February 16, 1961: Wilbert Rideau Bank Robbery

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🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Wilbert Rideau’s botched bank heist would escalate to kidnapping… and then murder. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Serial Killers, a podcast that journeys past the headlines and into the minds and motives of murderers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, February 16th, 2022.
0:08.0	On this day in 1961, 19-year-old Wilbert Rito robbed a bank.
0:15.0	What he thought would be a simple heist, quickly turned tragic.
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1:03.4	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of these crimes,
1:09.2	listener discretion is advised. This episode includes dramatizations and discussions of kidnapping,
1:13.2	violence, and death. We advise extreme caution for children under 13. I'm Vanessa Richardson, and today I'm joined by our guest host, Greg
1:19.4	Polson, my co-host from serial killers. Our show delves into the minds and crimes of
1:25.2	history's most terrifying killers.
1:28.3	Greg will discuss the aftermath of today's story while I cover the narrative.
1:32.4	Thanks, Vanessa. I'm thrilled to be here.
1:34.8	Absolutely. Now let's go back to Lake Charles, Louisiana, on February 16, 1961. A young black man in the segregated South, Wilbert Rito felt stuck.
1:59.0	He barely had an eighth grade education and his $35 a week job offered
2:04.6	little hope of escape. Tired of a life of mediocrity, days after his 19th birthday, Rito came up with
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