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and some of the warning labels were phony. but it was lethal, with compressed black powder sifted from shotgun shells. stankiewicz s model was built to the exact specifications of the original. down to the make and model of the household items used. this digital timer was designed to sound a warning beep beep in the seconds before the bomb exploded. yeah, so that s what you re hearing right there. gives me chills. makes me want to get away from this thing as i hear it. yeah, absolutely. the bomb was the work of someone with machine shop skills. and, clearly, a devious mind. the original bomb parts were sent to the fbi lab in quantico, virginia. the scavenger hunt notes, meanwhile, were delivered to fbi behavioral profilers. think the hannibal lecter unit. you bring your case and you talk and discuss your case with the profilers and together you come up with a profile. agent jerry clark was hoping a psychological profile would help crack a tough case. but, just three days
the amazing part for me is that these people all found each other, with the same like-mindedness of evil and death and greed. it started on a thursday, 1:30 in the afternoon an order came in to mama mia s pizzeria. two sausage and pepperoni pies for delivery. driver brian wells scribbled down the address. it wasn t a home or even a business. the caller wanted the pizzas delivered to a cluster of tv station antennas and satellite dishes nestled in the woods. delivery man wells headed out. about an hour after that, another call came in, this one to 911. phone rings, dispatch cuts out this is an emergency. we have a bank robbery at pnc bank. i was downtown and and got notified that there was a bank robbery at 7200 peach street. f.b.i., it s what you guys do. f.b.i., that s what i do. i had been to hundreds in in my career, so this one sounded different though. security cameras showed just how different. the robber was brian wells, the delivery guy from mama mia s. he
he was the smartest guy in the room. he ll tell you himself. he would become one of the leads, maybe the mastermind in a colorful cast of characters, people on the fringes of society. let s just call them unconventional. all the broken toys show up in one story. it s amazing. at the center of it all was marjorie diehl armstrong. she had danger written all over her. she did. she has a magnetic quality about her. you know, some people have described it as magnetically revolting. amazing part for me is that these people all found each other with the same like-mindedness of evil and death and greed. it started on a thursday, 1:30 in the afternoon. an order came in to mama mia s pizzeria. two sausage and pepperoni pies for delivery. driver brian wells scribbled
few seconds in disbelief, not thinking anything like this could have ever happened. news 12 interrupts this program. local news stations go live. we want to interrupt regular programming to bring you the latest on a breaking story. wells death leaves more questions than answers. the 46-year-old delivery man, a longtime employee of mama mia s pizzeria, lived in this modest rented home with his cats. his friends and co-workers are stunned. how did this happen? brian did not do this. i mean this is so far out of character. this is against everything that he believed in. the bizarre case baffles law enforcement. did he act alone? was he part of a conspiracy, or was he telling the truth? if he was doing this just on his own, why did he use a live bomb? the fbi launches an investigation. they retrace wells steps. he left mama mia s to deliver two pizzas to an address that