10 Tips For Robbing A Bank From A Retired Bank Robber

10. Do Your Homework

Like any endeavor, one must not hastily rush into something that has such a high risk. Over the course of two years in the mid-2000s, Clay Tumey fine-tuned his skills in what he called the "art of bank robbery." The internet would prove to be an invaluable resource.

"I researched for about five or six months prior to my first one. I studied mostly the things that people did to get caught, and I just tried to plan around those things. It's hard to know how people get away since those details rarely make it to the news, but studying how people get caught was incredibly helpful in knowing what to avoid."

All that studying paid off, because the amount of planning was drastically reduced in every subsequent robbery. Other than making sure his parking situation was favorable he realized that he didn't need to worry about scoping out the bank locations. Bank heist knowledge is apparently learned by experience.