Heist Podcast

Tom Justice, Olympic cycler turned thrill seeking bank robber. He pulled off over 25 heists over four years and what did he do with most of the money? He threw it in the garage. Wait, what!? We also have a crazy bitcoin heist in the news, and another Heist Nation Hotline confessional. HEIST! Heistpodcast.com

Writer Tim McAuliffe (The Office, Jimmy Fallon, Last Man on Earth) joins us to cover the totally insane tale of George Bosque, a man who stole 2 million dollars and used it to produce a blockbuster all male porno movie. www.hesitpodacst.com

Adam Worth AKA the Napoleon of Crime, became one of the biggest mastermind criminals in history. Part Two picks up with Adam Worth and Piano Charlie heading off to Europe because the pinkertons are after them. It's a European heistcation! www.heistpodcast.com

After escaping Sing Sing Adam Worth became one of the biggest mastermind criminals in history. Not only was he called the "Napoleon of Crime" by the Pinkertons but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used him as the inspiration for Professor James Moriarty. www.heistpodcast.com

Director Robert Budreau of the new film Stockholm helps us cover the infamous six day Norrmalmstorg robbery that gave birth to the term Stockholm Syndrome. In Heist News we've got a massive diamond heist and Dog the Painting Hunter. www.heistpodcast.com

Emily Althaus (Orange is the New Black, The Handmaid's Tale) joins us to cover the tale of a 90's version of Bonnie and Clyde who stole millions in jewelry from the mansions of Dallas' richest and famous. www.hesitpodacst.com

One Armored car, 940K, and a man who meets dudes on the ferry to have threeways with. This is the story of New Zealand's biggest robbery. www.heistpodcast.com

This is the tale of Maximilian Shinburn aka Baron Shinbrun. He was a master thief in the late 1800s who got a job at Lily Safe Company (the biggest safe company in the united states) and worked there for an entire year learning everything about the vaults that sat in banks all across the country. And then after that he went bank heist crazy. www.heistpodcast.com

We love to dive in to different countries and see how they heist but today we're diving in to a completely different world! This one isn't about breaking into banks or stealing diamonds. It's all about Star Wars or more specifically Star Wars toys. Hear all about the heist that ripped the Star Wars collector community apart. And in news we have a great trampoline heist coming in from Australia. ww...

In May of 1971 a mysterious man called The Sydney International Airport and informed them that there was a bomb hidden on flight 755 enroute to London and if that plane went below twenty thousand feet it would explode! He demanded five hundred thousand dollars for its location. It's a heist right out of a hollywood movie and that's because it was the exact plot of the film The Doomsdays Flight! Ch...

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, cra...

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 h...

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 H...

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 submis...

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...

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.