Episode 226: The North Hollywood shootout - Part One
Disaster Area
Disaster Area
4.2 • 839 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On one February morning in 1997, a pair of men dressed in dark clothes entered a North Hollywood bank. What followed would be one of the most frightening things many Americans had ever watched live on TV up to that point.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Matarise. And before I get started with the episode today, |
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