Cold Case Solved After a Deathbed Confession

He walked out of a bank with $215,000 and was never seen again

Ted Conrad. Source: NBC Boston

Theodore John Conrad or “Ted” was born 10 July 1949 in Denver, Colorado. He was described as very bright with an IQ of 135. After seeing the 1968 film, The Thomas Crown Affair, he became obsessed with it. The film starred Steve McQueen as a millionaire businessman who carried about a bank robbery for sport. Ted even told his friends of his plan to commit a bank robbery.

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When Ted was 20 years old, he worked as a bank teller at the Social-National Bank in Cleveland. His job involved “packaging money to be delivered to Society branches around town. It was a position for a trusted employee.” On the faithful day of 14 July 1969, at the end of his workday, Ted took $215,000 out of a vault in a paper bag and walked out of the bank. This is the equivalent of around $US1.7 million in 2021. The robbery was discovered a few days later as the bank did not operate on weekends. Meanwhile, Ted got on a plane to Washington D.C. and cut off all communications with his girlfriend, his family and everyone he knew.