Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist

2018
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True-crime docuseries revisiting the bizarre and terrifying case of a pizza man forced to rob banks with a bomb around... More

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Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank... More Heist is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist episodes

EPISODE 1.1

Part 1: The Heist

A bank robbery in Pennsylvania ends in the bombing death... More of a pizza deliveryman who may or may not have been a hostage forced to commit the crime.

EPISODE 1.2

Part 2: The Frozen Body

The revelation of a corpse in a freezer near the... More crime scene leads police to a highly intelligent woman with mental and personality disorders.

EPISODE 1.3

Part 3: The Suspects

Two years after the heist, one of its possible architects... More has died, a witness steps forward, and the prime suspect reveals too much to her cellmates.

EPISODE 1.4

Part 4: The Confessions

As conspirators come forward, deals are made and a jury... More renders its verdict -- but years after the case seems solved, another witness appears.

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist | Ratings & Reviews

"Told using re-creation, interviews and footage from the time, there's a haunting and unsettling feel as the conspiracy starts to unravel, and the motivations that drove the people who carried out the heist - partially at least - become apparent."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"A tragic, unsettling story unfolds involving a series of manipulative, destructive people with no moral compass to speak of."

Slash FilmSlash Film

"But its portrayal of Diehl-Armstrong, the mentally ill woman to whom the title "evil genius" refers, is what breeds the most fascination and frustration."

VultureVulture

"With Evil Genius there's actually a sense of discovery, and a crime spree so unusual that it genuinely approximates a Coen brothers movie, down to the quirky assortment of culprits and stooges."

CNNCNN

"Evil Genius sits squarely in the "intense docudrama" format with which the network has had so much recent success."

Daily TelegraphDaily Telegraph

"Perhaps the most startling thing about the whole enthralling enterprise is the way that the work of filmmakers Barbara Schroeder and Trey Borzillieri might have lined up their subjects for a potential new death-penalty case."

Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald

"It's the perfect story for one of the streaming service's true-crime deep-dives."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

"Only becomes more captivating-and bizarre-in the final episode when a crucial witness makes an appearance."

Time MagazineTime Magazine

"The case of true crime storytelling that can be too easily classified as merely satiating the supply-and-demand for such unconscionable tales."

RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.com

"For a series that features, by its own description, a "master manipulator," Evil Genius feels more like a confused, unwitting pawn than an adversary worthy of taking on the challenge to uncover the truth."

IndieWireIndieWire

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Genre
Documentary
Country of origin
USA

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