Episode 43 - The Pizza Bomber

In Erie, Pennsylvania, an otherwise typical summer day turned upside down when Brian Wells walked into a bank and slipped a note to the teller demanding $250,000 in cash and threatening her with a bomb around his neck and a gun fixed as a cane.

When he walked out, police immediately surrounded him when he fell to the ground crying saying that the bomb was about to go off and that he needed their help. But when time ran out, officers realized that this situation was not what it seemed.

This week, we're drinking Relax Riesling.

Listen to Episode 42: The Pizza Bomber

SOURCES:

• 11 Utterly Bizarre True Crime Stories That Are Keeping Us Up At Night

• The Bizarre Real-Life Story of the Pizza Man Who Robbed a Bank with a Bomb Strapped to His Neck

• Watch Evil Genius: the True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist | Netflix Official Site

• After Robbing a Bank Wearing a Bomb, a Pizza Guy Was Told to Go on a Scavenger Hunt to Save Himself

• Erie bomb victim was the dupe in a greedy plan