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M as we're still in a break. Here is another show from the Darkcast
Network, Horrifying History. Darkcast Network. The light shines Brightest on our indie
podcasts. My name is Brenda,and welcome to Horrifying History, where you
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will hear about the unexplained, paranormaland supernatural happenings that have stained the pages
of history through the years. Thelittle task that we have to do evolves
with time and technology. We don'thave to go to the grocery store any
longer with grocery delivery or meal preparationservices. We don't have to vacuum our
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floors since we now can get arobot vacuum to do that. But the
one thing that I don't miss isgoing to the bank. For me,
going to the bank is the worststanding in line for what seems to be
hours versus using an app. Inmy mind, there's no contest. Think
of all the time we save byusing banking apps. But as you know,
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sometimes you still have to go tothe bank. And for a pizza
delivery man from the United States,going to the P and C bank resulted
in his death. Welcome to episodeone hundred, The Collar Bomb bank robbery.
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Brian Douglas Wells was born on Novemberfifteenth, nineteen fifty eight, in
Warren, Pennsylvania, in the UnitedStates. His childhood was pretty uneventful until
he decided to drop out of highschool and work as a mechanic. When
he was about thirty six years old, Brian started working as a pizza delivery
man. Then ten years later,Brian walked into a P and C bank
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located in Erie, Pennsylvania. Helooked innocent at the first glance, a
middle aged man with glasses and balding, but as he approached a teller in
the bank, something seemed off.Brian had a short cane in his right
hand, and under the collar ofhis T shirt was a strange bulge.
When he approached the teller, Brianpassed her a note. It said,
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and I quote in part, gatheremployees with access codes to the vault and
work fast to fill bag with twohundred and fifty thousand dollars. You have
only fifteen minutes. He then liftedhis shirt and revealed he had a heavy
box like device hanging on his neck. It was a bomb. The teller
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did not panic. She told Brianthat there was no way they could access
the vault at that time, andshe then filled a bag with the cash
on hand eight thousand, seven hundredand two dollars. After the teller passed
the bag to Brian, he tooka lollipop from a bowl on the cash
counter, took off the wrapping,and calmly sucked on the candy as he
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walked out of the bank. Hethen got into his car and left,
but he didn't get far. Withinfifteen minutes, state troopers saw Brian in
a nearby parking lot. He wasstanding outside his geometro when he was surrounded
by police. The police pushed Brianto the ground and handcuffed him. Now,
my dear listeners, it's about toget weird. The next set of
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events became the subject of international newsin the following days, months, and
years. It became so famous thatin twenty eighteen, Netflix released a true
crime docuseriies about this, which theycalled Evil Genius, The True Story of
America's Most Diabolical Bankheist. And Thistells Brian's tale and demonstrates that not everything
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is what it seems. While hewas being handcuffed, Brian told police he
did in fact rob the p andC Bank, but not by choice.
He alleged that before going to thebank, he was out on a pizza
delivery. It was then that hewas attacked by a group of men of
color. These men held him atgunpoint while they chained a live bomb around
his neck. He begged police tobelieve him since the device was armed and
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was going to soon go off.Officers immediately called the bomb squad and put
back the crowd that was starting togather. They then took positions behind their
police cars and pointed their guns atBrian for the next twenty five minutes.
Brian sat on the ground with hislegs beneath him. It was here that
he once again told authorities that hewas the P and C Bank robber,
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but not by choice. He keptclaiming that when he was out for a
pizza delivery, he was attacked andthese individuals forced him to rob the bank
after attaching a bomb to his neck. While police waited, Brian asked one
of the police officers if someone contactedhis boss. He was concerned that his
employer would think badly of him sincehe had not returned. Shortly after this,
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the device started to beep. Thebeeping sounds got faster and faster as
Brian fidgeted, and then suddenly thebeeping stopped. The device detonated, and
the blast threw Brian violently on hisback. The explosion ripped a five inch
or twelve point seven centimeter long tearin his chest. He only took a
couple of ragged breaths before he died. At three eighteen pm. The bomb
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squad arrived to the site three minuteslater. The police immediately started their investigation.
In Brine's car, they found atwo foot long cane, which in
actuality was a brilliantly crafted homemade gun. The bomb that killed Brine was also
quite ingenious. It was also handmade, and it was a hinged collar that
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worked like a large handcuff to goaround a person's neck. There was four
keyholes that went underneath the wearer's chin, and here sat a three digit combination
lock. At this location, therewas also an iron box that contained two
six inch or fifteen point two centimeterlong pipe bombs that were attached to two
different kitchen timers. The bombs wereloaded with double based smokeless powder. There
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were multiple decoys to throw off anyonewho would attempt to disarm the weapon.
These included wires run through the devicethat led to nowhere, a toy cell
phone, and stickers that bore deceptivewarnings. An additional electronic countdown timer hung
by the locking mechanism and it saton the victim's chest. Authorities were able
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to tell that this device was builtusing professional tools and it was a puzzle
all on its own. Police quicklydiscovered that Brian was working his job as
a pizza delivery man for Mammamina's Pizzeria. On the day of his death,
just after one thirty pm, thebusiness received a call from a payphone that
was at a nearby gas station.The owners could not understand what the customer
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on the line was saying, sohe passed the phone to Brian. Brian
said that the customer wanted two smallpepperoni and sausage pizzas to be delivered two
eight six three one Peach Street.This address was only a short distance from
the pizzeria and it was the locationof a transmitting tower for a local TV
station. It was located at theend of a dirt road. So how
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did a random pizza delivery turn intoa bank robbery and murder? That is
where the notes came in. InsideBrian's car, police discovered handwritten notes that
were addressed to the bomb hostage.The nine pages of instructions told the hostage
that they had to rob the Pand C Bank of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and then followed the attacheddirections that were almost like a morbid treasure
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hunt. The instructions came with stricttimings and complex instructions to find various keys
and combination codes hidden throughout the town. They had drawings, deptailed maps,
and made a lot of threats.If Brian did what he was told,
he would find the keys and thecombination code needed to free him from the
bomb. If he didn't follow directions, or if he could not find the
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keys or code, he would die. As the instruction said, and I
quote in part, there is onlyone way you can survive, and that
is to cooperate completely. This powerfulbooby trap bomb can be removed only by
following our instructions. Act now,think later, or you will die.
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The instructions told that Brian was toquietly enter the P and C Bank on
Peach Street and give the teller anote that was provided by those behind this
act. The note demanded two hundredand fifty thousand dollars, and according to
the instructions, Brian was to usethe gun in the cane to threaten those
who tried to run or who wouldnot comply. The note given to the
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teller said that Brian had a bomband it would explode in fifteen minutes if
the full amount was not given tohim during that time frame. Now,
as we mentioned earlier in this tale, the teller could not access the vault
and only gave Brian eight thousand,seven hundred and two dollars. But witnesses
told police that Brian looked far frombeing panicked in any way. As we
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said before, he took a lollipopfrom the teller's counter and started to suck
on it as he walked out ofthe bank. In fact, witnesses said
that Brian looked very confident as hewalked out. He was swinging his cane,
gun and the bag of money likehe had no care in the world.
So, right after Brian's death,police decided to try to complete this
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terrifying treasure hunt themselves to try tofind clues in what happened. The first
note was actually quite simple. Itsaid in part and I quote, exit
the bank with the money and goto the McDonald's restaurant. Get out of
the car and go to the smallsign reading drive through open twenty four hours.
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In the flower bed by the sign, there's a rock with a note
tape to the bottom. It hasyour next instructions. Police were able to
confirm that Brian drove straight to theMcDonald's. After he left the bank.
He picked up a two page notefrom the flowerbed and this directed him to
a wooded area several miles away.It was there that Brian would find a
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content tain with orange tape and thiswould hold the next set of instructions.
But Brian he never got to thatcontainer. He was caught by police before
this could happen. Police continued withtheir search and found the container that was
covered with orange tape. In thatcontainer was another note, and this one
sent them two miles or three pointtwo kilometers south to a small road sign
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where they would find the next setof instructions in a jar in the woods
nearby. Police found the jar,but it was empty. This is when
the police came to the conclusion thatwhoever set up this deadly treasure hunt called
it off when the police arrived,and that the only way that could have
happened is if Brian and the policewere being watched. The next strange thing
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about this crime was Brian's clothing.He was wearing two T shirts at the
time of his death, and theouter one had a large logo from the
clothing company. Guests Brian was notwearing two shirts when he arrived at work
that day, and his relatives thatthe shirt and question didn't even belong to
Brian. Police had to wonder wasthis a way that the criminals behind this
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were taunting the police, as in, can you guess who actually is behind
all of this? But that wasn'tthe only question that police had at this
point. Why was Brian targeted?Why the elaborate treasure hunt. Why would
they have Brian traveling all around townfor clues in broad daylight where he could
be easily seen. Why put theclues in public locations where they could be
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easily found by somebody else, orthat the criminals may have been seen putting
them in place. Soon the wordof what happened flew throughout the community and
then through the country. Federal agentsgot involved and they started hunting for clues
to find out the identity of whonow was being called by the press as
the caller bomber. To try toanswer some of the questions, authority started
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looking into Brian himself. Brian wasa loyal employee for the pizzeria for ten
years and only called in late onetime when his cat died. Even though
his shift was ending, he agreedto deliver the pizza order, and he
left his place of employment about twopm. The delivery location was only accessible
by a dirt road and it wasin a wooded area just off Peach Street.
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When police searched this location, theyfound shoeprints that matched Brian's and tire
tracks that matched the treads of hiscar, but this site offered no other
clues on what may have happened whenBrian tried to deliver the pizza. The
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day after the bank robbery, areporter from the local paper, The Erie
Times News, went to the towersince this was a hot story. The
dirt road leading to the area thatthe pizza was to be delivered was cordoned
off by authorities, but the reporterhe saw someone who stood out. It
was a tall, heavy set manin Denham Overalls. He was pacing back
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and forth in front of a homeright beside the dirt road. This man's
backyard extended almost to the TV transmissiontower. The journalist decided to approach him,
and the man told him his name, Bill Rostein. Bill was a
single, fifty nine year old handymanwho lived in the area his entire life.
He was fluent in French, Hebrew, and spoke English in an eloquent
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manner. He acted like he hadabsolutely no clue what was happening just outside
his backyard, so the reporter askedif they could go into his backyard to
get a closer look. Bill agreed, and after walking through some thick undergrowth,
the two men returned to the frontabout fifteen minutes later. No one
thought much about this accounter until Septembertwentieth, less than one month after the
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collar bomb robbery, Bill called nineone one to tell them that at eighty
six forty five Peach Street they wouldfind a dead bo by frozen in a
freezer in the garage that was Bill'shome address. Bill he was quickly taken
into custody. He told the policethat for weeks he was suffering from mental
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anguish and considered to take his ownlife. He wrote a suicide note in
black marker and investigators found it inhis desk. In the note, Bill
apologized to those who cared for himand said that the body in his freezer
was of a man named Jim Rowden. According to the note, Bill didn't
kill Jim or participated in his deathin any way. Now, my dear
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listeners, believe it or not,this is not the weirdest thing about this
note. It was the disclaimer onthe top of it that stated that the
dead guy in his freezer had nothingto do with the collar bomb incident.
Now, I know you're likely wonderingby now, how did an allegedly innocent
person end up with a dead bodyin their freezer? Well, Bill had
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an explanation about this. He claimedthat around the time of the collar bomb
incident, Bill got a phone callfrom his ex girlfriend, Marjorie D.
L Armstrong. The two dated duringthe late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies,
and in this call, Marjorie claimedshe shot and killed her living boyfriend,
who just happened to be Jim.They were arguing about money, and
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during this argument Marjorie shot Jim inthe back with a twelve gage shot gun.
She asked if Bill could do hera little favor and help her get
rid of the body and clean upthe crime scene. And now it's time
for a quick question here, myspooky friends, if someone you were in
a relationship with over thirty years agocalled you up and asked you to help
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dispose of a body and clean acrime scene, would you do it well?
For normal people, the answer isno, but not for Bill.
He drove over to Marjorie's house,which was about ten miles or sixteen kilometers
away. He cleaned up the crimescene. He put the corpse into his
garage freezer, and it stayed therefor five weeks. He then melted down
the gun and scattered the peace isaround the county. But then Bill was
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struck with a moment of morality.He said he couldn't go through the rest
of the plan, which was forBill to grind up the body and dispose
of what was left. He wasscared of what Marjorie would do to him
when she found out, so Billdecided to call nine one one. On
the day he called, Marjorie wasarrested for the murder of Jim. She
said that she was mentally ill,but pled guilty. Marjorie was sentenced to
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twenty years in prison, and ayear later Bill died of lymphoma. So
now you guys are likely thinking,Okay, Brenda, this is pretty crazy,
but what does this actually have todo with the Caller bamb incident.
Well, originally, federal agents didn'treally care about Jim's murder and how he
ended up in the freezer. Thatwas a local issue and it did not
appear to have anything to do withthe bank robbery. But then in April
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of two thousand and five, federalagents received a call from a state trooper
who had spoken to Marjorie about acompletely different, unrelated murder. This is
where Marjorie claimed that Bill's suicide notewas a complete lie and that Jim's murder
had everything to do with the collarbomb incident. The federal investigators were now
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intrigued. They went to see Marjorieto ask her about this, but now
she wanted to cut a deal.She said that if she would be transferred
to a minimum security prison that wasclose to Erie, she would sing like
a canary. Now, if y'allhave the impression that Marjorie is quite the
piece of work, You're correct.Before she went to prison for killing Jim,
she was well known in Eerie forher string of dead lovers. In
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nineteen eighty four, she first cameto the public's eye when she was charged
for murdering her then boyfriend Robert Thomas. According to Marjorie, she shot Robert
six times in self defense. Thejury believed her and acquitted her of all
charges. Then four years later,her husband, Richard Armstrong died. That
death was ruled accidental as it wasdeemed that Richard had a cerebral hemorrhage,
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but when Richard was brought to thehospital he had a head injury. For
some reason, the case was neverforwarded to the coroner's office to be investigated.
According to her former classmates, Marjoriewas extremely intelligent. She had what
people considered to be a highly advancedknowledge of literature, history, and law.
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But as she aged, her brillianceevolved. Court records tell us that
she suffered from bipolar disorder and shesuffered from massive mood swings. She became
paranoid and was very narcissistic. Duringthe first murder investigation, investigators discovered that
Marjorie was hoarding about four hundred poundsor one hundred and eighty one kilograms of
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butter and about seven hundred pounds orthree hundred and sixteen kilograms a cheese.
All of this was rotting insign hergarbage covered home. Before her first trial,
psychiatrists deemed that she was not mentallycompetent to stand trial seven times before
judge decided that she was fit tosand trial for the death of Robert and
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all this combined made the federal authoritiesthink that Marjorie did seem like the type
that would devise the strange plan behindthe bank robbery. Police thought that due
to her narcissism, Marjorie would wantto tell the entire world about her brilliant
plan. When investigators started talking toher, that's what started to happen.
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Marjorie claimed that she was in noway involved with the color bomb incident,
but she knew about it. Shesaid it was she who supplied the kitchen
timers used in the bomb, andshe just happened to be near the bank
during the robbery. She then claimedthat Brian himself was in on it along
with Jim, who was the mastermindbehind this entire thing, but investigators they
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weren't buying it. They suspected thatMarjorie was behind everything. Over the next
few weeks, police met with fourseparate informants who claimed that Marjorie told them
about the collar bomb incident in tail. One said that Marjorie insisted that she
was the one who killed Jim becausehe told her that he was going to
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the authorities. She also told thissame informant that it was she who measured
Brian's neck to make sure that bombfit. Then, a few months after
Marjorie went forward with her claim,investigators got a big break. A person
came forward to say that Kenneth Barneswas also involved in the crime. Kenneth
was a TV repairman who changed careersto be a drug dealer. He was
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a fishing buddy at Marjorie's and hestarted telling others about the color bomb plan
while he was in jail on unrelateddrug charges. When authorities threatened Kenneth with
even more time in prison, hemade a deal he would tell what happened
if he would get a reduced sentence. After the deal was made, Kenneth
said that Marjorie was the mastermind behindthe collar bomb incident. She created the
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entire plot because she needed cash.Why well, she needed the money to
pay Kenneth to murder her own father, who she believed that he was blowing
through his fortune. She would notstand for him to spend her inheritance,
and then came up with this planto ensure that she had the money to
pay for her father's murder. Allegedly, Marjorie's father cut off financial support to
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her decades earlier due to her consistentcriminal behavior and failure to hold down a
job. Even though Kenneth said hewas kept in the dark concerning some pieces
of this plan, investigators were ableto collaborate what Kenneth said. With this
information, police really needed to talkto Marjorie again, but this time her
lawyer was present. It was atthis meeting that investigators told Marjorie that the
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evidence was piling up against her andthey planned to indict her. Marjorie,
she snapped. She started screaming andswearing at law enforcement. She kept slamming
her fists on the table where shesat, and she cursed out her lawyer.
But amazingly, she still talked.At the second meeting that they had
agreed to drive with them through thetown of Erie to point out where she
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was the day that Brian robbed thebank. Police agreed, and it was
during this drive that Marjorie admitted tobeing at several of the locations linked to
the collar bomb heist. She thenclammed up after telling officers she would not
give them any more information unless shegets immunity from her crimes. But the
problem was Marjorie already gave up toomuch information to the police. Almost four
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years after the color bomb incident,the US Attorney's Office held a press conference
stating that there were major developments inthis case and the investigation was concluded.
Marjorie and Kenneth were charged with carryingout what police said was Marjorie's evil plot.
They further announced that they charged otherconspirators with this, which included Bill
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and believe it or not, Brian, whoever one thought was the victim.
The US Attorney's Office stated that Brianwas actually part of this whole scheme from
the very start. According to prosecutors, Brian had agreed to rob the P
and C Bank after he was toldhe'd be wearing a fake bomb. He
was further told that the treasure huntwould be a rouse to fool the police
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and allow him to walk away scottfree if he was caught by the police.
Brian was told that all he neededto do was show the police the
bomb and the written instructions as proofthat he was a victim and not a
perpetrator. While Brian thought he waspart of this plan, over time,
his other co conspirators double crossed him. Instead of playing the role of a
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hostage, he actually became one.When Brian's family, who just happened to
be at this press conference, heardthis, they were shocked. In fact,
one of Brian's sisters started screaming,liar, liar as the press conference
continued. Now Brian's family weren't theonly people out there that couldn't believe what
they heard. Many people didn't thinkthis made any sense. Why would Brian
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agree to play a role that hedid. When did he actually real lies
he was double crossed? Did heever realize the danger he was actually in?
How could Marjorie really have planned allthis? These questions only became more
prominent when a week later, theFBI announced the next piece of this bizarre
puzzle. The treasure hunt itself wasa hoax. That bomb that was around
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Brian's neck was rigged in a waythat any attempt to take it off would
result in the bomb exploding. Brian'sdeath was no accident. The plan was
for him to die all along.So what happened next? While Kenneth he
pled guilty to conspiracy and weapons chargesconcerning the color bomb incident in September of
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two thousand and eight. He wassentenced to forty five years in prison,
but he agreed to testify against Marjoriein court in hopes that his sentence would
be reduced. The thing was Marjorie. She couldn't go on trial right away.
After being assessed, a federal judgedeemed that Marjorie was mentally unfit to
stand trial. After Marjorie's mental healthimproved, it was deemed that she was
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able to stand trial, But thenher health intervened again. Marjorie was diagnosed
with glandular cancer and proceedings were puton hold again. In August of twenty
ten, the judge received Marjorie's physiciansassessment on her health. She had between
three and seven years to live.Even so, the judge decided to move
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forward and Marjorie's trial started on Octobertwelve, twenty ten. The trial itself
was a bit of a soap opera. In the first few days, the
prosecutor already built a strong case.He called those linked to this plot and
I quote twisted, intellectually, bright, dyspunctual individuals who outsmarted themselves. He
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put on the stand seven former inmateswho Marjorie told them incriminating information about the
crime, and then Kenneth was puton the stand. He told the whole
story of what happened in the daysleading up to Brian's death on August twenty
eighth, two thousand and three.He said it was Marjorie who devised this
diabolical plan and commenced the others tohelp her carry it out. Brian was
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lured into the plot because he neededmoney. Why While, according to Kenneth,
Brian had a relationship with a sexworker, he would purchase crack from
Kenneth's dealer friends and then give thedrug to the prostitute as payment for sex.
In the weeks before the robbery,Brian started falling deeply into debt with
those dealers and he needed money fast. When he heard about the plot,
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he knew that this would help paythe debt, and he quickly agreed to
be part of it. It wasonly after Brian delivered the pizzas to the
TV transmission tower that he realized hisco conspirator's double crossed him. He tried
to run away when he realized thebomb was actually real, and the members
of the group tackled him. Theythen held him at gunpoint and locked the
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bomb around his neck. And thencame Marjorie's turn on the stand. Yes,
my dear listeners, Marjorie's lawyer thoughtit was a great idea to put
her on the stand, but inthe end it was a real bad one.
For about five and a half hoursa day over two days, she
used the stand as her own soapbox. She raged on those who were present,
mocked her a lawyer, and belittledthe prosecutor. She would burst out
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into tears and would scream on thetop of her lungs. The judge he
kept on having to cut her off, but mostly she would just keep on
ranting. Throughout all of this,she only mentioned Brian once. She said,
and I quote again, I nevermet Brian Wells. I never knew
Brian Wells. Never I became awareof him the day he died. I
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saw it on the news. OnNovember first, twenty ten, Marjorie was
convicted of armed brank robbery, conspiracyto commit armed bank robbery, and using
a distracted device in a crime.She was sentenced to life in prison,
to be served consecutively with the sentenceshe currently was serving for the death of
Jim, you know, the guyin the freezer. She appealed this decision
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twice and lost. She also attemptedto bring her case to the Supreme Court,
who declined to hear her case.She died in prison in April of
twenty seventeen. And just when youguys think that this insane story is done,
it isn't. Remember the sex workerthat Brian was paying in drugs.
Well in twenty eighteen, she admittedthat she too was involved with this scheme.
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In the Netflix documentary called Evil Genius, Jessica Hoopsick admitted her role in
all of this. She claimed thatKenneth Barnes had approached her and asked her
to find a person who could bescared into robbing a bank. Jessica she
recommended Brian, who she claimed wasa pushover. She admitted to setting Brian
up for all this in exchange formoney and drugs. She said she regretted
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her role in all of this andthat Brian did not have any advanced knowledge
or was part of the plan.Now, there are some problems with this.
Back during the invest stigation, Jessicawas uncooperative with the police. They
always believed that she knew more thanwhat she was saying, but they also
believed she may not be a crediblewitness. So what happened to Jessica?
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She was arrested in twenty eighteen forprostitution and was unable to post bond.
She did her time and is nowtrying to live her life trying to put
all of this behind her. Thankyou all for joining me for our latest
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