The Strange Story of Dagobert, the “DuckTales” Bandit

Jeff Maysh writes about Arno Funke, a frustrated artist who went on a crime spree in Germany in the nineties, building bombs, extorting high-end stores, and calling himself “Dagobert,” the German name for the cartoon character Scrooge McDuck.

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The New Yorker: The Strange Story of Dagobert, the DuckTales Bandit

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TIL: Of Dagobert, the “DuckTales” Bandit. Frustrated artist Arno Funke built bombs and extorted high-end stores in the 1980s/1990s, calling himself Dagobert [for the German] Scrooge McDuck.He became a German folk hero

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