Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist
2018 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 48 min · ★ 7.3 · 76% critics
A shocking real-life case begins when a delivery worker is forced into a bank robbery with a bomb strapped to him, ending in a gruesome public death. As investigators dig deeper, the story expands into a tangled web of suspects, shifting motives, and unsettling questions about who planned what and why.
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Streaming on Netflix, History Vault and A&E Crime Central.
3 hours to watch · 4 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- Evil Genius
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-05-11
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (266 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a stranger-than-fiction true-crime mystery that keeps adding new angles and suspects, similar to The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst; Not for you if graphic, unsettling material or slower, repetitive pacing turns you off.
Pros: bizarre true story; bingeable twists; thorough research | Cons: disturbing imagery; feels drawn out; questions of objectivity
Themes
- bomb
- fbi
- investigation
- murder
- heist
- miniseries
- bank robbery
- true crime
- reenactment
- murder mystery
- homemade explosive
- thought provoking
- +2 more
Cast & crew
- KC
Kevin G. Calkins
as Self - State Trooper
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Trey Borzillieri
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Directed by Barbara Schroeder
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1Part 1: The Heist46mApple TV+Netflix
- S1E2Part 2: The Frozen Body54mApple TV+Netflix
- S1E3Part 3: The Suspects46mApple TV+Netflix
- S1E4Part 4: The Confessions49mApple TV+Netflix