"They Call Me Fancy Dan, AKA the Flying Bank Robber"

Ridiculous Crime

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True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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For nearly a year to the day, the FBI chased this elusive bank robber all around the country. And for that year, the Flying Bank Robber embarrassed J. Edgar's G-Men on the front pages of the nation's newpapers. Over the course of criminal escapades this all-American midcentury blue collar James Bond wannabe visited countless states, used 35 aliases, stole 29 cars, and crashed three planes. Until one day, his luck went sour, when he crossed paths with an ornery Mexican cow.

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0:00.0	On March 16, 2000, two sheriff's deputies were shot in Atlanta.
0:04.0	A Muslim leader and former black power activist was convicted.
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1:00.6	I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told, where I dig into crimes where a woman is not just a victim.
1:08.0	She might be the detective, the lawyer, the witness, the coroner, the criminal, or some combination of those roles.
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1:34.0	Elizabeth Dutton.
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