526 // The Man Who Outgrew Robbing Banks w/ Joe Loya

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend, Joe Loya. Mr. Loya is an author (The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell), Hollywood consultant (Baby Driver), prolific bank robber and ex-convict. He is the subject of Orbit Media's podcast series, The Burden - Get The Money and Run. Joe recalls his childhood going from a warm, loving household to a chaotic, abusive environment at the hands of his father. Prior to his career as a bank robber, Joe attempted to end the violence and stabbed his father in the neck, leaving him for dead. Joe's story is a true redemption and rehabilitation story. *This episode is brought to you by Mood, the online cannabis company that's revolutionizing how we deal with life's challenges – from sleepless nights to stress-filled days. You can get 20% off your first order at https://mood.com/ with promo code Crawlspace.* Follow Private Investigations For the Missing, and join our virtual fundraiser on June 11th @ 8pmEST on the Missing YouTube Channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please donate if you can: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://investigationsforthemissing.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://piftm.org/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Joe's website at: https://www.joeloya.ltd/ Buy Joe's book, The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell: https://www.joeloya.ltd/buy Follow Joe: http://facebook.com/jsloya http://twitter.com/realBuddhaLobo https://www.instagram.com/loya.joe/ Listen to Get The Money And Run: https://omny.fm/shows/the-burden/get-the-money-and-run-first-time-out Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3sV1OFddCnIXEKOnSeiW26?si=f5c0cba2f4f8405d Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burden/id1734312219 Check out Orbit Media: https://www.orbitmedia.fm/ Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We were saying that your last name is how, um, is pronounced how someone in Boston would say lawyer.
0:08.8	When I was in, when I was in Massachusetts prison, everyone thought that was a funny.
0:14.0	You've heard that one before.
0:15.3	I was like, no hundred years of time.
0:18.3	I was still expecting me to laugh.
0:20.4	Lawyer, are you a lawyer?
0:21.6	Are you a good lawyer? Welcome to crawl space. I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today? I'm doing fantastic today, Tim. I can't tell you the listeners what kind of guest we have on today because I don't want to spoil too much of it, but it is a wild ride that this person is delivering to us. His life has been incredible. And it's an honor, honestly, to have him on the show and to
1:13.7	have him open up and be so candid with us. He's reached a point in his life where this is now his
1:19.5	story and he's able to tell his story and he's able to laugh about it. And he's come from a place
1:25.0	where he's healed and he's helping other people heal as well.
1:28.7	But he was also a very prolific bank robber.
1:30.9	And Tim, right now you're robbing me of knowing how you are.
1:34.5	How are you today?
1:35.9	Doing great. Thanks a lot.
1:38.7	Yes, in this conversation, we speak with the Beirut Bandit, Lance.
1:43.3	His name is Joe Loyah.
1:46.1	And he robbed somewhere between 30 and 40 banks between 1988 and 1989.
1:53.8	He actually says 30, even though I think Wikipedia says up to 40.
1:58.1	But yes, he is also the subject of a new podcast from our friend Steve Fishman's
2:03.5	podcast feed called The Burden. And you can check it out. There are links in the show notes.
2:08.6	This season of The Burden is called Get the Money and Run. And at the top of this episode, that was
2:14.5	actually us laughing with Joe about his last name because we thought
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