[2] Running from a possible conviction from the 1972 drug arrest, Dodson ended up in Los Angeles, where he opened an antique store/nightclub that eventually attracted many Hollywood celebrities.
[2] In 1983, Dodson was unable to support his drug addiction financially, and he resorted to robbing banks.
In 1999, Dodson robbed eight more banks, which led to a conviction, and he was facing a penalty of 120 years.
[2] In April 2015 the biographical crime film Electric Slide was released, starring Jim Sturgess as Eddie Dodson.
The film is based on a Gear magazine article written by Timothy Ford, The Yankee Bandit: The Life and Times of Eddie Dodson, World’s Great Bank Robber.