.National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Pinkerton s, Inc., Styled by Joanne Georges
Maximilian Schoenbein had already been cooling his heels in prison for eight years when
$50M restoration would link two luxury hotels in Saratoga Springs
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1of15Buy PhotoExterior of the more than 160-year-old Rip Van Dam hotel on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in Saratoga Springs N.Y. The owners will be renovating 16 rooms of the hotel and adding a 160-room hotel and five-story parking garage to the downtown area. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van BurenShow MoreShow Less
2of15Buy PhotoBuilding partner Jim Quinn points to the rear of the more than 160-year-old Rip Van Dam hotel on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in Saratoga Springs N.Y. Just the rear part of the building will be taken down. Quinn is one of a handful of developers renovating 16 rooms of the hotel and adding a 160-room hotel and five-story parking garage to the downtown area. The parking lot he is standing in will be where the newer part of the hotel will be. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van BurenShow MoreShow Less