A heist mastermind recruited Craigslist decoys, planned an inner-tube escape and somehow made bank robbery feel like slapstick.
D.B. Tuber tells the absurd true crime story of Anthony Curcio, the former athlete who staged an armored truck robbery in Monroe, Washington, using decoy workers, a creek getaway and a plan inspired by D.B. Cooper. This episode revisits D.B. Tuber as funny true crime, modern heist story and one of the most bizarre crimes of the 2000s.
We follow the Craigslist robbery decoys, the inflatable inner tube escape, the failed getaway, the local man who helped unravel the case, and Curcio’s later reinvention as a motivational speaker before another scam story complicated the redemption arc. D.B. Tuber is not the slick heist fantasy criminals imagine; it is a strange true story about ambition, addiction, planning and gloriously bad choices.
For listeners of a true crime podcast, documentary podcast stories, frauds and scams, hoax stories and what really happened episodes, this is a hilarious heist that starts like a legend and ends with wet clothes, bad decisions and a lot of explaining to do.
Resources and Further Reading
- Heist and High – by Anthony Curcio
- TEDx Talk: From Addiction to Redemption – by Anthony Curcio
- Anthony Curcio – Wikipedia
Host & Show Info
- Hosts: Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
- Intro Music: Alice in dark Wonderland
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