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On August 28, 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells robbed a PNC Bank near his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Upon being apprehended by police, Wells died when an explosive collar locked to his neck detonated. The FBI investigation into his death uncovered a complex plot described as "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI".[1]
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to citation needed, the podcast where you choose the subject, read a single |
| 0:26.5 | article about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts because it's the internet. |
| 0:29.7 | That's how it works now. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm CISL and I'll be masterminding this plot, but I'll need my pawns. |
| 0:34.7 | First up, two guys that just want to be promoted to Queens, Heath and Noah. |
| 0:40.3 | D.E.I. for white guys who got to go first. Thank you. It's about time. |
| 0:46.5 | Oh, I'm just trying to make it across the board. And also joining us tonight. Two guys that are pretty |
| 0:53.1 | happily sacrificed, Eli and Tom. |
| 0:56.3 | Turns out my weakness was a screen I could put back in my pocket. |
| 1:02.7 | I once got trapped in an elevator and I just laid down. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm not working real hard to stick around. |
| 1:12.3 | Patrons, without you, we would have resigned a long time ago. |
| 1:16.2 | So thanks for the check, mate. |
| 1:18.1 | If you'd like to learn how to join their ranks, be sure to stick around until the |
| 1:21.2 | end of the show. |
| 1:22.0 | And with that all the way, tell us, Tom, what person-place thing, concept phenomenon |
| 1:25.9 | on our event will we you talking about today? |
| 1:28.3 | We'll be talking about the collar bomb heist. And Eli, you switched this essay for one that was about |
| 1:33.8 | 24-hour masturbation. Are you ready to pull a fast one? I am, Cecil. I am indeed. So tell us what was |
| 1:44.1 | the collar bomb heist? It was a crime, |
| 1:48.3 | so stupendously cinematic that after having heard about it, thanks to the one and only Cecil |
| 1:52.9 | something Italian, I still didn't believe it was true. It combines the daring heist, Tom, |
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