Heist Podcast

Just yesterday (Nov 25th) a heist crew broke into The Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, the second oldest museum in the world, and stole a collection of royal Jewellery from the 18th century valued as high as one billion dollars! Its a crazy story that just happened and we knew we had to cover it right away. We heard all you emails and messages and we here to cover this thing Heist Podcast style. www.heistpodcast.com

This is not your everyday bitcoin heist. Instead of hacking the Gibson and stealing encrypted bitcoin wallets, two Icelandic bad boys named Thor and Haffie the Pink, took an old school approach. In fact they didn't actually steal any bitcoins, they stole the mining machines that produced them. Steal a bitcoin you eat for a day, steal a bitcoin mining machine you eat for life. 

We thought we'd mix it up this episode and cover some unsolved heists. Two crazy stories, all about gold. A mysterious fishing boat that for some reason had 125kg of gold in its cargo. And the master safecracker that broke into the vault of Australia's rich man Kerry Packer.

Many have fantasized about it…Idly wondered while standing in line…What does it take to rob a bank? And what drives someone to actually do it? And once you’ve robbed one…how can you stop? What is the criminal life really like? And what happens next—when you wake up in prison and realize your violent greed only served to betray you.  Introducing The Score: Bank Robber Diaries from Acast Studios and Western Sound. The story of Joe Loya who robbed 50 banks. Follow his life’s arc from an abused kid, to petty criminal, to con, ex-con, writer, father and finally, reconciled son. The Score is the first true crime series told from the criminal’s point of view. Can’t wait to hear what happens next with Joe. Subscribe to The Score: Bank Robber Diaries now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast or wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Today we are telling the story of Frank Bourassa. A man from Quebec who printed hundreds of millions of dollars of American twenty dollar bills and sold them on the black market. He was a man with a certain moral code, until one day he broke it. A great story with a great character check it out only on HEEEEIST podcast.

Robert St. John always wanted to be famous, but after moving from D.C. to LA he struggled to become an actor and stand up comedian. That's when he entered a decade long journey of dealing drugs, pimping and robbing banks with his crew of prostitutes. 

During the 1980s The Pennsylvania Lottery was one of the most popular state lotteries in the country, the live pick show which routinely had over a million viewers, was hosted by a man named Nick Perry. Even though Mr. Perry lived a nice cushy life as a local celebrity, he decided he wanted more. And maybe the lottery numbers he drew each week could help him out with that.   

George Wellford and Willie Richard Short were just two best buds working at a Mitsubishi plant in Mobile, Alabama. When their 401K's got toasted after the 2008 banking crisis they devised a plan to get back what had been stolen from them. Over the course of five years they slowly snuck out 43 tonnes of high grade silicon in their lunchboxes. How does one sell silicon on the black market? And how did they get away with it for half a decade. Tune in and find out only on HEIST PODCAST. www.heistpodcast.com  

Yeah it's a real wild episode. We cover a crazy Russian dude named Kamo, that pulled off a old timey cash in transit heist that helped fiance Stalin to overthrow the Russian government. It's a real gruesome one, so beware. 

We had some slight technical difficulties this week and the episode we recorded was lost due to a faulty SD card. But we didn't want to just post nothing, so we thought this would be a good opportunity to re-post one of our favorite heists we've cover, the story of a gentlemen thief by the name of Vincenzo Pipino. WE WILL BE BACK WITH A BRAND NEW EPISODE NEXT WEEK. www.heistpodcast.com

On this VERY special Episode we are covering the crazy, infamous Barefoot Bandit. As well as welcoming on guest Kevin McMullen Director of the new heist film Low Tide (out October 4th.)  Colton Harris Moore AKA The Barefoot Bandit, was famous for dodging the police, FBI, bounty hunters, and even Homeland Security for years by joyriding cars, hiding in the woods and most importantly stealing planes and flying them without a single lesson. All in his teens. www.heistpodcast.com

Over the course of years unknown hackers syphoned off 7.3 Billion dollars of bitcoins from the exchange site Mt.Gox. That's right Billion with a "B." It's a great lesson in the double edged sword that is cyrtocurrency. Also in heist news: A 14k solid gold toilet titled America that you can take a dump in.  www.heistpodcast.com  

This is the story of one of the most prolific bank robbers in American History and a master class in bank robbery [Don't rob banks] Check it out, it's a wild drug fueled ride.   www.heistpodcast.com

On this episode the unique case of Luke Sommer. His military resume sounds like exposition in a Steven Seagal movie.  this guy was a real life action hero. Sommer had a bright future in the military so why did he rob a bank? And even more puzzling why did he claim he wanted to get caught all along? www.heistpodcast.com

January 25th 2009, three men broke into the KaDeWe department store in Berlin and made off with 6.8 mil in luxury watches, jewellery and other fancy goods. It's a great story with a great twist. Also in Heist News a mother and daughter crab leg heist.  HEEEIST! www.heistpodcast.com "True Crime without the Murder"  

In this episode we’re telling the story of Jeffrey Lundrum, a man who spent years stealing and smuggling falcon eggs into the UAE to sell them to the incredibly lucrative Falcon Racing Industry, yeah it's a wild story. And it just so happened that our heist news was all animal related too, so enjoy Heist Podcast's first all animal episode.  www.heistpodcast.com

May 9th 1980, Two doomsday preppers and some buddies attempted to rob the Norco branch of the Security Pacific bank in riverside county. It was supposed to be your classic,  everyday heist to pay for an apocalypse fortress in Utah. But the insane shoot out that transpired during the robbery completely changed how police officers are armed and operate in the US. It's a wild story.  Check it out. www.heistpodcast.com

France, 1772 Louis the 15th commissions the finest diamond necklace the world has ever seen. Before it's finished Louis dies and the jewelers are now stuck with a 14 million dollars necklace that no one can afford. That is until a certain scheming confidence woman hears about it and convinces a real dumb dumb to buy it in order to win over Marie Antoinette. France was a weird lace back then. It's a crazy story. All that and more on Heist Podcast. True Crime without the murder.    www.heistpodcast.com

On August 22nd 1972 John Wojtowicz  AKA lil’ John Baso robbed The Chase Manhattan Bank in Brooklyn. Why? To pay for his wife’s sex change. You have probably heard about the movie Dog Day Afternoon but trust us there is a whole lot about this story that is not in the film. It’s a real wild ride so buckle up. And in Heist news a $10 million dollar Amazon crime ring is busted, these weren’t your everyday porch pirates matey, yar. It's true crime without the murder...HEIST!!!  

The Central Bank of Bangladesh keeps billions of dollars at The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in 2016 hackers attempted to move one of those billions to accounts in the Philippines and Sri Lanka. They didn’t get all of it but they did get a nice chunk and what did they do with that chunk? The went to the casino baby!! It’s old school meets new school on this very layered and crazy episode. Also hot off the presses in Heist News a thirty million dollar heist in Brazil.    www.heistpodcast.com