Catching Canada's Smartest Bank Robbers: The Stopwatch Gang | Exhibit A | Real Crime

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  • Опубліковано 19 лют 2024
  • The Stopwatch Gang were a trio of Canadian bank robbers who gained notoriety for their meticulously planned heists during the 1980s. With precise timing and audacious tactics, they executed daring robberies, evading capture and confounding law enforcement at every turn.
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  • @jeffpestano1296
    @jeffpestano1296 Місяць тому +9

    The universe is working against you when a homeless man gives your evidence to the police. That’s beyond bad luck.

  • @clayton56tube
    @clayton56tube 2 місяці тому +3

    I love that serious tone when he announces "25 years in prison" for a double murder. Canadian justice!

    • @vortex162
      @vortex162 2 місяці тому +2

      25 years is still a joke, but that's Canadian "justice"!

  • @oliveranikolich5317
    @oliveranikolich5317 3 місяці тому +32

    I love the fact that Lionel Wright got employed by the Corrections Canada! People can change if given the right opportunity

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 2 місяці тому +3

      when you are smartest and politest opportunities abound...

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 2 місяці тому +1

      but why the two got 10x lower sentences than the third one Paddy who is still in there...

  • @naturalborncerealkiller
    @naturalborncerealkiller 2 місяці тому +28

    You can't boil an egg in 90 seconds

    • @jsoulz2008
      @jsoulz2008 2 місяці тому +6

      I love you for commenting this lmaooooo, What the hell was that guy thinking lol

    • @nightrider12soul
      @nightrider12soul 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jsoulz2008only in boiling water.

    • @zainquadri1206
      @zainquadri1206 2 місяці тому

      @naturalborncerealkiller Thankyou... ❤

    • @caroverine2063
      @caroverine2063 Місяць тому

      ​@@nightrider12soul
      Really?? I try once. 😊

    • @stanzanossi
      @stanzanossi 26 днів тому +1

      ​@@nightrider12soul This is a good point you made!

  • @noorkulinso5799
    @noorkulinso5799 3 місяці тому +14

    That’s sad for mother when she lost her only one Son because of stress and depression she get sick. And died rest in peace for Son and mother

    • @satishsekar4868
      @satishsekar4868 3 місяці тому +3

      Why was it double jeopardy, as he was never charged with murder?

    • @filthhater5491
      @filthhater5491 2 місяці тому

      I was thinking the same thing!@@satishsekar4868

    • @chairlesnicol672
      @chairlesnicol672 2 місяці тому

      ​@@satishsekar4868The cops shoulda checked
      Greg's hands for gunpowder residue after interview!

  • @capobilotti
    @capobilotti 2 місяці тому +20

    Smartest bank robbers are the one with pen and paper.
    They almost never get caught, and if they do, they get 2-5 year sentence and get released early on good behaviour. And all money still at their disposal.

    • @nickmalone3143
      @nickmalone3143 Місяць тому

      Congress is the biggest criminal organized syndicate in the world

  • @concen8777
    @concen8777 Місяць тому +4

    This is the plot of point break

  • @NigelJermey
    @NigelJermey Місяць тому +11

    19:09 [holds up a black garbage bag] “Exhibit A, a green garbage bag”

  • @stevenschultz8549
    @stevenschultz8549 10 днів тому +1

    In old America you rob bank but in Soviet America bank robs you.

  • @husqv5147
    @husqv5147 2 місяці тому +7

    1970's Band-Aids had a expected stay-on life of about 18 seconds lol

    • @kevinmullner4280
      @kevinmullner4280 2 місяці тому +1

      Just like those of today. On a hot summers day they all quit service.

  • @nicolasfiore
    @nicolasfiore Місяць тому +5

    Boil an egg in 90"? HOW???

  • @christopherdale7017
    @christopherdale7017 2 місяці тому +4

    These Guys were legends in their own field especially the amount of Jobs their were able to pull and escapes from Prison,it was tradgic what happened for their relationships between themselves and their families.The only one I can think that came close was the postcard bandit Australia Brenden Abbott. Never killed anyone like the Stop watch Gang of Paddy Mitchell, Stephen Reid and Lionel Wright.

  • @Kishri1
    @Kishri1 Місяць тому +4

    Dedicated all my sleep to these crime tales😂 just put those flaps in your ear and shut your eyes its that easy👍

  • @derekbaker777
    @derekbaker777 2 місяці тому +16

    I haven't seen this show before. I'm use to watching FBI Files, New Detectives, Crime Watch Daily & The First 48, but this one seems pretty good also.

    • @lifecoach918
      @lifecoach918 2 місяці тому

      Me too

    • @lifecoach918
      @lifecoach918 2 місяці тому

      I've not tried the first 48 though

    • @shimrei7450
      @shimrei7450 2 місяці тому

      😊😊bohemian rapsody
      ​@@lifecoach918

    • @thefunpolice
      @thefunpolice 2 місяці тому

      FBI Files is highly addictive.

    • @BenaSakuma
      @BenaSakuma 2 місяці тому

      A} @John-771

  • @pioneercynthia1
    @pioneercynthia1 3 місяці тому +43

    Nixon, Einstein, and Lenin walk into a bank... sounds like the beginning of a great joke!

  • @aygulakh
    @aygulakh 3 місяці тому +18

    when the music starts, i’m just waiting for the saxophone to vibe 🎷

    • @lumen2161
      @lumen2161 3 місяці тому

      Sergioooo😂😂😂

  • @stephensimon3301
    @stephensimon3301 2 місяці тому +3

    I remember the case of the Ottley Sister's. It's such a sad story. 25 years has passed, and Rohan Ranger is currently in a halfway house out on parole. His cousin Adrian Kincaid is still in prison.

  • @christiansfortruth5953
    @christiansfortruth5953 Місяць тому +1

    That ambulance very very balsey!!!😅😅😅😅

  • @jeandalgleish6460
    @jeandalgleish6460 3 місяці тому +8

    My brother-in-law went to high school with Susan Musgrave. His comment about her? 'Not impressed ... not impressed at all.' But he said that about a lot of people, maybe including me, after I visited them in their home in Victoria around 1980. Hahahahaha.

  • @renalove2537
    @renalove2537 3 місяці тому +16

    Sadly, with CCTV cameras everywhere, there's little chance any of us could get away with something like this now.

    • @lindageorge8209
      @lindageorge8209 3 місяці тому +1

      Not with iris recognition...

    • @samueljackson6188
      @samueljackson6188 2 місяці тому

      Learn the Moscow rules. A good book about how the CIA fooled the Soviets. Studying magic and illusion is a good start.

    • @alunchurcher7060
      @alunchurcher7060 2 місяці тому +1

      why sadly it cameras are there to protect we the people. I'm glad there's cameras everywhere today and I like in the UK where there's cameras everywhere.

    • @vortex162
      @vortex162 2 місяці тому

      That's because criminals are to stupid to plan and love to brag about their crimes!

    • @MegaSmk
      @MegaSmk 2 місяці тому

      sadly?? I'm not a fan of too many cameras spying on us day and night, but if they do have one useful purpose, it's definitely to prevent people from getting away from "something like this".

  • @ScanMan1967
    @ScanMan1967 3 місяці тому +15

    Can't believe I watching a crime show narrated by Kicking Bird.

    • @asullivan4047
      @asullivan4047 2 місяці тому

      Wasn't he one of Barney Miller's detectives -???. 😲

  • @xl000
    @xl000 17 днів тому +1

    Good luck sawing a padlock with a hacksaw.
    The shackle is made of hardened steel, it's harder than the saw blade, the blade won't even scratch it.

  • @DarcellMcBride
    @DarcellMcBride 8 днів тому

    Im benge watching UA-cam, and loving every bit of it

  • @element5092
    @element5092 2 місяці тому +1

    13:52 They're getting him dressed and dude tucks the gun in the back of his pants. Lmao. Is this a Canadian gangster thing? 😭

  • @duwomaiishgabrielle9498
    @duwomaiishgabrielle9498 2 місяці тому +7

    I always like Graham Greene, 👍🏼👍🏽👍🏼👍🏽👍🏼

  • @paulmallery6719
    @paulmallery6719 2 місяці тому +3

    The welder i met up north got his trade while incarcerated for bankrobbery multiple times on same bank

    • @nickmalone3143
      @nickmalone3143 Місяць тому

      A good welder esp underwater can make uber bucks

  • @james-p
    @james-p Місяць тому

    Gotta admit, these Canucks were pretty good. Up until the Famous Last Words: "Just one last big one."
    22:05 - that's how you ring a door bell lol.

  • @approachingetterath9959
    @approachingetterath9959 2 місяці тому +2

    "it's been said that humans are just more complex animals"
    boy do i have news for you

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan4047 2 місяці тому

    Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent reenactments especially of the stop watch ⌚bank robbers -!💵😳.

  • @elifitness1923
    @elifitness1923 Місяць тому

    Standing ovation to the cop that was convinced from one of the prisoners to stop and have fish and chips for lunch before he escaped 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

  • @jeffpestano1296
    @jeffpestano1296 Місяць тому +1

    Is the host wearing a wig? That is the craziest hair style I’ve seen today.

  • @telatimberho
    @telatimberho 2 місяці тому

    Maintenance guy. Great realistic simple idea.

  • @MidnightWarrior1976
    @MidnightWarrior1976 3 місяці тому +13

    This narrator is EXCELLENT.

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 3 місяці тому +3

      Graham Greene.

    • @noelennon420
      @noelennon420 3 місяці тому +3

      He's an Oscar Nominee.. Dances with Wolves

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 3 місяці тому

      He is daft. Maybe he wrote too many Robin Hood books and now can not help himself to write scripts which do not suck the criminals balls. He wrote nonsense about the FBI whilst praising and massaging the underworld. Bad etiquette. Put gangsters where they belong and not above the good people. They are victimisers.

    • @oliveranikolich5317
      @oliveranikolich5317 3 місяці тому +1

      What is it about him that makes him not only EXCELLENT, as you say, especially when you compare him to all of the other narrators?
      Try this little experiment: Get someone to play to you excerpts from all of the narrators and you close your eyes, listen to each and try to guess who is who.
      I mean, these guys that end up presenting and narrating these stories are all experienced in some line of work such as acting, investigative work, legal practice or other kind of work associated work. They are telling a story and all of them have a pleasant voice, good diction (which is or written for them or by some of them), camera likes them and they all have for the Real Crime production team recognisable MO. Each presenter makes the same walking scenes, close ups, well established format.
      Maybe American viewers can see some differences between these presenters/narrators (think they even have the same background wall that’s used whenever the edit with the presenters appears on the screen) but to an independent observer everything is pre planned, every single frame is outlined. Don’t forget that the real actors are reconstructing the original story and the original protagonists are giving their testimony. The whole thing is sexed up and scripted with the notion of attracting viewers.
      The experiment is fun if is done properly.

    • @oliveranikolich5317
      @oliveranikolich5317 3 місяці тому

      P.S. wonder if someone out there already edited a compilation of every Real Crime presenter who’s face appears from a screen within another screen 😂

  • @stuartsmith5308
    @stuartsmith5308 Місяць тому +1

    Were these reenactment's filmed on a boat at sea in bad weather ?
    Seams to have all been filmed at the Batman 1966 television studios.

  • @bjamz3784
    @bjamz3784 2 місяці тому +4

    Finally a new bank robbery documentary to watch! I’m obsessed with these

    • @joemulwa1694
      @joemulwa1694 2 місяці тому

      Let's do this. Are you in or out? 😂😂

  • @mariomigueldario558
    @mariomigueldario558 3 місяці тому +2

    Just 25 years for murdering 2 people what kind of justice is that

    • @sid7088
      @sid7088 2 місяці тому +1

      Til parole eligibility

    • @clayton56tube
      @clayton56tube 2 місяці тому

      no, out@@sid7088

  • @Caleb_Goodwin
    @Caleb_Goodwin 2 місяці тому +3

    Playing gta while listening to this hits diffrebt

    • @andrescrux
      @andrescrux 2 місяці тому +1

      Ayo😭👌I'm doing the same💩 got this on my phn smoking n running bunker sales for a noob😂😂♻️

    • @YoungEli9
      @YoungEli9 2 місяці тому +2

      @@andrescruxwtf 😂

    • @andrescrux
      @andrescrux 2 місяці тому

      @@YoungEli9 multi tasking🫡🤣

  • @zprodigalson
    @zprodigalson 21 день тому

    “Polite and professional. They never fired a single shot.” Canadians, eh?

  • @MrLibbyloulou
    @MrLibbyloulou 2 місяці тому +1

    why no mention of the shooter being tested for gun shot residue, blood spatter, prints on the firearm....? poor setup and almost unbelievable.....

  • @maccastime
    @maccastime 2 місяці тому

    No gloves worn while robbing banks😂any prints😂😂

  • @xl000
    @xl000 17 днів тому

    It takes 8 to 10 minutes to boil an egg.
    Maybe he meant making an omelette or something

  • @CrowClouds
    @CrowClouds Місяць тому

    18:55 "An elderly wino found the bag moments before the garbage truck arrived and thought it might be of interest to the poilce." What? Why? How? Where? When? What??

  • @janpierzchala2004
    @janpierzchala2004 2 місяці тому +1

    They were polite towards victims because they were not robbing at home, made them more self-conscious (record 140 robberies??)

  • @Dpowell28
    @Dpowell28 Місяць тому

    Exhibit A: A green garbage bag
    Garbage Bag: Bish im not Green

  • @paulconnolly2969
    @paulconnolly2969 2 місяці тому +2

    How does 3 different convicts be make 3 different escapes from prison at 3 different locations or times?

    • @wolffswildwest6402
      @wolffswildwest6402 2 місяці тому +1

      Because my family are smart and paddy was a genius... they actually don't know the whole story😂..and never will ..no joke this is my family

  • @jclar3565
    @jclar3565 Місяць тому +1

    I like real narration like this, not AI

  • @raquelbiliran7693
    @raquelbiliran7693 2 місяці тому +2

    So what happen? Did he walk out free for the crime he commit? Can’t they file a case against that person with another case ?

    • @adamm8506
      @adamm8506 2 місяці тому

      He got away with it

  • @johnbryan9357
    @johnbryan9357 2 місяці тому

    Great police work

  • @nicolasfiore
    @nicolasfiore Місяць тому

    "base metals such as bronze"? Well that's news to me.

  • @morehyeshiahtorahlessons5545
    @morehyeshiahtorahlessons5545 2 місяці тому +1

    Reid was their problem...
    hence he speaks first

  • @robertbergren8680
    @robertbergren8680 3 місяці тому +14

    Canadians are so polite, even murderers only get 25 yrs.

    • @sid7088
      @sid7088 2 місяці тому +1

      25 til parole eligibility.😊

    • @clayton56tube
      @clayton56tube 2 місяці тому

      no, it was 25 with no parole - for killing TWO people@@sid7088

  • @o4est_
    @o4est_ Місяць тому

    28:08 wtf is he helping his mom with!?

  • @wolffswildwest6402
    @wolffswildwest6402 2 місяці тому +1

    R.I.P Paddy we never got to meet but we are blood family and I was told at least some of the true storys and u sound just like I expect ..the cops never let us meet even tho I was little family tails about you were fond and loving wish you were around I bet we would have had a blast! R.I.P fam

  • @CrowClouds
    @CrowClouds Місяць тому

    60 years for robbing 20 or so banks? Come on man. 15 years max

  • @marksmith7054
    @marksmith7054 2 місяці тому +1

    25 years prison for murdering these 2 young Beautiful girls, this is as Horrible as the Murders

    • @nickmalone3143
      @nickmalone3143 Місяць тому

      Thank the democrats for soft on crime judges

  • @eeccee11
    @eeccee11 3 місяці тому +1

    Graham Green!

    • @MichaelJoseph-id2lc
      @MichaelJoseph-id2lc 2 місяці тому

      Would like to see more First Nations movies with Graham. His face reflects their sad history 😢.

  • @ibrahimazizbangura2324
    @ibrahimazizbangura2324 2 місяці тому

    Sounds like a village movie 😂😂

  • @extremegraphics1772
    @extremegraphics1772 Місяць тому

    Why couldn't they just burn those clothes in their apartment instead of taking them for collection

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette 3 місяці тому +3

    I remember these guys!

  • @BIG-BlueNation8569
    @BIG-BlueNation8569 2 місяці тому +1

    Point Break..

  • @NnaemekaAmamasi
    @NnaemekaAmamasi 2 місяці тому

    They tacked on 10 years woww....!

  • @R_Ali
    @R_Ali 2 місяці тому

    25 years is a slap on the wrist

  • @jacobgill4808
    @jacobgill4808 2 місяці тому

    They should name this guy the cream pie Bandit

  • @paulofelipebbraga9634
    @paulofelipebbraga9634 Місяць тому

    Fingerprints, no masks and high spending?
    AMATEURS!

  • @StrangeHappening-iu4fu
    @StrangeHappening-iu4fu Місяць тому

    That garbage bag is black and not green. Got to love the cheesy music too!

  • @johndelaney2957
    @johndelaney2957 3 місяці тому +3

    That last story is pretty sad poor kids all because some POS can't handle rejection.
    There's alot of this stuff going on over there, its a pretty Fu($Ed country, there's alot of sick deranged people walking those streets over there.
    I can't help it if i live in the best country on earth, I'm blessed..
    I was talking to a young lady 6 months ago that was from America she said she moved for these reasons, she said she was worried about splitting up with a guy and having a glock pulled on you for it.
    She made the right choice she's living a paradise now, specially the town she's in it is just gorgeous hasn't changed in 45 years..

    • @oliveranikolich5317
      @oliveranikolich5317 3 місяці тому

      Canada the best country in the world!?
      Maybe you should continue educating yourself as your killers are something else…the psycho couple Homolka, the farmer that fed prostitutes to his pigs, the major serial killer that loves dressing up….the cat killer….i mean, polite killers

    • @filthhater5491
      @filthhater5491 2 місяці тому +1

      I know but only 25 years, should never walk free!

    • @johndelaney2957
      @johndelaney2957 2 місяці тому

      @@filthhater5491 It did say 25 years without parole.

  • @robyn7287
    @robyn7287 2 місяці тому +1

    Losing both daughters in this violent way 😢😢I just can’t imagine the grief and sadness that would be felt for a lifetime.

  • @my11badkids78
    @my11badkids78 2 місяці тому

    Narrated by Graham Green!! Holy F!

  • @brandonsmith6387
    @brandonsmith6387 2 місяці тому

    LoL looks like Point Break

    • @wolffswildwest6402
      @wolffswildwest6402 2 місяці тому

      Fun fact it was based on my great uncles robbery..point break is the bank robbery that did in San Diego..minus the gun fire ..they actually used the bank footage to re create it ..paddy was blood fam

  • @GiuseppeJoseph
    @GiuseppeJoseph 3 місяці тому

    I am smitten by the blonde teller . Lets go out for coffee Miss.

  • @rusroydon8470
    @rusroydon8470 Місяць тому

    Sounds like point break

  • @trusciple3620
    @trusciple3620 2 місяці тому

    0:18 it all takes time

  • @martingainty9623
    @martingainty9623 2 місяці тому +1

    Is that Kicking Bird narrating ?

  • @absaly
    @absaly 2 місяці тому +1

    bank robbers
    how banks charge you interest on paper money !

    • @nickmalone3143
      @nickmalone3143 Місяць тому

      ... and pay you 0.01% for YOUR money they borrow from your savings account

  • @sararet5
    @sararet5 Місяць тому

    They'll be scared too

  • @texanfournow
    @texanfournow 2 місяці тому

    1:31:47 25 years for 1st degree murder seems insufficient, to say the least. I guess guidelines there are more lenient. Those killers will get out of prison when they are in their 40s and have the rest of the lives to do as they please.

  • @emenikesamson7708
    @emenikesamson7708 2 місяці тому

    I know this men! I'm the one that bought the Gold from them.... Not all the Gold was recovered, I'm the one that bought the reminant of that Gold.

  • @RosannaMcKinley
    @RosannaMcKinley 2 місяці тому

    CREAM! 💰💸

  • @user-dj4os2up8c
    @user-dj4os2up8c Місяць тому

    Stop watch gang: true or false? At least, for a change these Canucks were not robbing granny of her diaper supplies, breakfast supplies or peanut butter + jam spreads etc.

  • @oliveranikolich5317
    @oliveranikolich5317 3 місяці тому +2

    There’s no BAD SCIENCE just people that don’t know how to do their job.

  • @kevinmullner4280
    @kevinmullner4280 2 місяці тому +1

    "No sworn police officer would go out and do rapes" or something along these lines the detective said working the south side rapists case.
    He knows better. UA-cam does also.

  • @_Doguru
    @_Doguru 2 місяці тому +1

    They forgot to wear gloves?

  • @lyndseymarieburke1834
    @lyndseymarieburke1834 Місяць тому

    Hard to believe that takes to get away with this for as long as they did but I myself and my Republican and proud to be it. It’s not everybody else’s fault what happened is in this world today. It’s a combination of everybody out there.

  • @khalidalzayani7072
    @khalidalzayani7072 3 місяці тому

    why dont they put the DNA / Military staff in the database

  • @bubblegumturtle213
    @bubblegumturtle213 Місяць тому

    Alright I like the stories but what's up with Kenny G in the background?

  • @mli5155
    @mli5155 3 місяці тому

    An elderly wno found the bag minutes before the garbage truck arrived. Why was he suspicious about the bags?

  • @germain8930
    @germain8930 2 місяці тому

    By that,but real how dose one acc3pt the humidity.

  • @SeanTuer-qd1vz
    @SeanTuer-qd1vz Місяць тому

    They should all 3 didn't have a criminal record because the 1 clean print It means at least 1 not 3 have no record

  • @jwhite1016aol
    @jwhite1016aol 2 місяці тому

    Adam re-neged on his friends so he got dealt with, then kharma got his mom too.

  • @troybassie4708
    @troybassie4708 2 місяці тому

    That watch has cost them alot of time its linked them to all off them

  • @radnelac
    @radnelac 2 місяці тому

    Bronze isn't a base metal.

  • @fionabryant7923
    @fionabryant7923 12 днів тому

    Great cop on the rape case, forward thinking

  • @nickgamingmusic9911
    @nickgamingmusic9911 Місяць тому

    Plot twist 16:52 There were Four of them!

  • @xavidb8665
    @xavidb8665 2 місяці тому

    should have made rhe music louder 🙄🙄

  • @railroad9000
    @railroad9000 2 місяці тому

    Seattle is NOT on the CA coast!

  • @nphipps9406
    @nphipps9406 3 місяці тому

    woman lost all her children and though both men in jail, they are alive to come out free. I WISH her God speed and hope for some reason the mom may have another child to love so that she won't feel life is not worth living

  • @AhmedHassan-ed5ue
    @AhmedHassan-ed5ue 2 місяці тому

    Only 25 years

  • @David53D
    @David53D 2 місяці тому

    They should have arrested Nixon for the crime.

  • @ozzybloke-craig3690
    @ozzybloke-craig3690 2 місяці тому +1

    This video title is redundant. If you get caught, you are no genius. Period. You cannot catch a genius bank robber. Once they are caught, it is revealed that they are not geniuses. If they were, they would never have been caught. Redundant title.

  • @revrup
    @revrup 3 місяці тому

    THERE’S NO TOOTH FAIRY!!! 40:00 😮😱