We all love a good story about really stupid criminals who surely thought they were committing the perfect crime without even realizing it was always doomed to fail, right from the beginning.
But there's definitely something to be said about those criminals who are just so smart that it's a wonder they ever got caught in the first place. If they ever managed to get caught, that is.
Here are some of the most genius criminals and their perfect crimes, as told by cops who encountered them, and the people who admire them.