Jeffrey Manchester: The Rooftop Robber

The Opportunist

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.6 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Jeffrey Manchester became known nationwide as the “Rooftop Burglar,” a figure often distorted by Hollywood and myth. But in this episode of The Opportunist, the real Jeffrey Manchester emerges - revealing how a quiet Army soldier turned thief built a double life of break-ins, secrecy, and startling ingenuity.

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1:33.3	For Lee Wayne Scott, her 40th birthday surprise was anything but pleasant. It was a cool overcast morning. Quiet and unremarkable on January 5, 2005. Lee didn't have much plan to ring in the new decade. Just a full day of work followed by a small celebratory dinner with her boyfriend, John Zorn.
1:52.0	But those plans went out the window when the police and FBI showed up unexpectedly at her office, bearing news about her boyfriend that would leave her
2:02.2	completely blindsided. Initially, Lee didn't believe them. She just laughed and insisted that these
2:12.3	officers had the wrong guy. Her boyfriend was kind, charming, and generous. Not to mention a man she'd met
2:21.9	at church. She couldn't help believing that this was at best a mistake and at worst a cruel prank.
2:31.2	It wasn't until the officers escorted Lee over to her computer and pulled up his mugshot that it hit her.
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