I never thought I’d say this, but Tiger King almost pales in comparison to this one! If you like twists and turns, “holy cow!” moments, true crime mysteries, and bizarre and crazy stories with vivid people, you will love this docuseries as much as I did!
Evil Genius is a series about a true crime that I had never heard of before watching the series. It is about a 2003 case in Erie, Pennsylvania, where a man went into a bank with an alleged collar bomb around his neck and robbed it, using a handwritten note that he handed the teller. Shortly after the robbery, the robber was caught in a nearby parking lot, handcuffed, and left on the ground while the police officers on the scene waited for the bomb squad to arrive. Most of the people on the scene figured it was all a hoax, but they waited for the bomb squad to arrive out of caution, while the man sat handcuffed trying to convince the police officers that they needed to follow the written clues from the people who had kidnapped him, so they could get the bomb off of him. I was absolutely horrified when the bomb actually went off and killed him.
What follows over the course of the next few years is total insanity. More deaths, crazy characters, a mentally-ill female mastermind, and the craziest question of all – was the robber in on the plot or was he a victim?
The interviews are extremely well done. The video footage, follow-up interviews with family members, examinations of evidence, and clips of actual events are all woven together in such a way as to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
Don’t look for solid answers while watching. You will doubt everything, you will question, and at the end, you really will have to make up your own mind as to who did what.
Evil Genius is available on Netflix and it is absolutely worth your time. If you watch it, be sure to leave me a note to let me know if you liked it. I would really know what you think about who is responsible for the crime!
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