For nearly as long as there have been cameras, there have been mugshots cataloging the scowling faces of accused criminals in what have become some of the sickest snaps ever taken.
From Australian perps doing their time to David Bowie staring down the police station camera, here are 30 cool-as-heck mugshots from history that prove that being bad never looked so good.
1
“An 1894 mugshot of Butch Cassidy.”
2
“1924 mugshot (Australia).”
3
“David Bowie's Mugshot 1976.”
4
“1925 criminal's mugshot.”
5
“Mugshot from 1900s Hungary.”
6
“A 1915 Mugshot of Helen Oliver, Manicurist and Suspicious Person.”
7
“Mugshot of Stand-Up Comedian Lenny Bruce who was Arrested for Obscenity after Performing at a Comedy Club in San Francisco. (1963).”
8
“Larry King's mugshot from his arrest in Miami (Dec 20, 1971).”
10
“23 year old Frank Sinatra mug shot 1938.”
11
Yet another mugshot of a criminal in the United Kingdom circa 1930.
12
Another mugshot of a criminal in the United Kingdom circa 1930.
13
Mugshot of a criminal in the United Kingdom circa 1930.
14
“Mugshot of 15 year old John Reed who was sentenced to do 14 days of hard labor and 5 years of reformation for petty theft, 1873.”
15
“John Belushi's mugshot from Joliet, IL in 1979.”
16
“Cher's mugshot from when she was arrested at 13.”
17
“A vintage mugshot of a very unimpressed Carol L Andrews in 1967.”
18
"Mugshot of a young boy in 1957.”
19
“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's Mugshot, either 1960 or 1962.”
20
“Al Pacino's mugshot after being arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery [c. 1961].”
21
“Elvis Presley mugshot after he was arrested for assault in 1956.”
22
“My grandfather's mugshot, 1959.”
23
“Tim Allen's mugshot for drug trafficking (1979).”
24
“1982: Woody Harrelson's mugshot, arrested for dancing in the middle of a busy road.”
25
“Pablo Escobar's famous mugshot (1977) That smile says it all.”
26
“Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler in a New York police mugshot following his arrest for possession of marijuana in March 1967.”
27
“These vintage gangster mugshots from the 1920’s!”
28
“Goldie Williams, Arrested For Vagrancy & Refused to Unfold Her Arms and Stop Making This Face For Her 1898 Mugshot. (Omaha, Nebraska).”
29
“A favorite mugshot. 1950.”
30
“Mugshot of a woman (arrested for “vagrancy”), 1923.”
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