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Things I Learned Last Night

The Roofman | Lived in Toys R Us for a Year

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6673 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In the late 1990s, a man named Jeffrey Allen Manchester earned a strange nickname: the Roofman. His crime spree would go down as one of the most unusual and oddly polite series of robberies in American history. What started with a few break-ins quickly turned into a coast-to-coast pattern of fast-food heists, most often targeting McDonald’s restaurants. The Roofman’s method was simple but clever. He would climb onto the roof of a McDonald’s near closing time, cut a hole in the ceiling, and wait quietly until the employees locked up. Then, he’d drop in through the roof, gun in hand, and demand the cash. But unlike most robbers, the Roofman had manners. The Roofman’s tale is one of contradiction: a polite thief, a robber who apologized, and a fugitive who built a home in a toy store. His story reminds us that truth can be stranger and more fascinating than fiction. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: https://tilln.com/theroofman Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Barefoot Bandit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRF4ZY7hy4&t=17s Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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uh have you ever heard of roof man roof man roof man that's really funny that i was just talking about the text i know it really is

0:41.3

really funny my landlord was like hey on saturday october 11th they're going to do some

0:46.6

preventative roof maintenance so if you see a guy up there don't worry and then immediately text

0:50.7

sorry wrong day and then text wrong roof hey guys on monday October 13th, he just sent the same text and just fixed the thing. Are you trying to start the timer right now? Yeah, I'm just just powered through. Just ignore me. No, don't worry about me, dude. I was just talking. I'm listening to you. I was just saying stuff. Ooh, ooh, hey, still talking over here.

1:14.3

Ha ha ha.

1:15.6

It's easy.

1:16.9

Things suck.

1:19.6

And people are like,

1:19.9

man,

1:20.1

Jaron,

1:21.3

you seem pretty sad about stuff lately.

1:22.6

Yeah,

1:23.0

I think about it.

1:25.1

I go,

1:26.2

I look around

1:27.3

sometimes. Oh, that's really bad? Oh, that's really bad.

1:29.3

Oh, that's really bad.

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