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Toby Hendy ('Tibees'), Matthew Schuchman ('Overdue Rentals') and Julian O'Shea face a question about embellished employment.
LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit www.lateralcas...
GUESTS:
Toby Hendy: ‪@tibees‬, / tobyhendy
Matthew Schuchman: / stachereviews
Julian O'Shea: ‪@JulianOShea‬, / julianoshea
HOST: Tom Scott.
QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.
RECORDED AT: The Podcast Studios, Dublin.
EDITED BY: Julie Hassett.
GRAPHICS: Chris Hanel at Support Class. Assistant: Dillon Pentz.
MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com).
FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott.
© Pad 26 Limited (www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2023.

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@CompletelyNormal 9 месяцев назад

They left out one of the silliest details of the crime. The thief didn't escape in a car but rather by floating down the river in an inner tube.

@jasonthesnow 5 месяцев назад

I looked up the article and I was shocked this wasn’t mentioned

@masansr 9 месяцев назад

In my experience when job hunting a few years ago, most adverts are actually from non-existent jobs.

@adamsbja 9 месяцев назад

Get a room full of applicants, either ship them out to be stranded in a neighborhood for door-to-toor sales or a day of "testing for fit" and then repeat the next day.

@VonOzbourne 9 месяцев назад

Unfortunately it's still like that, but the excuse is that it's easier than reposting the same ad for high attrition jobs, or even worse, to gauge interest in a position to use as leverage against current employees, or not as bad, just plain laziness.

@Ostermond Месяц назад

A few years ago? don’t you mean Now?

@Simon-fg8iz 9 месяцев назад

They were right from the start with the minions, this is such a Gru way of robbing a bank!

@macdjord 9 месяцев назад

I guessed it was 'to give someone a crowd to vanish in after a crime' immediately. I recall in the 90s seeing a Law & Order episode where the criminal evaded the police after picking up a ransom by having put out notices for a flash mob with the same outfit he was wearing.

@kentslocum 9 месяцев назад

This reminds me of the Sherlock Holmes story about the Red-Headed League, where an advertisement was placed in the newspaper, inviting redheads to apply for a job. The goal, of course, was to hire a specific redhead so that a crime could be committed while he was thus occupied.

@k.vn.k 9 месяцев назад

Now i want to reread my SH collections.

@GiraffeFlavoredCondoms 5 месяцев назад

@@k.vn.kCommon internet lingo made me misread this. "SH" is used as a stand in for "self-harm" since saying "self-harm" can get you muted/deleted/etc on most websites nowadays. So I read that as your "self-harm collection" and that hit me with a bit of whiplash XD Oof

@sarah_roberge 9 месяцев назад

I love when I open a video and I know the answer immediately. They talked about this on Watcher.

@theblackunicorn261 9 месяцев назад

Me, a true crime nerd: I KNOW THIS

@KernelLeak 9 месяцев назад

Someone else, a TRUE crime nerd: I DID THIS

@daerdevvyl4314 9 месяцев назад

Do you mean you're a nerd about true crime, or you're truly a crime nerd?

@Sakkura1 9 месяцев назад

I, too, enjoyed the Thomas Crown Affair.

@BonBonB 9 месяцев назад

I came here to say this

@georgeonearth 9 месяцев назад

The involuntary flash mob Tom's on about was, I believe, a 4chan prank

@thespankmyfrank 9 месяцев назад

I actually know one for once! I heard about this on a crime channel I think, and it just stuck with me because it was weirdly kind of wholesome? Like, it was just kind of a funny crime where no one actually got hurt (except for some pepper spray to the face, which isn't nice but not life threatening). He actually escaped down the river on an inflated tube. The dude later realised he made a huge mistake and tried to turn his life around and is now trying to help others steer away from that path.

@ivarkrabol 9 месяцев назад

Hadn't heard of it before, but I guessed this one instantly. My mind has been on heists lately, for no particular reason.

@SmallBlogV8 9 месяцев назад

"no particular reason" eh? Well, just look out for homeless guys noting down your vehicle's registration ;-)

@ZT1ST 9 месяцев назад

@@SmallBlogV8Or if you're planning a heist and doing a dry run - give the homeless people you see along the way some money when you pass by.

@DerMarkus1982 9 месяцев назад

6:37 I knew I had read or watched something about that story, but couldn't remember exactly *where*. Now - after the license plate number being written down was mentioned - I remember where I got that piece of information from! That heist was featured on "Be Amazed" here on YT, in a video like "The world's unluckiest criminals" or something...

@clementclarisseclemen3d708 9 месяцев назад

Qxir did a video about that

@korbindallas4552 9 месяцев назад

"To hide a tree, use a forest."

@jally8638 9 месяцев назад

Ah knew this one right off the back! great stuff

@x9x9x9x9x9 9 месяцев назад

I oddly watched a video with the bank robber in it and heard this story before. Such a wild plan and would have worked if it wasn't for those meddling homeless men.

@W0Ndr3y 9 месяцев назад

How mad the guy had to be when he figured out how he was caught 😂

@PuzzledMonkey 2 месяца назад

This makes me feel old, because I remember it from local Seattle coverage (Monroe is about a half hour NE of the city). But I thought it was just a couple of years ago, not 16 years,

@TheTrueSebastian 9 месяцев назад

You didn't even bring up the tube raft he used to escape with!

@27pattywhack2 9 месяцев назад

Hey! I submitted this one!

@gljames24 9 месяцев назад

That's cool

@davidshi451 9 месяцев назад

Lmao I love the look on Tom's face when he heard about the Jury Duty show

@achecase 9 месяцев назад

That was a really good one.

@violagreene4643 9 месяцев назад

So many people look down on the homeless and cast aspersions on them. But they are just people like any other. Far from being criminals, many have a well developed sense of morality and justice. I find it inspiring that someone who the thief probably dismissed as worthless was the key to catching him. I can only hope that this hero received some reward and has gone on to a life of less hardship.

@davidedelstein9568 9 месяцев назад

My immediate thought went to the Thomas Crown Affair men in bowler hats.

@ToppyTree 9 месяцев назад

ah the ultimate youtube prank: Bank Robbery

@KernelLeak 9 месяцев назад

"It's just a bank, bro!"

@walker1054 9 месяцев назад

I feel like this has been a big part of a few big heist style tv shows or movies that the first thing I thought was "surely this isn't just simply that plan you see in heist movies/shows?"

@Izzy-Maurer 9 месяцев назад

Oh man, I think the show White Collar used that at one point. The main character posted online about a contest with an obscene prize for showing up in a certain park being the best-dressed man in a suit with an umbrella.

@pointlessviewer 9 месяцев назад

Fun fact! I knew the reason exactly from the beginning, because he actually was co-starred in a youtube video, I think the title was something along the lines of "Kids meet a bank robber for the first time" by HiHo kids?

@hebl47 9 месяцев назад

For some weird reason (probably nothing to do with the fact that I just watched an action thriller movie last night) my mind went immidiately to the correct answer.

@Dave062YT 9 месяцев назад

I knew this one right away .One of the most interesting cases in recent history.

@SmallBlogV8 9 месяцев назад

I spent the first 5 minutes convincing myself it was for a music video, until they explained it wasn't recorded or being watched-over. Now I know what the answer is, I'm reminded of that scene from _2 Fast 2 Furious_ where hundreds of street racers overwhelm the police as the two protagonists escape the ensuing chaos.

@yvans.73 9 месяцев назад

Ahhhh, I finally knew one right when it was read!!

@dryued6874 9 месяцев назад

Can't believe someone else watched "Safety not guaranteed". I liked it.

@Dead-EyeJuncan 9 месяцев назад

This was in the film Reprisal, that I watched just the other week.

@VonOzbourne 9 месяцев назад

I'd heard both this and the creeper story before, but couldn't remember the reason for this example. The other thing that popped into my head when the "nefarious" nature of the story came up was that maybe it was some sting style operation to "resolve the undocumented migrant worker problem".

@camfunme 9 месяцев назад

The Thomas Crown Affair bowler hat scene.

@randomgeocacher 9 месяцев назад

LOL I was thinking of suggesting this one :) classic! But I was afraid maybe everyone already knew of this one.

@shifttheshaman 9 месяцев назад

I think the sub text writers were a little harsh on the Australian accent there at the end, saying $500,000 pointedly where it was just an Aussie saying $400,000.

@findmeinthefuture. 9 месяцев назад

Kinda wild, I definitely heard $500,000 at first but after reading this and listening back, it's so clearly $400,000 and I can't hear anything else. I guess I'm used to the "v" being inaudible when people say "five hundred" so I filled in the blank mentally.

@ltloxa1159 9 месяцев назад

Immediate guess is an intentional Fishguard situation. Someone wanted what looks like a ton of cops.

@samuelmellars7855 9 месяцев назад

_Brandy_ for anyone who switches sides! But more regarding your idea, if this was in the U.S. like I think it was, cops there tend not to wear hi-vis, they have usually more of an "occupying army" type of vibe from what I've seen.

@fletcherclausen4349 5 месяцев назад

Are they not going to mention he made his escape by inner tube!?!

@nbartlett6538 4 месяца назад

This reminds of of "V for Vendetta" when V escapes from the television station by forcing all the staff to wear the same mask and cape as him.

@crystalwolcott4744 9 месяцев назад

The crossover between Watcher and Tom Scott isn't as big as I would have assumed.

@orcarcher 9 месяцев назад

When i saw the video title, i immediately thought to qualify for unenployment benefits.

@Pascaleiro 9 месяцев назад

I actually thought about that answer cause I remembered something like that happening in Lupin (french Netflix show)

@Chomp-Rock 9 месяцев назад

Like Tom, my initial reaction was 'won't the police just stop the one construction worker with the bag full of cash?'

@AnasHart 5 месяцев назад

I immediately thought minions too XD

@Hugearms9 9 месяцев назад

My guess was Men Without Hats were shooting a new music video for Safety Dance

@dgtlrn 9 месяцев назад

Late night watching Qxir finally paid off.

@rayscotchcoulton 3 месяца назад

It's funny because I live only a few miles from that town.And I've been to that bank branch before.And I never heard about this ha ha

@jblen 7 месяцев назад

I guessed this answer, potentially subconsciously influenced by the top comment peeking out which revealed it was for a crime, but I would assume Craigslist could've quite easily tracked down this person? Like all it would take it for a policeman to ask one of the many dressed up people why they're there, then they can find the ad and trace it back to the criminal (even if they didnt get the licence plate)

@Slikx666 9 месяцев назад

It's funny, I have no idea where on when I heard about the robbery, but I did get it within a couple of seconds. Now I'm going to be thinking about where I heard about it. 🥴

@RiverShock 9 месяцев назад

I thought of the correct answer immediately. That being said, that's because I saw this exact same idea done in a TV show (looks like it was CSI: NY from a quick search.) Though it was clown outfits to cover a murder there.

@oliilo760 8 месяцев назад

Can't believe they didn't mention the fact that the guy escaped with an inner tube in a nearby creek!

@oliilo760 8 месяцев назад

He also ended up turning his life around and recovering from addictions and wrote several children's books 👍

@Humblehoggog 9 месяцев назад

It’s really hard to play along at home when the title skips half the problem solving

@arcanics1971 9 месяцев назад

I also thought Minions.

@korganrocks3995 9 месяцев назад

Same!

@AJpiguy15031415 9 месяцев назад

Same here, I was so sure of it, but then when they brought up that it was 2008 I realized I hadn't paid attention to the year.

@sandwich2473 9 месяцев назад

I assumed it was going to be a thing with pretending to be strikers or something along those lines

@AB-Prince 9 месяцев назад

I've seen a video from qxir

@Chicken_o7 9 месяцев назад

I think that's where I heard of this one too. Cool to know one right off the bat

@TheGuy6020665 9 месяцев назад

Here I was thinking it was recruitment for a Safety Dance music video

@Forest_Thing 9 месяцев назад

Thanks to watcher I knew this one 😂

@Wesrl 6 месяцев назад

3:09 idea if you get trapped in one if those situations get pop corn and a chair and watch the others.

@eadgarc 9 месяцев назад

man this one is in hundreds of movies that was so simple

@menachemsalomon 9 месяцев назад

"Your idea." I mean, when did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a Sherlock Holmes story named, "The Red-Headed League" whose premise was quite similar? Different kind of distraction, but (spoilers) the idea was to rob a bank.

@KawaiiSemeKiller 4 месяца назад

My brain first went to “it’s an ad for someone’s fetish.” This really do say something about me don’t it

@UltramasterBDJ 9 месяцев назад

I got that about the same time Tom did. I think this was in a movie or TV show once or twice, only it was with everybody dressing up as clowns, or something?

@Rorschach. 9 месяцев назад

Sounds like something Heath Ledger's Joker would have pulled off.

@Jupiterninja95 9 месяцев назад

My first guess is some sort of promotional stunt for Despicable Me and everyone was dressed as a minion

@Jupiterninja95 9 месяцев назад

Yay Tom and I on the same wavelength

@PianoKwanMan 9 месяцев назад

Does sound like an Improv Everywhere skit

@ecchikitty1395 9 месяцев назад

I thought of it, but sounded too much like a heist movie plot for me to take the idea seriously.

@analogicparadox 9 месяцев назад

I have *no clue* why, but I got it after hearing 4:19

@bloodalchemy 9 месяцев назад

My idea was a lot dumber and more wholesome. They wanted a fake construction worker for their Village People group.

@bigsarge2085 9 месяцев назад

✌️

@yessirge 9 месяцев назад

This one was easy. Maybe because it reminds me a little of Inside Man

@JoeKoenen 9 месяцев назад

Local knowledge of the area makes this easy. One single extra fact would have made this a very short clip

@kilgirlietrout 9 месяцев назад

They used this premise on Major Crimes but I think it was Santas.

@Epinardscaramel 9 месяцев назад

I'd argue that it was a *real* ad 😃

@BonBonB 9 месяцев назад

Ah yes... the Thomas Crown Affair

@j2_zero 9 месяцев назад

This one I actually know. Some random internet story from way back.

@rosuav 9 месяцев назад

Was it done by the PAYDAY gang? It sounds like the sort of thing they would do.

@Swingingbells 9 месяцев назад

Matthew sounds like he's talking at 1.5x speed 😵‍💫

@baggaz167 9 месяцев назад

So you're saying this is a great idea as long as I cover my car plates... noted.

@curtisss 9 месяцев назад

The homeless man should have been given a job as security at the bank

@romainsavioz5466 9 месяцев назад

Saw enough tv shows to have the generel idea

@kwanarchive 7 месяцев назад

You know Tom Scott has clout when he can get a young George Lucas as a guest on his podcast.

@nick-c 9 месяцев назад

Wait - normal people don't just have goggles, mask and safety vests to hand?

@AJpiguy15031415 9 месяцев назад

Who wants to bet that the Despicable Me minion design was based on this stunt because the guy tricked these people into making his nefarious actions easier to pull off?

@lucbloom 9 месяцев назад

Classic OG Stu, surrounded by blue-pants yellow guys, always up to crooked schemes, until he started parenting youngsters.

@lavendyre 9 месяцев назад

ahh good ol d.b. tuber

@WakarimasenKa 9 месяцев назад

I wonder if he go the idea from The Thomas Crown Affair.

@Quasihamster 9 месяцев назад

No. You didn't repeat that again. You repeated it for the first time. ;)

@sophiamarchildon3998 9 месяцев назад

Initial thoughts: crime evasion, by having some people show up at the crime scene wearing the same outfit as the criminal would allow him to slip by undetected AND occupy the first responders. The hired guys would have no clue to give to the cops, and wouldn't flee, allowing for easy disruption of early police work.

@Wecoc1 9 месяцев назад

Damn, ARGs are going too far 😆

@Jake-zu8ff 9 месяцев назад

Haha literally uploaded 33 seconds ago!

@FabienCournoyer 9 месяцев назад

got it "5 minutes ago"

@GumbyBrainDoctor 9 месяцев назад

The movie Millions features a similar plot, but it came out 4 years *before* the real thing. A gang wearing old-timey prisoner outfits with big black & white stripes robs a train, then disappears into a crowd of Arsenal supporters.