Episode 8 - The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery was based on true events that
happened on April 24, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri, when career
criminal Fred William Bowerman and two other men entered the
Southwest Bank with the intention of stealing up to 200,000
dollars. Four years later Charles Guggenheim and John Stix made a
movie about the incident staring Steve McQueen. Tune in to this
episode to hear Andrew Wanko, Public Historian with the Missouri
Historical Society, talk about the the details of the crime and the
history of Tower Grove Park. Later in the episode, McQueen expert
Marshall Terrill answers questions about McQueen’s experience
filming the heist movie.