Heist Podcast

The '97 Dunbar Robbery in Los Angeles was the biggest cash heist in US history. We're talking 18.9 million dollars! Cha-ching Jackpot! Was it pulled off by masterminds? Maybe an organized crime syndicate? Nope just a tight group of buddies with no criminal record. It's a great story that begs the question: is a Heist just a massive elaborate prank? www.heistpodcast.com

Tons of Chinese antiquities have been disappearing all over the world. There has been a run on galleries and museums a heist-a-palooza if you will of Chinese relics. What's that got to do with the price of art in China? Well it turns out a lot. Simon and Matt tackle this fresh heist wave and use their expertise to try to figure out who's behind these robberies? Opportunist heist professionals, crazy rich Chinese plutocrat billionaires, or could it even be the Chinese government itself? Dun! Dun! Duuuun! And as always we've got some really saucy heist news as well as correspondence involving D.B. Cooper. HEEEEIIISSSST! www.heistpodcast.com Ratings and reviews are always a great help. Tell us what your think over at itunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heist-podcast/id1329231773?mt=2

December 2004 Ireland: A gang seized the equivalent of £26.5 million from The Northern Bank in Belfast making it the largest bank robbery in Irish history. And they robbed the vault without ever going inside. Wait. What? It's our first UNSOLVED HEIST!

Today we’re talking about the notorious Catt's crew. It's a father, son and daughter that robbed banks together! Its a crazy, wild, kinda sad story. Check it out on HEEEIIIST.

Today we’re talking about the Aguila Blanca heist. It’s a wild story that involves a Puerto Rican nationalist group, the Cuban government, the the biggest cash robbery in America at the time and a bunch of maniacs that shot a rocket launcher at FBI headquarters! Also we're starting a new bit where we feature your own listener heist confessionals on our outros. Send 'em in. HEEEEIIIST!

It's our 50th episode, what a wild ride it's been. Speaking of wild rides, our featured heist is one that people have been requesting since we began. The Great Train Robbery of 1963. We thought we knew all about this story, along with everybody else but it turns out we knew nothing. Did you think the Great Train Robbery was a cowboy train heist from the early 1900's like we did!? This is a great heist and at the time one of the biggest in history £2.6 million (over $50mil today) was stolen from an unsecured money train. And we made a big effort to put a Heist Podcast spin on the whole story. We also have Heist News involving Comic books and Keno and in Heist Mail we take the time to reflect on the last year, talk about our fans and what we've learned while covering 50 of the biggest, craziest heists in history. Check out this very special episode of Heist because it a really hooooot, hoooot, chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga HEEEEIIIIISSSSTT!!!!!

In 2010 Vjeran Tomic broke into the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and stole 70 million dollars in art and he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for a pesky skateboarder! In Heist news we cover the theft of a giant looney, Canadian's first and only 1 million dollar coin. Heist!

In 1950 on Christmas day four Glasgow university students stole (back) a 1000 year old scottish relic, The Stone of Scone from England's Westminster Abbey. It's a story filled with Scottish history, patrism, and most importantly hilarity. And to help us tell the story is this week's amazing guest Actress/Writer Hanna Stanbridge. Get ready for a great guest heist confessional and some of the best Heist news we've covered so far. HEEIIIIST!

On this very very extra special episode of Heist Podcast Matt and Simon hand over the controls again to you, the listeners aka HEIST NATION as we dedicate an entire episode to your personal heist confessions. Everything from tiny pranks to legit crime. And we also announce our winner for saddest heist. This is always our favorite part of running this podcast. Thank you all so much from your submissions. HEEEIIISSTT!

1984 Sydney Australia, Turkish born Hakki Bahadir Atahan attempted to rob three banks in one day and ended up causing what many call "Australia's most dramatic hostage chase ever". Hear all about the hostage forcefield and one of Australia's most ambitious bank robbers. And of course, the freshest Heist news involving the latest crime wave of Porch Pirates. Yar matey, it's HEEEEIIISSSTT!

The world of art theft is extremely complicated. No one understands that more than Radu Dogaru who stole millions of dollars of paintings from the Kunsthal Museum. In this episode Matt and Simon discuss Radu's misguided plans to pull off a huge art heist and fence it on the black market, plus some big time heist news and a note about our upcoming listener special.

Alves Dos Reis was a Portuguese criminal who perpetrated one of the largest frauds in HISTORY. It might just be one of the ballsiest "Heists" we have ever covered. The aftermath almost crashed the Portuguese economy. Also we cover some actual real heist news, one involving the recovery of a long lost Picasso, no meatballs this time. HEIST!

Cowboy Bob fooled the FBI for years. It wasn't until a string on robberies that "his" true identity was revealed. Cowboy Bob was actually a woman in her forties named Peggy Jo Tallas. It's a wild and at times sad tale. And helping to tell this very special story we have guests Jon Hoeg and John Beach, directors of an amazing short film titled The Accomplice (2018) about a hilarious heist. We also have producer BJ sitting in for Simon because he got stuck in traffic again. LA traffic amiright? We also have a juicy piece of Heist news and in listener mail learn about the difference between robbery and burglary, chances are you've been using the term wrong your whole life like we have. HEEEEIIIISSTT!

Actress Kristina Pesic (The Vow, Defiance) joins us in the studio to talk about the totally insane blockbuster movie worthy Bank of America, London Mayfair Heist. One of the biggest heists in british history but strangely there's very little information out there about it. We're thinking cover up.

Actress and Musician Kathleen Munroe joins us in the studio to talk about the hilarious lo-fi gold bucket heist involving Julio Nivelo who made off with 1.6 million dollars in pure gold, it's one wild ride. The heist is simple but the aftermath? Not so much.

An original Salvador Dali painting hung unnoticed for over forty years at New York's biggest jail, the infamous Rikers Island. Then one day a few bad boys came up with the idea of stealing it and replacing it with a "forgery." How did they steal an extremely valuable painting from one of the most secure locations in the United States? Find out on this episode of Heist.

After a small town, middle class couple passed away, it was discovered they were in possession of a stolen De Kooning painting worth over 100 million dollars. Where did they get it? Were they secret international heisters hiding in suburbia? It's a really intriguing story we just had to cover. And as always we have some great heist news involving a stolen church roof, what?!

Labour day weekend 1972 3 guys got into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to steal as much art as they could. It's our most Canadian podcast yet filled with Quebecois politics, seminal moments in Canadian hockey history and our love for the incredible city of Montreal.

March 24 1972 a crew broke into The United California Bank to steal Presidents Nixon's ten million dollar slush fund. It's a crazy story, that was not widely written about. Why? Was it a cover up by Nixon!!!?? We also have some pretty solid news, involving a mom and son stealing 240 beers. Check it out and tons more on this very Ausie episode of HEEEEEIIISST!

In June of 1862 nine bushrangers (Australian cowboys) raided a gold transport and made away with 17 kilos of gold nuggets. It was one of the biggest gold heists in Australian History mate! Take a trip into the past with Simon and Matt as they cover The Lachlan Gold Escort robbery featuring some terrible Australian accents. We also have some pretty wild news, involving the theft of 7000 insects. Check it out and tons more on this very Ausie episode of HEEEEEIIISST!