He slipped through ceilings, lived in the rafters, and robbed with military precision. When the perfect criminal finally cracked—Crime Stands Still: Deep Cuts with Kerrie Droban.
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He didn’t break in—he dropped in. Meet Jeffrey Manchester, the charming, clean-cut Army reservist who earned the nickname The Roofman for his nearly flawless string of fast-food robberies across America. His M.O.? Meticulously tunneling through restaurant roofs, sometimes hiding in ceilings for days, learning employee schedules, and striking when no one expected.
But Manchester wasn’t your average thief—he was polite, disarming, and eerily methodical. After a high-stakes prison escape and a bizarre suburban reinvention involving a church, a toy store, and a fake identity, his story reads more like a Hollywood script than real life.
In this episode, we dive deep into the psychology of a criminal who craved control more than cash, the law enforcement manhunt that finally brought him down, and the haunting question: how many times can one man reinvent himself before the roof finally caves in?
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