Thursday, December 12, 2013

The way we were...stupid Canadian busted at the Fontainebleau


Miami News, Dec. 12, 1972.
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41 years ago this week: 21 year-old Canadian Alton Cyril McCorquodale sauntered into the manager's office at the Fontainebleau and announced that he'd "hidden bombs around the hotel," and would reveal their locations if he was paid $100,000.

He didn't get the money.