Point Bleak: The Flesh-Masked Bandit
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Ridiculous Crime
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In the early '90s, the Chicagoland area was home to a bank robber known for wearing very specific masks ––masks of former US presidents. Notably, he wasn't inspired by the classic bank-robbing surfers film, and Point Break wasn't inspired by him, it was all just a...ridiculous crime.
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