The Secret Lives of Theodore Conrad and Thomas Randele

In Cleveland, Ohio on July 11, 1969 was an adventurous day for bank employee Theodore Conrad.  At just 20 years old, he walked into work after lunch like always, left like normal, and then disappeared.  It was discovered the following Monday that $215,000 had disappeared with him. 

Thomas Randele was making a quiet peaceful life for himself in the Boston, Massachusetts area.  He got married, helped raise a daughter, was a fixture around his town.  Sadly, he lost his fight with cancer in 2021.

Shortly afterwards, the FBI came knocking on the Randele door to speak with Thomas' widow.  What they would reveal to each other would surprise many.

Sources for this episode:
CBS News - Friends, family stunned that Thomas Randele, Boston car salesman, was fugitive bank robber wanted in Cleveland for 50 years
Find A Grave - Theodore John "Thomas Randele" Conrad
Cleveland - Mystery solved: Theodore Conrad vanished after robbing Cleveland bank where he worked in 1969; marshals traced him to Boston suburb
NBC Boston - Inside the 50-Year Manhunt for a Cleveland Bank Robber
New York Post - Infamous Ohio bank robber who vanished 50 years ago ID'ed as dead man