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390 | Ho Ho Holdup: Killer Santa with a submachine gun

Talk Murder To Me

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🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

ON THE MORNING of Dec. 14 last year, three men entered the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch at 6007 Côte de Liesse Road in the Montreal suburb of St. Laurent. Within five minutes they had scooped up $142,966 in cash, bonds and travelers’ cheques, killed two policemen, and escaped unhurt. The murders touched off the greatest manhunt in Montreal's — and probably Canada’s — police history.

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0:00.0

All right, tonight we are going to December 14th, 1962. This is a Friday. We're going to the Canadian Imperial Bank.

0:07.6

As you saw on Google Earth, it is no longer there. It is now in IKEA, you know?

0:11.6

You know, I heard their Swedish meatballs are really good, but I've never had them.

0:15.3

I mean, they're Swedish meatballs. Nothing. I've never had Swedish meatballs.

0:19.0

Yeah, you have.

0:19.8

Bye-bye. Yeah. Have you made them?

0:21.6

No, but somebody brought them to your party last year.

0:23.7

It's a Friday. It's 11.02 a.m. This is payday.

0:27.7

Everyone's getting paid today and this bank, the Canadian Imperial Bank, is a quote,

0:32.5

hold up man's dream, end quote. That is what the paper said before this event even happened.

0:38.7

As I said, one more time, we're going to December 14th, 1962.

0:43.1

The manager of the bank, Robert Zabetz Holmes, says the following.

0:47.7

And you can tell me what you guys think if this is a, if it's a hold up man's dream or not.

0:52.4

He said the following before this even happened.

0:55.0

Quote, I feel we are about due for another robbery, in quote.

0:59.7

I mean, the great thing about this specific bank location for a robber, if you look at it right here,

1:07.2

you see it is right off the four-way highway. This four-way highway, it was there in 1962.

1:12.9

Not only that, but you have different exchanges. You have I-40 here and you have, you just have

1:17.8

a lot of places you can get away. So you have like the four-way.

1:21.0

Is it like the Motel 6 slang? I mean, um, Expedia?

1:25.3

Want to get away? Is that where you're thinking? Yeah.

1:26.9

Motel 6 is, I think, um, don't worry, your wife will never find out.

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