This Idiot Finally Got Busted // The McArthur Wheeler Robbery Story
4/27/20268 min
In 1995, McArthur Wheeler robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight without a mask, believing that smearing lemon juice on his face would render him invisible to security cameras, a misunderstanding based on the logic of invisible ink. Wheeler, who was not delusional but simply profoundly mistaken, was shocked to be arrested later that evening after his clear image appeared on local news, stating "But I wore the juice".
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So this guy figures out a way to be invisible, and then he uses that power to rob banks. Now, the guy's name is McArthur, and McArthur is around 45 when the story starts, and he's living in Pennsylvania. Here's the thing about McArthur. He doesn't really have a lot going on for himself. Like, he doesn't have a job or anything. He's just kind of bumming around. But he wants to make money really bad. So one day in 1995, he's just hanging out, minding his own business, and that's when his friend shows up, this guy, Clifton. And Clifton, he's kind of a career criminal. Like, he's robbed a few banks the year before and didn't get caught. So Clifton tells McArthur something that's about to blow his mind. He tells him a cool fact about lemon juice. It can be used as invisible ink, like if you heat it up. And McArthur's like, "Wow, well, that's neat-o." And Clifton is like, "Well, if it makes your writing invisible, maybe it can make a person invisible." And McArthur's like, "Whoa,