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In 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Wells was roped into a daring bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire scheme was concocted by Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and her friends, who at the last minute strapped a live collar bomb onto Brian’s neck.

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