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In the hotel sat a meticulously engineered bomb packed with 1,000 pounds of dynamite. It carried with it a chilling demand: $3 million in cash. The FBI faced a nightmare scenario: a bomb they could not seem to disarm, an extortionist who refused to reveal himself, and a casino full of civilians. Unbeknownst to the FBI, a quiet Hungarian immigrant landscaper sat in his home 250 miles away. He had no apparent ties to organized crime and no known record. Yet, he had the intellectual wit and curiosity to build something like this. Was he the calculating mind behind the most elaborate extortion plot Lake Tahoe had ever seen? And if so, what role did his sons play - willing accomplices in a diabolical scheme, or unwitting pawns in their father’s dangerous ambition?

2025 · 40m

EPISODE 1

The Bomb

In Lake Tahoe in 1980, FBI agents face a bomb packed with 1,000 pounds of dynamite and a $3 million ransom demand inside Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino. As technicians struggle to disarm it, they race to stop a catastrophe and identify the man behind the plot.
EPISODE 2

The Ransom

With the bomb still live in Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, the FBI has less than 24 hours to deliver $3 million by helicopter. The ransom plan is carefully staged, but every step goes wrong as bomb techs and agents fight to prevent a deadly explosion.
EPISODE 3

The Manhunt

After the casino bomb explodes, the FBI searches the wreckage and follows tips from across the country. A key clue points to Big John, but proof is still missing, forcing investigators into a tense family standoff to expose the mastermind behind the attack.

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In the hotel sat a meticulously engineered bomb packed with 1,000 pounds of dynamite. It carried with it a chilling demand: $3 million in cash. The FBI faced a nightmare scenario: a bomb they could not seem to disarm, an extortionist who refused to reveal himself, and a casino full of civilians. Unbeknownst to the FBI, a quiet Hungarian immigrant landscaper sat in his home 250 miles away. He had no apparent ties to organized crime and no known record. Yet, he had the intellectual wit and curiosity to build something like this. Was he the calculating mind behind the most elaborate extortion plot Lake Tahoe had ever seen? And if so, what role did his sons play - willing accomplices in a diabolical scheme, or unwitting pawns in their father’s dangerous ambition?

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