S17 Ep25: TCT: The Beatle Bandit w/Nate Hendley
True Crime Tuesday Presents: The Beatle Bandit with Author, Nate Hendley !
\n\nOn July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario. The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill mother, Smith was a navy veteran with a young Indigenous wife and a hazy plan for violent revolution.
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\nOutside the bank, Smith was confronted by Jack Blanc, a former member of the Canadian and Israeli armies, who brandished a revolver. During a wild shootout, Blanc was killed, and Smith escaped \u2015 only to become the object of the largest manhunt in the history of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force.
Get Nate's Book, The Beatle Bandit, Here: \xa0https://www.amazon.com/Beatle-Bandit-Nate-Hendley/dp/1459748107