Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist

Limited Series

2018

48m

TV-MA

Netflix

1 Season

4 Episodes

Episode Guide

English

Documentary, Crime, Mystery

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7.6

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This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.

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Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist

TV-MA

Limited Series

2018

48m

English

Netflix

Documentary, Crime, Mystery

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1 Season

4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.

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7.6

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Season 1

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Part 1: The Heist

Season 1 Episode 1

May 11th 2018

Part 2: The Frozen Body

Season 1 Episode 2

May 11th 2018

Part 3: The Suspects

Season 1 Episode 3

May 11th 2018

Part 4: The Confessions

Season 1 Episode 4

May 11th 2018

Cast

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Kevin G. Calkins

Self - State Trooper

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Trey Borzillieri

Self - Narrator (voice)

Directed By: Barbara Schroeder (4 Episodes)

Written By: Barbara Schroeder (4 Episodes)

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acidfreecookies says...

6 years ago

Just a content warning for people like me who didn't know the details of this crime before watching: the first episode features explicit footage of a gruesome real life death. There is no cut-away and it isn't a recreation, but actual footage that shows someone dying terribly in real life. It would have been nice to know this in advance so I could have at least looked away. It's ethically extremely dubious to show footage of someone's final terrible moments for entertainment like this and of course also potentially deeply disturbing. Anyways, having only seen 1 episode so far, that is all I have to say at this point. Be warned. A less exploitative documentary would have cut away, this one does NOT.

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rootameen says...

6 years ago

Not much of detective work in this. pretty much witnesses / suspects trying to frame each other.

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Nancy L Draper says...

6 years ago

Lots of evil, not as much genius as acute megalomania. This documentary is a thorough (almost to the point of being tedious) examination of the personalities and circumstances surrounding a peculiar crime. I found myself unsettled by the narrow divide between genius and psychopath. I give this film a 7 (good) out of 10. [True Crime Documentary] Warning: There is some very graphic police footage of a person being blown up.

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crist_miranda says...

6 years ago

Good documentary, but it could have been done in 2 episodes or so.Anyway, interesting show. Twisted people, twisted people everywhere.

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drbadass

CONTAINS SPOILERS4 years ago

When I watched Docu years ago before they had caught Diehl-Armstrong I thought it was obvious who was behind this (Not Ken Barnes as he was not mentioned in the 1st docu I watched, also thought it was clear Rothstien was in on it after what else went on around these pair it seemed very clear, but kn More

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