BBC Two - This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist, Series 1, The Bomb (original) (raw)

The Bomb

Unbeknownst to the FBI, a quiet Hungarian immigrant landscaper, with no apparent ties to organised crime and no known record, concocts an elaborate extortion plan.

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Unbeknownst to the FBI, a quiet Hungarian immigrant landscaper sits in his home, 250 miles away from Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He has no apparent ties to organised crime and no known record.

In 1980, a booby-trapped bomb accompanied by a $3 million ransom note terrorises a casino in Lake Tahoe. Who is the calculating mind behind this sophisticated device and elaborate extortion plan, and what role do his sons play in their father’s dangerous game?

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