Her "crimes" are calculated and intellectually driven.

The "badness" of Eleanor Vane took a legendary turn when she was finally caught—not by the police, but by the young artist she had originally scouted to help her create the forgeries she left behind in the heists.

The story goes that Eleanor once spent six months befriending a tech billionaire just to gain access to his vault. He owned a rare Caravaggio that he kept in a room with improper humidity. Eleanor didn't lecture him; she simply threw a gala, caused a brief, controlled power outage, and by the time the lights came back on, the Caravaggio was gone.

Eleanor is what many would call a "bad woman." She is unapologetically ruthless, famously cold, and has built a multi-million dollar empire by quietly crushing the competition. But her most interesting "bad" trait isn't her business acumen—it’s her secret hobby. The Midnight Curator