11. ARCHIVE - Stopwatch Stephen

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Jack Luna

True Crime, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary

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🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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A fast paced episode to match the in and out style of the infamous Stopwatch Gang. SOURCES: Documentary - The Fifth Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM34e4N-tMw&t=1672s Articles: • https://magazine.atavist.com/the-life-and-times-of-thestopwatch-gang • https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/the-stopwatchgang/ Today in Ottawa History • https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/stopwatch-gang-bank-robber-andauthor-stephen-reid-denied-full-parole/article23274831/n • http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,186513218651331865212, • http://redrocknews.com/news/13-top-news/6369-1970s-stopwatch-gang-hid-in-oak-creekcanyon http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-08/news/mn-547101fast-bank-robber Dark Topic Research - Hagar Barak Dark Topic Designs - Jesse Marshall Music for this episode provided by Tyler Jakes. Visit Tylerjakes.com Support Dark Topic and receive additional content at www.patreon.com/darktopicpod Stay Paranoid Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Can we talk about something else? Can we talk about something else? The The Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
0:34.0	Oh,
0:35.0	So, So,
0:36.0	So, So,
0:37.0	And,
0:38.0	So, So,
0:40.0	Oh, Oh, Oh,
0:41.0	Oh, Okay.
0:45.0	Hello, out.
0:50.0	There. This episode is going to be a little bit different.
0:54.7	A vacation from the Vicious, a reprieve from the repugnant.
0:58.8	What else I got up?
0:59.8	The version from the dastardly. Fake robberies have forever been romanticized. I have a lot of interest of the characters to do it right. A well-planned clean in and out style heist where nobody is heard or overly threatened
1:14.0	completed swiftly and with class and the part of those bold enough to
1:17.6	burst through the doors wearing fake beards and dark sunglasses is a
1:21.2	thing of beauty to me. The stakes are so high, the penalties so severe
1:25.9	of caught. Aside from my clear bias being a rather questionable character myself, it should be said that bank robberies are definitely a frightening experience for those in the bank during one.
1:39.0	Most criminals are stupid. That's why they're taking such a wild chance and when things inevitably
1:44.2	begin to go wrong for them due to poor planning and execution, they panic and
1:49.9	start hurting people. This is not going to be one of those stories where a robbery goes
1:54.8	horribly wrong and innocent people are destroyed for no good reason. Sure, the act of pulling
1:59.9	a gun and threatening violence is egregious and traumatizing to those on the receiving end of the
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