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What is the biggest difference between
actual super-criminals today and super villains?
>> Like comic book super villains?
>> Yeah. >> Style.
>> Okay, such as?
>> Supervillains have style.
You got Magneto with that sweet helmet and a cape.
We need to get capes. >> Not helping.
>> I keep telling you. Capes.
>> That helmet, look, [stammers]
that helmet is so bad they had
to make it a joke in the movies.
>> No. >> They had to make it a punch line.
You're not helping your argument.
>> The Darth Vader head thing,
that the Legion of Doom would land in, in the swamp?
>> Still not helping.
>> You don't want one of those‽
>> Next up is what?
The Riddler, with his question marks all over his body?
He going to sell you a book on
how to get free money from the government?
>> Okay, he abandoned that a while back.
He's actually very dapper now.
>> Yeah, now he's touring comedian Andy Dick.
Come on.
[stifled laughter]
>> Oh no.
Now I can't see the Riddler.
[laughing] >> Andy Dick would be the best Riddler!
[laughing] >> I can't see The Riddler as anyone but Andy Dick now.
And it's just in there.
It's like that thought climbed into my brain,
and it just said, "Well this where I live now,
"and I'm not going anywhere."
[film rolling]
>> Hey man, we got a bunch of articles,
over at TheModernRogue.com
and today, we're going to talk about five criminals,
who took their crimes ridiculously over-the-top.
>> And this article is by Pauli Poisuo?
Pronouncing it correctly?
>> Yeah, I think, that sounds right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, we begin with who?
[film rolling]
>> Uh, Frank Sprenz, was a guy
who had his pilot's license, presumably.
He was landing his plane in front of banks,
going in and robbing them,
and then getting in his plane and flying away.
>> BRIAN: This is around what time?
Mid-20th century?
>> I think this was the '50s.
Right?
>> Yeah, yeah.
So this is back in a time,
so number one, there's no GPS tracking,
you don't have to worry about the TSA.
You just land, you're like, "Give me all your monies."
And then the cops show up, they're like,
"What happened?"
They're like, "Guy came and took the money. Where is he?"
And they just point to the sky.
>> Yeah!
>> Like its the middle opening act of
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
>> Yeah, and after a while he got so successful.
I think he got a little bit, uh bold.
>> Cocky?
>> [together] yeah!
>> He would just swoop down have some bruskies.
>> Yeah that's a little conspicuous right?
>> So he gets the nickname the flying bank robber.
Well deserved, an then makes the FBI ten most wanted.
At some point the FBI sort of gives up.
Its just like, "Just give of this one guy,
"just give us this one dude. And we'll call it even."
>> [laughs] Yeah, and eventually Jay Edgar Hoover said,
"All right, were going to get him."
And they still had trouble catching him.
>> He ended up going to like, a multiple prison's.
including down in mexico, and uh I believe.
Wait hold on am I remembering the right?
He was one of the last people released from Alcatraz.
Is that right?
>> Exactly, yeah. I wonder if they uh,
made him leave last just as like.
"Oh Mr, Hotshot, nope nope nope, not yet, not yet."
>> All right, so obviously. First entry, first place.
>> Yep, free his friends, uh fling around all they want.
Hanging out having a good time.
[film rolling]
>> Next up we got a guy who robbed, a bank vault.
With and anti tank gun.
>> Ugh, what!
>> Which I love, its almost just like eh feels
threatened by that bank vault.
So he just busts out a anti tank gun.
This I how you would, rob a bank in counter strike.
you would just know you'll just
dig out a hole and get inside.
[laughs]
>> This is Joel Singer, and his crew in 1960's.
He went to Ceriques, and decided to rob
an armored car company.
>> Oh yeah, not just an armored car, he says,
"Well why have the branks man, when the cow
"gives us the milk for free."
>> That's exactly, what he said.
>> Why not we rob the entire company? Right?
So of course inspiration was, he looked
at there giant bank vault. And he like, "a tank if only
"there was a gun, that was able to penetrate tanks."
>> So they got one from the Russian finish winter war.
It was decommissioned and uh
about thirty shells fired onto this vault it finally gave.
But when you have weapons of war.
Especially something like an antitank gun.
There going to be able to find out where it came from.
>> Yeah in this case it wasn't hard for the
authorities to figure out,
"well like this is clearly an anti tank weapon.
"Uh, who do we know that has a anti tank weapons?"
>> I mean these aren't really floating
around in pawn shops right?
>> I mean unless there located in cyber space.
>> I bought it on Ultima Online just the other day.
[laughs]
>> With 35 gold pieces. [laughs]
So where do we rank this? Ahead of our flying guy, or no?
>> I'm going to say that this one is uh a head
of our friend frank, flying bank robber thing.
>> Man I got to keep frank up at the top because he had
that squash bulking style. You know swooping into bars
grabbing beers, flying to the next thing
taking more of the money.
>> But I also picture the nigh that Joel singer was
getting into this bank vault and all of
these federates buddies are waiting there
and then Joel rolls up in and anti tank weapon
and there like." What, what, what, what."
[laughs]
and he's like, "that's right motherf*****."
[laughing continues]
[film rolling]
>> All right next up we have,
a literal fast and furious movie.
>> Yeah this is life imitating art.
There were a number of guys in the united kingdom.
who were staging heist, pulling ATMs,
they were dragging them right out of there moorings.
>> Oh and not only that but they were cutting them.
With all kinds of fancy gas torches.
Then they would have there super vehicles.
That they would run off with everything.
They would do the freaking night rider move.
Of having their super car, be stored inside of a semi.
>> They were literally living in these
mobile homes, they were pulling around.
Constantly on the run in UK.
Going to small town to small town.
>> And I assume what they lived forever happy as can be?
>> Oh absolutely, no whenever, uh art is imitating life.
And there driving around all of these bad ass fancy cars.
And stealing ATMs like that your going to make a lot of noise.
So who stopped them, but some
Scottish law enforcement officers.
Blasted there cars and caught them all.
>> My favorite part about this is the quote from the judge.
Hold on let me get it right hold on.
" The overwhelming impression and remains
with me is one of breath taking arrogance on your part."
Not going to lie kind of impressive.
>> It actually sounds kind of a lot of fun.
>> Okay, did they take number one in your book?
>> Number one is still anti tank Joel Singer.
Number two, the flying bank robber.
Number three these fast and furious nobs.
>> Okay I'm with you 100% because ultimately.
there coping what they saw in the movies.
Not so impressive. You should be inspiring movies.
Not coping them.
>> That's cool wow, oh my god.
The organization, the adrenaline.
Awe there probably a bunch of dick head dude bros.
[film rolling]
>> I don't know if were going to agree on this one.
A two hundred member high tech pick pocketing gang.
Called a canon to the wiz?
>> Cannon to the wiz.
>> Out of what the Chicago area ?
>> Uh out of the Chicago area, yes. They would pick
pocket people. But then they had people in there vans.
Standing by with printers and scanners.
The ability to immediately fabricate the
identification that they stole from these people.
>> So this is the part that impresses me.
There genius is that they took what is normally
a petty theft of stealing a wallet. And then turned it
into high grade identity theft. Including something called
spit deposits . it would take the wallets that they
stole they would create identities for each.
They would use those identities to write each others checks
to defraud the banks that pretty next level brilliant right?
>> They were very effective and very affiant until.
They stole from the wrong person.
They pick pocketed the wife of the
chair man of federal reserve Ben Bernanke.
>> Whoopsie doodles
>> Agh
[laughs]
>> That a big whoopsie doodle.
>> Yeah, yeah, and so yo can imagine
that got a lot of attention a lot of
research directed to it. And uh they shut them down.
Pretty quickly.
>> Ugh okay, this is also at this point you have an
army and its hard because, your trying to rank everybody.
Still going to keep the flying.
>> Really?
>> I mean look he's one guy, who was doing the impossible.
>> Yeah
>> I believe that 200 people can accomplish anything.
So I will put them above, the fast and furious guys.
>> Okay so you going to rank them third?
>> Yeah
>> Okay I am going to rank these guys,
I think they're my favorite.
>> What?
>> Io think they're my favorite, yeah.
>> Team work makes the dream work for you.
>> The team work, the efficiency, the level of organization.
And I'm picturing a really fast past paste montage
of seeing this happening in the opening like
ten minutes of a film.
>> Man I'm seeing a bunch of people who might
as well be working at Best Buy.
[laughs] they were like I'm printing out the thing
hold on one second.
>> But they dared to dream outside the confines
of those blue shirts.
>> Yeah but I bet they looked awful in a,
what do they call them?
>> a serape?
>> No, no, no, not a.. wait what are they called
[inaudible]
>> No, uh the thing you wrap around your neck to keep warm.
>> A scarf
>> Thank you [laughs]
>> [film rolling]
>> Oh boy this is a big one. Describe for me,
the heist of the century.
>> Okay this one was in Paraguay.
>> 2017 right?
>> Yeah, not to long ago. In Ciudad del Este.
If I'm saying that correctly. Where one night
a bunch of heavily armed thugs. Show up and just start
lobbing molotov cocktails at the police department.
Blocking off the roads in flaming cars.
They even had anti aircraft guns in case
the police came in with helicopters.
>> Okay why would you attack the police,
they don't have any money. I mean maybe evidence money.
>> Its a distraction, your going to attack the police department
with some intensity, but really while your doing that
drawing all the resources over here. Here's your real
target.
>> Which is?
>> It is a place called Prosegur. A private security company.
Oh it seems like even more reckless attack right?
>> No, No, No this is brilliant though because it your
attacking the police when the police need help who are they
going to call? They going to call the private security company.
Private security company is going to go help the police.
And then guess where all of the money is .
At the private security company.
>> Yes, each criminal have a reasonably large attack force.
And so they were able to hold all of these
people off for a very long time. while they were going for
the near 50 million in cash and valuables.
In the private security company head quarters.
>> Agh look we kind of graded on creativity here and this is
huge and audacious, and an unbelievable show of force.
But its like I don't know. Its kind of just describing a war.
>> Yeah its pretty nasty. I mean these guys
were prepared right? They were dropping
cattle tropes and explosives everywhere.
>> Cattle tropes in case you know someone walking
around barefoot like a ninja [laughs].
And stab there feet.
>> You never know when ninja's are after you,
so just be safe.
>> Be prepared right?
>> Yeah, and so you have these guys who are really prepared.
But the police force and the security company actually
ended up kind of holding them off they they
only got away with 8 million.
>> Only
>> Yeah only
>> yeah got em
>> Yeah [laughs] good job everybody.
>> You know what can I give a number one slot.
>> Is this your number one?
>> No to the police, who defended against these ass hats.
>> Yes, yes.
>> And then second place is the flying stealing guy.
That's where I'm at right now.
>> Okay so what do you rank these guys?
>> They don't make my list.
[inaudible]
>> They just showing up with guns and bombs.
>> Yeah its a literal army stealing money and..
>> Okay that fair, all right so
what are you rankings over all?
>> The police, who defended again theses guys,
the flying bank robbing dude. The anti tank guy.
The pick pockets who did identity thievery.
And finally the fast and the furious gang.
>> Okay I'm going to go with cannon of the wiz.
The pick pocket guys is number 1.` Anti tank number 2.
The flying red barren, [laughs] at number 3.
>> The scarf.
>> its called a scarf [laughs]
>> The martini in hand.
>> [laughs] yes!
>> You're really painting him out to be more awesome.
>> He's great are you kidding me.
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[closing film rolling]
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