Description:
Norco '80 - Peter Houlahan - 2019
The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History
By: Peter Houlahan
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 06-11-19
Language: English
Genre: History, American
Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
Publisher's Summary
In the spirit of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Onion Field, Norco '80 is a gripping true crime account of one of the most violent bank heists in US history.
Norco '80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young men - led by an apocalyptic born-again Christian - attempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent criminal events in US history, forever changing the face of American law enforcement. Part action thriller and part courtroom drama, Norco '80 transports the listener back to the Southern California of the 1970s, an era of predatory evangelical gurus, doomsday predictions, megachurches, and soaring crime rates, with the threat of nuclear obliteration looming over it all.
A group of landscapers transforms into a murderous gang of bank robbers armed to the teeth with military-grade weapons. Their desperate getaway turned the surrounding towns into war zones. When it was over, three were dead and close to 20 wounded; a police helicopter was forced down from the sky, and 32 police vehicles were destroyed by thousands of rounds of ammo. The resulting trial shook the community to the core, raising many issues that continue to face society today: from the epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder within law enforcement to religious extremism and the militarization of local police forces.
©2019 Peter Houlahan (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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