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You Can’t Make This Up

Evil Genius

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Matt Bellassai talks with the team behind Evil Genius, Trey Borzillieri, executive producer/co-director, and Barbara Shroeder, writer/co-director. Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist is a four part Netflix docuseries about a man who goes to deliver a pizza, but gets a bomb strapped to his neck and sent on a scavenger hunt to rob a bank. Trey and Barbara discuss what it was like to open a cold case, interview conspirators in the crime, and find out details no one else has. Plus, Trey and Barbara reveal what they're watching on Netflix.

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a new companion podcast from Netflix.

0:04.0

I'm Ray Vada and I'm hosting this week's episode.

0:08.0

Every other week on You Can't Make This Up, we feature a new interviewer discussing a different Netflix series or film with their special guests.

0:14.6

And all of the stories are surprisingly true.

0:17.4

Even this week's show, which is truly unbelievable.

0:20.5

That's right, we're talking about evil genius, the true story of America's most diabolical bankhiced.

0:26.0

And here to tell us what it's all about is Matt Bellaside.

0:30.0

Matt is a comedian, author, and host of the podcast Unhappy Hour.

0:34.0

Before we get into his interview with the show's executive producer and co-director

0:42.0

Treble Azari and writer and co-director Treblazari and writer and

0:43.7

co-director Barbara Schroeder, we wanted to get a quick rundown of how Matt felt

0:47.4

watching the series.

0:48.8

Matt will be joined by his producer Barry Finkel.

0:51.1

Remember, there are spoilers ahead. All right, take it away, Matt.

0:57.0

All right, my producer, Barry Finkel and I watched all four parts of Evil Genius on Netflix,

1:03.5

and we are going to attempt to summarize it now.

1:06.7

Are you ready, Barry?

1:07.7

Oh, I'm ready, Matt.

1:09.1

Oh, right.

1:10.1

We open on Erie, Pennsylvania, which

1:12.2

is named after the Lake and also the Native American tribe,

1:15.0

and not the word meaning uncanny or abnormal, even though that would be appropriate because this story is weird as fuck.

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