***CORRECTED VERSION***

Hey guys, 

Quick apology. You may have listened to a version of the episode that had double audio on it. That was an error. I’ve been delaying with some personal stuff and was trying to get the episode to you ASAP and didn’t spot check it. Please accept my apologizes. Here’s the version I intended for you to listen to. 

Javier

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This is the story of the 1980 Norco bank robbery—one of the most violent bank heists in U.S. history. Remarkably, only three people died. However, 30 police cars and one helicopter were torn apart by bullets.

In this episode, you’re going to hear from some of the people who were there that day at the Security Pacific Bank.

This wasn’t your typical bank robbery. George Smith, the mastermind behind the heist, believed the rapture was coming. 

His gang of bank robbers were armed with military-grade weapons. The police never stood a chance. I mean, it was a downright war zone. Why would George Smith go to such extremes just to rob a bank? 

We’re going to spend the next two episodes trying to get inside the mind of George Wayne Smith. Who was he? And what motivated him to orchestrate such an insane bank robbery? And how did they finally catch him, the following day in the canyons, heading to the Mojave desert?