WEBVTT - Introducing: White Eagle

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<v Speaker 1>Somewhere tonight, a Wells Fargo guard and act Wells Fargo

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<v Speaker 1>guard is on the run with seven million dollars in cash.

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<v Speaker 1>On September twelfth, twenty five year old Victor Horraine have

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<v Speaker 1>pulled into the garage but nondescript building in West Hartford, Connecticut,

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<v Speaker 1>and set off to work picking up in delivering cash

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<v Speaker 1>for an armored car company. Twelve hours later, picked her,

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<v Speaker 1>put a gun to their head, threaten them. He handcuffed on,

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<v Speaker 1>piled them up, put him on the floor. Coach were

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<v Speaker 1>then placed over their heads, at which time Greena advised

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<v Speaker 1>the men that he was going to give them a

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<v Speaker 1>shop that would put him to sleep. He packed about

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<v Speaker 1>a thousand pounds of money into his buic less saber

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<v Speaker 1>and amount today equivalent to nearly nineteen points six million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars and drove off into the night. Because you've had

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<v Speaker 1>so much money to steal from here that he couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>even haul it all away. Police estimate that he left

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<v Speaker 1>about a million dollars behind. At the time, it was

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<v Speaker 1>one of the largest cash heists in US history, but

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<v Speaker 1>stealing the money was only the beginning. For some. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a story about a man who has been on

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI's top ten most wanted less longer than anyone else,

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<v Speaker 1>a man who has eluded federal authorities for nearly forty years.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still running the back of my mind that we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to get this guy. For others, it's a story

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<v Speaker 1>about a robbery that funded a revolution. This whole issue

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<v Speaker 1>has ignited a firestorm of controversy. What we want to

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<v Speaker 1>know is why did the president make this decision. My

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<v Speaker 1>name is m William Phelps. I'm an investigative journalist and

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<v Speaker 1>author of more than forty true crimes and the host

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<v Speaker 1>of the narrative podcast series Paper Ghosts. Joined me as

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<v Speaker 1>I dive deep into one of the most infamous crime

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<v Speaker 1>stories you've never heard. These are people who are have

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<v Speaker 1>been adopted and embraced by all of Puerto Rico or One.

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<v Speaker 1>It to show that you can carry out specific actions

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<v Speaker 1>and demonstrate that the US were weak. For some folks,

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<v Speaker 1>they were kind of like booking men. For others, they

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<v Speaker 1>were heroes. There's no question in my mind that these

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<v Speaker 1>individuals were terrorists. This is white equal a crime that

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<v Speaker 1>captivated national media, divided Congress, and mobilized a radical organization.

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<v Speaker 1>Either we won or I would end up in prison

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