Listen live Saturday for the triumphant return of Daniel Genis to True Crime Uncensored
Genis traded in his publishing career for a life of crime to feed a raging a day)heroin appetite. His taste for the illegal substance (costing Genis $100 [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 in total.[9]
During one week in 2003, Genis committed five robberies. In November of the same year he was identified by one of his victims, arrested, and eventually convicted of five counts of armed robbery, for which he served 10 years in prison.[10]
Genis's prison sentence granted him time to plan his literary career. In fact, Genis remarks that his authentic education as a reader and writer began not while he was a history major or working at a literary agency in Manhattan, but at the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, New York; where Genis read 1,046 books.[2] Genis kept a diary of his readings, numbering, and annotating each entry.
the highlight of his career is his appearances on True Crime Uncensored!
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