Shocking Story Of The Bearded Bandit | The FBI Files
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- In the 1990s, Chicago police and the FBI were on the trail of a bank robber whose hold-ups were becoming increasingly violent. When they finally located the man they learned that he did not work alone and he had made a pact never to surrender.
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That rookie he was teaching had a hell of a first day! Wonder if he still wanted to be a cop after that!😂😂😂
That was a baptism of fire
Went in for training and god said “ I got other plans for you “ 😂
I know, right 😂
Lol I was like I know that guy quit the next day
🤣🤣🤣
I like how using common sense makes this thief a criminal mastermind. "Switching cars, that villainous genius!"
You have to take into account that most criminals are really stupid.
And the fake beard almost as bad as using gaffa tape.
Jim Carrey
Fun with Dick and Jane ....
Robbing the bank ...
""""Ive been indicted"""
I don't consider myself lazy but the amount of work and coordination they put into pulling off these robberies would be too much for me.
I love this kind os complicate stuff, very challenging
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anyone is capable just need the proper motivation
No kidding! Probably make more money putting that time and energy into a real job!
Don't get a job then
Wow, Eric’s wife acted like a straight up gangster during the van chase. 😂
Now that's a true wife, ride or die, literally.
For real. Talk about ride or die.
His wife was as crazy as he was. She probably helped him rob banks so she could pay her student loans. That’s the only real way to pay them off is to rob a bank. Getting a job won’t do it….no employer pays enough for that and college is so over priced it’s criminal.
@@penelopelopez8296 Yep. College debt is enslavement …. in her mind she probably felt justified.
@@BrendaBaBoom no one chose for someone to go to college tho they chose to so it’s not enslavement 🤦♂️
RIP to Jim Kellstrom (1:50), a retired FBI Special Agent and former US Marine who served two tours in Vietnam. He died from a rare blood cancer on July 3, 2021, two weeks after this video posted.
The heroism of the two officers that charged this thug to keep him from getting out on to the busy public street - knowing his history - and without the benefit of any cover or concealment is brave and honorable. Their performance was beyond commendable, even as they were dying they worked together to complete their mission. Heroes.
REST EASY MARINE
Rip
FBI an Vietnam vet. Sheesh my boy probably did some terrible things in the name of "justice" 😉
Much respect for our heroes
Gone but not forgotten R.I.P.
I especially appreciate these cutout parts of a video intended for a commercial block.. Not seeing one makes me smile and remember all those years that we had to watch TV while continuously being interrupted by the long commercials that made me wanna shoot the TV.
U to
I'm the same. I always notice the jump cuts where commercials would normally be inserted and it makes me happy that there aren't any.
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too bad REAL cops like these aren't guarding our kids at school. no money in schools
Looks like chuck Norris has taken to bank robberies now 😂
In those days if you were spotted wearing mask around the vicinity of a bank it was evidence enough for arrest, nowadays, you're not allowed inside one unless you wear a mask. How times have changed.
Indeed - well observed 😳
Where’s the lie?
Once I was widthdrawing some 30k EUR prepared day before on demand (last moments of cash era) to pay of rented tools, goods, workers etc. (cash in hand works better than paper deals with limited liability company).
Clerk told me he needs 2 minutes for timelock to open the drawers ..... I told him that's OK, I have to prepare my gun.
I think I wiped like few years of his lifespan till he realized from my clown fucking face that it was a joke. Wasn't most kindly stupid joke I had in my life.
Can't see my fake beard anymore for the damn mask.
Funny what happens when a worldwide pandemic hits…
Actually the bank robber killed himself after being mortally wounded. That isn’t mentioned in this video.
One of my favourite episode of the FBI files
I feel like the paper towel to cover a broken ignition is most suspicious then just a broken ignition and would stick out like a sore thumb
No kidding. I thought the same thing.
Honestly, the best thing to do would be to just put a car cover over it.
That’s what gave away the stolen cars at the end. Made it easy for them
To know it was the car he stole 🤦🏿♂️
It's crazy that in early 90's the police had to take the car for few hours to install a tracking device while these days it takes 3 seconds to attach a tracking device without ever taking the car, instead the tracking device is on a magnet and as small as a bottle cap.
Agree. By 95 they had that technology
ur so samrt
These days people sit in their bedrooms and with no more than a laptop they steal millions!
Back in the day bank robbers were ruthless and fearless types, now they are computer nerds!!
They had to take the car to install the engine kill switch. If all they had to install was the tracking device, they could've done it quickly without taking the car.
Those are easy to evade, just use a power washer to blow it off....
The police officers closest to the bank responded first? Makes sense 😂
You’d like to think so, wouldn’t ya 🤪😳😂😂
😂
😂😂😂
n they were still late moat likely
Well you beat me to it, I was going to make the exact same comment 🤣
This no commercial video helps the Feds a lot to concentrate on their subject.
Meanwhile in the real Chicago with the real crime. Last night 30 people got shot
I'm all for those shootings in Chicongo transpiring!
Oddly enough I watched a UK documentary from 2016 on gun violence on the South Side of Chicago. It was truly harrowing and I feel for all those caught up in or living there. I was also going to say when the bearded bandit hit the south side, it didn't look much like the south side depicted on that show.
@@declamatory not me bud! The loss of any life is an absolute tragedy.
@@dandougherty1475 - You have much to learn, grasshopper!
My god that's horrific. Was it at least all gang members?
Two things: Jeffrey Erickson was shot by the veteran policeman but Erickson's coup de grace was evidently a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Also, although an ex-policeman himself, Erickson was trained by the military as an expert marksman specifically the marines. It seems, if you watch a bunch of these types of shows Forensic Files/Cold Case Files/The New Detectives/Unusual Suspects/Nightmare Next Door/etc., there are a lot of ex-military criminals.
Military =adrenaline junkies.
That first cop saw expired tags in a little mirror going the opposite direction? Superman eyes or a liar.
Happened to me to
I thought the same thing
He was in the cut, but lost his cut so he pulled him over.
Usually colored for the year they are in. Easy to see...
Agreed! I’ve had a cop flip an illegal bitch just to run my plates on the 5 min ride home from work. Lied about why he pulled me over, but no ticket given he just left. Also had them run the plates on my small MIL sick with lupus and said it was for a taillight being out. 3 other cars came up and they positioned one at every door, accusing us of random things (such as me being a runaway…I was well over 18). When we got home no lights were off, they just had been hoping to escalate. I agree he likely profiled the car and likely profiles at random based on personal bias. I don’t believe that part at all.
Only if FBI would go this hard against police gangs .
So did these guys think they could just keep doing this indefinitely? So dumb. They woulda got away with it if they were smart enough to walk away.
They can’t walk away. The greed gets them. They want more and more. It’s no different than a multi
Millionaire continuing to amass more and more millions because they can never have enough….and they never share with low level employees….never.
They shoulda took notes from the wheaton bandit. He was never caught he’s a legend 🐐
I like how the detective or police officer mentions how most police officers don't want to shoot if they don't have to. He obviously knows that some police officers want to shoot if they don't have to. That's a problem
He said most. Here's an example of shoot first ask questions later. th-cam.com/video/rngf2kS3DHs/w-d-xo.html
They underwent bad triaining.
The end bit omg I'm in tears
I must admit..stealing the car of workers that just got to work is pretty dam clever 🤷🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
Thank God bank robbery isn't as popular today. It'd be easy to disguise yourself without drawing attention during the pandemic.
It will be live streamed to social media. No chance they stay for long without being caught.
The doors lock and they get locked in the foyer area of the bank I believe.
What a plot twist, the woman became the final boss!
Edit: wait a moment wasn't expecting that ending.
10000% me
Loved this episode and very much the narrator!!
I love it when people go "rogue" and fight against the machine!
You wouldn’t if your loved one worked in one of the banks he hit.
@@laurelgirard8475 Are you threatening me?
"The machine"?
or just 'fight the machine'...
@@ChosenOne6666 "I need tp for my BUNGHOLE! "- Beavis
12:34 "yes, i recognize that guy that's very obscured by the date/time stamp"
I guess I better cancel my Amazon order for that case of fake beards. A shame too because I got like 60 beards for 83 cents each :-(
10:08 that must be a terrifying 10 seconds!
Open the blinds with the light on in the room. Great surveillance! Hardly recognizable by the perpetrator. What a joke of reenactment.
Note to FBI, running through the parking lot all bent over draws suspicion.
I was a star witness in convicting him!! Picked him on the line up. He robbed my bank and I gave him the exploding pack. They found his car a mile away with dye all over the car😂
Proud weirdo snitch
I worked at his bookstore when I was a teenager.
I’ve been obsessed with this story ever since I saw the movie Normal Life (Which is actually a very good movie with Luke Perry and Ashley Judd.). The movie is fairly accurate, actually . Luke Perry did a great job .
Im glad that officer made that illegal U-turn to go after the car with the expired tag. Those expired license tabs are a menace to our society!
I once flagged an officer down in oncoming traffic because I had just seen what very much looked like an abduction. All he cared about was running my plates and giving me a ticket for an inspection sticker that was 2 months expired.
On the exam you take to become a cop, if you test too high, they won't let you in. Their rationale is that stupid people follow protocol better because they can't think for themselves. I swear to god this is the truth.
Lol damn near caused a accident doing a illegal u turn 😂
I think that for someone like Erikson, it's an addiction. After the first few robberies, he could've stopped and lived on the proceeds for the rest of his life. He would've had a big pool of cash to spend, and they weren't living above their means either. If he was a top marksman, but found regular police work boring, maybe he was just after the action? Anyone who insists they want to be in SWAT when they apply to a police academy is probably not suited for the job.
Unless you have $10 million in cash, your not going to live off it the rest of your life.
$100,000 is nothing.
@@taitjones6310first off all he made way more thenn 100k and this was the early 90s when 100k was worth way more then today
The “bank robbery kit”😂
The dog was like damn it smells like shit in here
Who’s watching this thinking this is some Grand Theft Auto final mission shit? Lester set it all up! 🤣
Excellent work on the part of Law Enforcement in this case. Amazing what they can do these days.
LOL yeah not in court
@@bobb74ysmith Yeah, I know what you mean.
Good ol' 1991 when FBI technicians had to take the car to a garage for couple of hours to install the tracking device.. Now a simple Apple Tag with a magnet could be attached to a car in seconds..
A power washer can get rid of it pretty easily
He should of used a sideways one arm gangsta grip and pump method to throw off the cops.
I think that the urge to commit criminal acts is a type of addiction.. There was no way in hell this individual would stop robbing banks if not caught by the police.
People are addicted to electricity too. What's your point ?
that 15 passanger van never in history reached 110mph lol
Who kept on watching just to see the bandit’s face 😂
So, all those shots fired by the cops at the van missed completely?
they probaly wanted to capture not kill?
No they would want to kill - you don’t “ shoot to capture “ ffs 🙄
Lmao..."you don't shoot to capture ffs" hahah that's hilarious
But also, these days most police forces are not allowed to fire on and/or from a moving vehicle as they rarely hit the vehicle, and even when they do bullets tend to go in one side and out the other. So cops have learned that it's both dangerous and ineffectual to shoot at/from a moving vehicle.
No. Jill Erickson WAS shot by those cops multiple times. Then she committed suicide by firing the FATAL shot. This "documentary" leaves A LOT of details out...and I get the feeling that it was deliberate. Notice how there is not ONE SINGLE PICTURE of the two perps, other than the male robber wearing disguises in banks and a picture of his dead body (which only shows his back)? That is incredibly unusual for a documentary and I was waiting anxiously for the end of this vid to see actual pictures of the two, but they were never shown. It's pretty clear that law enforcement was angry with these two because to some degree, the criminals got the better of them.
It wasn't mentioned in this video, although it WAS shown accurately...the US Marshal who was disarmed by Jeff Erickson WAS a woman. She was disarmed by Jeff, who was a MARINE (something that ALSO wasn't mentioned for some reason...they claim that his "excellent marksmanship" was from his ONE YEAR of police employment but Jeff actually learned to shoot in the Marines), and Jeff then executed her partner. This documentary also tries to make it seem like the retired officer and courtroom security guard was the one who killed Jeff Erickson. That is also at least somewhat of a lie. The security guard DID shoot Jeff four times but they were NOT fatal wounds. Jeff then killed the security guard with one shot. Just like his wife Jill, he then turned the female Marshal's gun on himself and committed suicide when he determined he wasn't likely to escape the scene.
В фильме было показано, что подруга Джеффа была ранена при задержании. Понимая, что она не сможет вырваться, она решила застрелиться.
My brother was literally in the same yard when he the bandit killed a security guard. My brother was in a garbage truck. He was fully interrogated too.
Why do they robb banks multiple times?? That’s how they got caught, too greedy
I mean if he stopped after the first 10 times they would have been set for life😅
What's with the weirdo English guy at the start?
That's nothing to do with this series...
It's Joe Shoe Miles!
nothing, some how he got these stories, upload them to here and make money of them
An American calling an English person weird. Now that is fucking irony right there.
@@SpeccyMan well he is right, why are you moaning?
@@MygenteTV Last paragraph of description states they have paid for licencing. 🥴
I worked for Jeff at the bookstore. I was in the hospital with a brain injury when he got caught.
A criminal who showed a blatant disregard for human life by attempting to kill an officer for simple a traffic stop, shouldn't be given a reason to surrender when he tried to reach out for his gun twice, this could have saved later in those officer's lives and prevented a lot of agonies in their families.
True but at the same time as an officer you'd probably don't want to see him taking the 'easy' way out...But on the other hand i'd agree... Better take care of it right there and then atleast in this case.
"Because you have made 'God' to be your dwelling spot
"-- The Most High, who is my shelter --
"No evil shall be allowed to befall you ...
"For he will bid his angels about you
"To guard you in all your ways."
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Cops are not into shooting white folk. Very seldom.
Lol so basically you’re promoting police brutality weirdo
The brave officers gave up their lives to do right by the paths they took to uphold justice and to serve and protect. What the robbers did brought shame to their family and their professions. My "like" goes out to the cops and investigators who refused to be tainted by greed and chose to stop those who do wrong.
true, i agree knowing that all the real details are not disclosed to me ... sketchy 😑
its FBI's new yawk affice timeeeee
How cool to see my father as one of the officers who helped in this crime !
what a badass couple.....
That over-explanation of scent dogs though...
The wife was a true OG. Went down shooting.
If they suspected a police officer then they should've checked recently terminated cops or ones that quit or retired.
Um that could be thousands of individuals. With no evidence. Thats like finding a needle in a haystack. Shows why u shouldn’t be the police lol
I'm Jim Carlstromm and what you're about to watch has nothing to do with me.
That mp5 sounds like a hunting rifle
This cop was the REAL Dirty Harry, being fatally wounded but still putting 4 slugs in his agressor... nice...
I really don't know how many times i watched this but it's so cool 😎
LOL, that '.223 Assault Rifle" was a 9mm MP5. But, good videos. They ccould really give their "SWAT" teams some weapons handling training just so it doesn't look totally comical, but great videos and thanks for posting it
46:20 Photo of .223 AR, referenced, behind curtain!
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Lady at the end went into GTA mode.
*COPS GET SHOT?
I MAKING A CAKE TO CELEBRATE!*
Officers could never question me, I don't remember ANYTHING lmao
I’m terrified to get into a situation where remembering important details means life or death. I’d be screwed. 😬😬😬
@@HavaWM right??? LmaoO
This was an interesting episode.
That’s how greedy ends when you stole much money, instead of you to start a legit business for yourself and quit the robberies but it seems he never had enough and final brought him to this tragedy situation 😢
You ever see the movie Normal Life? He did want to quit but his wife egged him on.
@@ThePeterDislikeShowlol ok and they lie in movies. We dont know wat really happened
They did start a legit book business
Best episode ever!!!
Excellent episode Real Crime, cheers ears.
Poor little baby.. officer down lol
I saw a comment on one of these that referred to host as the “talking pastrami”’- I’m still ded
You know what gets me is you know that the cars are being sold from them all why not keep your eye out at the mall duh
Well i recon its Boyd Coddington from the Hot Rod shop 😂😂😂😂😂
Best episode ever.
Targeting police officers back then was very rare. The reason being the criminals knew that if they did they would get a good beating once caught (which I think is a good thing). Unfortunately, now a days cops are expected to treat violent criminals as if they victims. Give them a warm blanket and coco then apologize for inconveniencing the criminals. Disgusting.
Can we commend these great FBI field officers doing real work, and can we arrest these institutional political players on the top of the FBI chain.
shoulda been checking the donut shops ;)
Why is it that the females seems to go harder than the guys.man she was gangsta like hell
Great Episode, for Bank Robbers!
There should be a rule made for the media and news outlets in regards to naming serial criminals. All nicknames must be funny or insulting. Bearded bandit isn’t funny enough but descriptive.
The Whiskered Wanker?
The 'Fuzzy Faced Funds Fondler' ?
Agreed, especially with murderers, calling them “The __________ Strangler” etc needs to be retired. Call them the peeping Toms, incels, and losers that they are!
@@mastper 😳 🤣
What about the chicken choker?
Like it when they catch the bad guys! It's a BUMMER when people die. Yes, I'm speaking about the officers! This is the kind of FBI. we need today, and not the crooked few messing with our elected officials! P&L. Dan.
Nah, FBI is technically illegal.
@@harrisn3693 liar
In the video while escaping it says the officer got off 4 rounds killing jeff erickson but the newspapers and wikipedia it say jeff's wound was self inflicted. (that he shot himself under his chin)
This sounds more believable especially since his wife already done it. They say Pablo Escobar killed himself also and they took credit for it.
Perhaps he was mortally wounded and wanted to take the "Brutus" way out of it.
He was shot 4 times by the cop. They claim he was gona die from the wounds we never know but he died from the self inflicted head shot
EXCELLENT WORK TO INSTALL TRACKING DEVICES. EXCELLENT JOB WELL DONE. THEN TO REPLACE THE CARS WITH LOOK-ALIKES....GENIUS.
This sounds so sarcastic 😂
This one is kind of odd. He was such an effective bank robber that it partially revealed his identity. They knew he was a cop from the start
Erickson’s mother said that he didn’t like being a police officer because he would feel guilty about giving someone a ticket and ruining their day.
@@matthewschwartz6607 feeling guilty and but end up murdered 2 more people on the escape attempt. Trigger happy and very addictive to criminal life its an irony.
@@travelerforever8849 - Erickson was alleged to have said "I'm going to jail. I'm going to die. I'm going to take everyone with me ." before he started the shooting and then killed himself.
He had spare keys. These kinds of people should be treated differently than the other criminal suspects
Wats odd about anything u stated?
Wow , what an ending ! Stunning Crazy . How did he get his handcuffs off ?!?
Absolutely Horrible .
Someone slipped him a key. Another inmate.
@@matthewschwartz6607 You don't need a key. Handcuff locks are nearly the easiest locks to pick. The difficulty lies in picking them while you're wearing them. I'm quite sure that wasn't his first time picking his way out of handcuffs.
@@taitjones6310lol they clearly said and its well known in history he was given a key😂tf are u talking about
46:13 bruh. the H&K MP5 (more precisely that MP5SD) is NOT a ''assault rifle''. its a delayed blowback Sub-machine gun.
also the H&K MP5SD doesnt even fire full auto, the fun-switch only has 3 modes:
safe
semi
3 rd burst
just cause it quacks like a duck doesnt mean its a duck
Like defending a family member
Chill out nerd. Its fake a reenactment
Watching from the Philippines
See John McNaughton's masterpiece film Normal Life with Luke Perry and Ashley Judd. Excellent film shot on location in DuPage County Illinois, right where it was happening.
Not even a police officer knows how long the response will take after a broadcast. Sometimes they are next door and sometimes 10 minutes away…crap shoot
Still gives u a better chance then not having a scanner. No matter how close they are it still takes time for them to get there from the time they hear the radio. And as a cop he knew a estimated time he had to get in and out
Old school but tech is emerging here in 1991
They should put the alarm buttons near the floor so tellers can tap it without being seen.
@Riseagainst Theleft Awwww. Poor baby troll needs it's diaper changed! It's full...just like you and with the same substance!!😂
I believe they do have this in British banks .
Police Officers make like $25-$30/hr and there's no reason to steal or be robbing banks making that kind of $.
No they don’t tf 😂
@@charltom4053: Yes, Police Officers here in the Capital of Augusta, Maine start off making around $25/hr.
I’ve been watching this series waaaay too long, I’m beginning to find the opening guy Jim calstrum good looking
What a legacy the two officers left behind.
This is freaky. I grew up in a suburb outside Chicago
There was an amazing TV movie back in the day based 9n this. It had Bruce Campbell as the bandit & Aunt Becky as his wife. It was the In The Line If Duty series. This was also the insident that that changed laws on commiting a crime using a police scanner. Before that no ever did it or got caught doing it I should say.
You can find it right here on TH-cam.
Blaze of Glory
One of my favorite movies.
Too bad the FBI turned into the Gestapo.
Ooops!... 👀
@ mark 10:27... the "Bandit" left his Police Scanner on the counter!... OH DAMN!
The rookie cop saw Training Day, before it has gotten out.