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

Netflix Documentary Review: "Evil Genius".  Users rated this a 92% with an IMDb rating of 7.7/10.

In August 28th 2003 a man walks into a bank with a bomb locked around his neck.  This attempted bank robbery in Erie, Pa. made news headlines across America when the robbery-gone-wrong turned into a public murder. The attempted robber was a pizza delivery driver who had a bomb locked around his neck. Known as the "pizza bomber" case, a manhunt ensued to find out who was responsible for the crime. Authorities eventually arrested Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong for the delivery man's death.

This is a four-part Netflix original documentary series sets out to prove that there's more to the conspiracy and murder than what was previously thought.

Some of you may remember this when it was on the NEWS.  It was the number one lead for several days.  I found out about this from my kids when I was on Miami last week and had to watch it.  It was the most diabolical manipulation of individuals you could ever imagine.  You can't make this up.

Once again mental illness takes center stage in this documentary.  To watch  Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong (the main character) work her skills was chilling and mind boggling.  She could make people want to kill themselves just from listening to her talk.......good god!

The documentary was only 4 short episodes and I was GLUED to every word that was said.  If you are a "NBC Dateline" crime/drama fan you will love this series.  It's Dateline on steroids with much more detail and shocking substance!.  You will be taken-aback from what you see and hear.

If you have Netflix and want a good rainy night of TV, tune into this series and sit back and be WOW'ed!!