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itchy
Logan, WV · 5 days ago

they did a shit job for that man

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Iggy
American Fork, UT · 9 days ago

In 2003, pizza deliveryman Brian Wells was lured to a remote spot in Erie, Pennsylvania, where conspirators strapped a live collar bomb to his neck and sent him to rob a bank under the guise of a scavenger hunt to save his life; after stealing $8,700, he was captured by police, but the bomb detonated and killed him on live TV. Investigators later found he had limited involvement in the plan but was ultimately betrayed. The scheme was masterminded by Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and accomplices Kenneth Barnes and William Rothstein, whose motives centered on money and personal debts. Diehl-Armstrong was sentenced to life, Barnes to 45 years, and Rothstein died before trial. The bizarre case—part bank heist, part murder—remains infamous as the “pizza bomber” story.

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Linda Evans
Newnan, GA · 9 days ago

The cops wouldn't believe him. They were just as guilty as bad guys.

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Tim Lemons
Clemmons, NC · 6 days ago

The police were not to blame. They didn’t strap the bomb on him. It is sad but with out the ride person to disarm it then more people would have died

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Mike Przybylski
Erie, PA · 3 days ago

The police bomb squad was trying to get to the scene. This happened in my hometown, and the reason why the police bomb squad didn't get there very quickly is because traffic was so badly backed up because they wouldn't let nobody up there. They had the streets jammed, and the bomb squad had trouble getting there. But let's face it, the way that bomb was manufactured, the bomb squad wouldn't have even gotten it done fast enough. It was wired so meticulously that no matter what they did, it was going to explode.

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Kraig Brown
Syracuse, NY · 8 days ago

yeah I seen explode popped his head like a grape

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Davonna Loar
Newport News, VA · 10 hours ago

actually the guy that had it on his neck and that was handcuffed was actually in on the plan it was to rob a bank.. but the people that actually did it to him told him that it was fake which it was not.. a few minutes later it detonated and blew him apart.. I watched the documentary..

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Jamison Haack
Sioux Falls, SD · 6 days ago

I'm pretty sure I've heard about this and the police did their investigation and dude was in on it but did not know it was a real bomb he thought it was fake so he robbed the bank thinking if he was a fake bomb they would let him go with money or not be in serious trouble

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Jeff Monroe
Ripley, NY · 5 days ago

I was across the street at the Eat and Park while this was going on

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Tell_Me_Why
Mead, WA · 6 days ago

Oh my freaking God-- instant disability for the whole team. Not even for the blood and gore. 😭How are they now?

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Joyce Edwards
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL · 5 days ago

You dressed yourself

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slaveforcock1
Miami, FL · 4 days ago

I seen the hole video he turned to mist

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Dirty McNasty
Jamestown, NY · 5 days ago

I watched this at the scene that day... For everybody who witnessed at live, it will be etched into their brains forever.

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Steve Bourdelais
Lawrence, MA · 3 days ago

I think I remember this. it ended up being a complicated crackpot scheme which he the guy with the bomb on himself was actually a part of if I'm not mistaken

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Lisa Sexton
Erie, PA · 5 days ago

I was shopping at Lowes in Erie, PA when the bomb went off. Crazy!😵

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Wil Alco
Chicago, IL · 4 days ago

sad sad I'm sorry but no one's trying to die with you bro

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Silmon Sanders
Olive Branch, MS · 4 days ago

this is a true story I watched it on 48 hours if my recollection is right he was killed cuz the bomb went off

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max
Lorain, OH · 4 days ago

That whole story is a terrible situation by a evil mastermind

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Randall
Indianapolis, IN · 3 days ago

If someone touches that thing,that they've never seen before,don't know any logistics of it & are unsure what it is,it will blow up.

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Gage Babin
Gonzales, LA · 4 days ago

he blew up on that street he wasn't saved

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Phat187
North Las Vegas, NV · 3 days ago

did they find the evil that did this to him.... ?

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Bill Galford
Wattsburg, PA · 3 days ago

He was in on the whole thing.

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John citizen
Vancouver, WA · 7 days ago

bombhead, was in on it too......

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Mike
Marshfield, WI · 3 days ago

you put it on.im not taking it off.lol

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LiNd$aY
Portland, OR · 3 days ago

As it turned out, he was in on it........

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PuPPeTs_MuPPets
New York City, NY · 4 days ago

I remember this, he was in the wrong place. Delivering pizza

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Christopher Leos
Sacramento, CA · 3 days ago

why on my birthday a few years before i was born 😭

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Scarecrow
Sacramento, CA · 3 days ago

Guess he wont be in the sequel

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Angie Hemenway
Fulton, KY · 7 days ago

Worst background music ever

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Thomas Gagliano
Albuquerque, NM · 7 days ago

A lose-lose situation. Hold the criminals accountable, not him or the police

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Donna Kipila
Barnegat, NJ · 7 days ago

Omg so horrible.

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Dzhalil Abdulaev
Dayton, OH · 3 days ago

Dont care carry every where. shoot first when you have to shoot. Mag dump to ensure your survival. carry extra ammo be vigilant. not finna let no man grab me up and put a bomb on me nah.

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Jose Rubalcava
Floydada, TX · 3 days ago

he tied the bomb to himself if im not mistaken for a robbery tht didnt go how he planned

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WickkeDkk Ways
Chicago, IL · 3 days ago

useless DOMESTIC TERRORISTS

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JC Corbett
Kansas City, MO · 3 days ago

he was in on it the whole time

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Andrew Murphy
Houston, TX · 3 days ago

watch the documentary mini series. Read the report. He put the bomb on... It was infact the victim who was also the suspect. Now, who wants pizza?

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raiseup we the ppl
Hendersonville, NC · 3 days ago

yes indeed it did go booom

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Anthony Jacob
Boston, MA · 2 days ago

I remember when this happened, the poor guy never stood a chance.

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Adam Klaassen
Redding, CA · 2 days ago

this is what the movie 30 minutes or less was inspired by

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Ernest Valdez
San Antonio, TX · 2 days ago

I saw it on TV as a kid,crazy, I remember that

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Adam Novak
Fridley, MN · 8 days ago

Stop trying to victimize everyone. He had a bomb strapped to him . These are low level police officers - they have no bomb training of bomb suits. Like what do you expect them to do run up to him and comfort him and be blown up with him

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jackyboy
Bridgeport, CT · 9 days ago

This whole story was beyond strange. There’s a documentary out about it.

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Amy Krug
Rogers, AR · 9 days ago

I'm so sorry that this man lost his life. horrible journey. his family must feel cheated. please God please bring peace to his family

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David Seward
Sparks, OK · 8 days ago

they made a movie about this is do believe

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Willie Mayes
Douglasville, GA · 8 days ago

could have tried a high powered water hose from a distance to wet the explosives

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John Jensen
Joplin, MO · 8 days ago

I believe they determined that the victim was actually in on the plan originally.

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string bean
Crossville, TN · 8 days ago

If I were the cops in that, I wouldn’t have approached either because I’m going home to my family. That’s just how it is.

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Georgia melendez
Santa Paula, CA · 8 days ago

He had a bomb and nobody tried to approach him because they knew it could go off at any given time…he was sacrificed….

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Sherann
Ranson, WV · 8 days ago

And you know how? Facts only, please. I'll wait.......

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salty
Crestview, FL · 8 days ago

I remember this!

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John Walton
Fort Walton Beach, FL · 13 hours ago

This video is like 20 years old.

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Delly Del
Lynn, MA · 14 hours ago

Bros criss cross applesauce for days

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Jamie E.
Metairie, LA · 18 hours ago

everyone send a prayer to this guy, he didn't desève this

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news
Visalia, CA · 21 hours ago

he wasnt being forced he did it all to himself.

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Loki Binx
Harker Heights, TX · a day ago

they made a movie about it..

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S Buchholz
Dearborn Heights, MI · a day ago

Bye bye ass

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ProclaimSalvation
Barrow, AK · a day ago

he doomed himself. its his fault alone

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Darick Lovett
Concord, NC · a day ago

im sure they had a person that could disarm it otw they just didnt have enough time and they had no clue what was going on until it was too late the cops did everything they are suppose to do the only person to blame is the one that strapped that bomb to his neck to begin with

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Amy Masterson
Hastings, NY · a day ago

the whole documentary is on netflix

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