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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The Strange Story of Dagobert, the “DuckTales” Bandit In the nineties, a frustrated artist in Berlin went on a crime spree—building bombs, extorting high-end stores, and styling his persona after Scrooge

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