Dumb Criminals

Backwards It Gets Robber Bank

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 • Filed under Banks, Robberies2 Comments

We’ve all done things backwards from time to time. We put our shoes on before we put on our pants. We put the milk in before we pour the cereal. We put the diaper on the baby’s head and a bib on its butt. My point is we’ve all been drunk in front of the kids from time to time.

That might be (but probably isn’t) a good excuse for this bank robber who held up his gun backwards during a bank robbery, according to the Local6 News in Florida.

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Closed But No Cigar

Friday, March 14th, 2008 • Filed under Banks, Robberies1 Comment

Banks are a big pain in the ass. The fees are outrageous. The lines are long. The clerks treat you like you have some kind of venereal disease that can be transferred through the handling of money. Don’t even get me started on the hours…

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(Insert Your Own Drywall Joke Here)

Monday, January 14th, 2008 • Filed under Banks, Robberies8 Comments

It amazing how many things bank robbers have tried to use for masks: shaving cream, blue ink, duct tape. You know what makes a really great mask? A mask.

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Look Before You Reap

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 • Filed under Banks, Robberies5 Comments

ONE OF LIFE’S LITTLE LESSONS #4: Always take the time to stop and look at your surroundings before you make any serious decisions because your surroundings can always jump up and attack you, especially if you’re covered in meat and walking through an alligator farm. Chalk that one up to experience.

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Checked Out

Sunday, September 16th, 2007 • Filed under Banks, Robberies9 Comments

There are only about three things in this world dumber than a criminal leaving behind his personal identification at the scene of a crime: trying to give your dog a bath in the dishwasher, leaving your kids with the crazy cat lady who lives at the end of the block, voting Republican.

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The No-Bag Man

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 • Filed under Banks, Robberies10 Comments

“Let’s see. Weapon? Check. Ski mask? Check. Lucky underpants? Check. Angry touch guy face? Check. Well looks like I’m all set for that bank robbery. Oops, wait a minute, I almost forgot to wear pants. Phew, wouldn’t THAT have been embarassing.”

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Point Bark

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 • Filed under Banks, Robberies2 Comments

There’s really no introduction I could write for this story that could do it justice. Seriously, I’ve been sitting here an hour ripping out the very long hairs out of my head trying to think of one and I realize John Goodman has a better chance of losing my virginity to Halle Berry while bungie jumping than me trying to squeeze out a hokey jokey intro that would just be the turd of comedy that it is. So here’s the story.

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As the World Turns Itself In

Sunday, May 27th, 2007 • Filed under Banks, Robberies12 Comments

This is a story that just defies all description. It needs no introduction. It cannot be described. It has to be seen to be believed. It cannot be read, it must be experienced. It is at least nine times more interesting than watching an elephant giving a cow a piggyback ride. No…more…wire…hangers!

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