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Podcast: True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer
Episode: DANIEL GENIS -- ALWAYS A DELIGHT!
Description: Highly praised author of SENTENCE: 10 YEARS AND 1,000 BOOKS IN PRISON.
In 2001, Genis traded in his publishing career for a life of crime to feed a raging heroin appetite. His taste for the illegal substance (costing Genis $100 per day) led him to embark on a string of robberies in order to pay his debts.[6] The month-long robbery spree centered around the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and the Financial District.[7] Nicknamed the "apologetic bandit" by the press, Genis offered apologies to his victims as he took their cash and returned their wallets.[8] His 18 robberies accounted for $700 i...