Evil Genius

7.3IMDb Score
Released:2018-05-11
Genre:Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Duration: min
Country:United States of America
Director:Barbara Schroeder
Actors:Kevin G. Calkins, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, Trey Borzillieri
Production:Duplass Brothers Productions, Last in Line Pictures

Overview:

This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.

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