Heist Podcast

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. Ch...

Matt and BJ are away this week so Simon hosts this mini episode covering the Great Feather Heist. This is one of the more bizarre heists we've covered with a host of eccentric personalities and a person in the center of it dead set on getting his hand on some exotic bird feathers for one of the strangest reasons you'll ever here. Check it out and enjoy the short episode. Next week we return to nor...

January 13, 2006. Five men walk into the Banco Rio in Argentina. Two wore hoods, one wore a doctor's uniform, one wore a grey suit and the last one wore a wig and referred to themself as "Susanna." This is the Banco Rio Heist and it might be one of the craziest, best heists we have ever covered. For real this one is one of the rare occasions it actually does seem that it's right out of a hollywood...

January 24th 1995, Dublin. A gang of up-and-coming heisters pulled off a cash-in-transit heist that went down as one of the largest cash robberies in Irish history. It's got 4x4's. It's got a monk. It's got the Irish army. It's another action packed heist sent in by one of our listeners. Also as part of the heist news we post a challenge to our listeners, find a sadder heist than the one we cover...

On 5 April 2004, at 8am the Nokas Cash Handling in Stavanger, Norway was raided by heavily armed men. It was the biggest ever heist in Norway! And as always we cover some spicy heist news and listener mail. HEIST!

Did you play McDonald's Monopoly Contest in the 90s? Well guess what, the whole thing was rigged! Find out how on this crazy episode of Heist! We're talking Dodge Vipers, millions of dollars, and one man's lucky vest. It's a real wild ride and the most requested heist we've gotten so far. And as always we cover some great heist news, one involving a baby shark, awwwww. Also some listener mail that...

The Sewer Rats of Nice, here is the first ever episode of Heist Podcast. Remastered (as best we could) All about 1976 Société Générale's Heist. Possibly the best and craziest heist story ever told. Hear where it all started. BRAND NEW EPISODE COMING WEDNESDAY!

The American Museum of Natural History Jewel Heist is the heist we're covering this week and it's a really doozy pulled off by a pair of tricky gentlemen. And as always we cover some spicy heist news and listener mail. HEIST!

ALL NEW EPISODE WEDNESDAY! On this episode Simon and Matt review the biggest art heist in history, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist. As well as go through the latest in heist news.

On this episode Simon and Matt review the biggest gold heist in history, The Brinks Mat Heist. As well as get into the FBI's 2017 bandit list.

Actress Mara Marini (Parks and Rec's Brandi Maxxxx) joins us in the studio to cover the totally insane story of the Bombshell Bandit. As well as the latest news on Upstate New York's Macaroni Salad heist, listener mail and so much more. Bingo Bango its Heist Podcast. HEIST NATION!!!

On this episode Simon and Matt review the biggest gold heist in history, The Brinks Mat Heist. As well as get into the FBI's 2017 bandit list.

The Banco Central Brazil Heist is one of the biggest heists in history. Matt and guest host BJ cover this wild, super elaborate armadillo heist. As well as jump into the usual heist news. Also we get a call from a very interesting fan, who may or may not be Mr. Robot.

On this very special episode of Heist Podcast great friend and fellow heistologist Max Kerman of the Arkells stops by to help us review the totally insane Västberga Helicopter Heist. As well as prove once and for all why we are qualified to host a podcast about Heists by sharing stories of our own successful heists. Thanks again to Max for coming on the pod, check out his own podcast Mike on Much,...

Hacker Albert Gonzalez starting hacking since he was 12, he's responsible for some of the biggest hack heists in the United States. Simon and Matt do something different this week and Dip their toes into the hacker heists waters. Let us know what you think. HEEEIISTT!

We have been hearing from a lot of our new listeners that you weren't able to access our early episodes. So we decided to re-mix and re-release our first 6 episodes, one episode each Monday. Enjoy. On this episode Simon and Matt review the big boy, The Antwerp Diamond Center Heist. It's a real doozy As well as get into a huge Heist News Story.

Matt and Simon go waaaay back to the 1600's to talk about the hilarious Crown Jewels Heist Staring Thomas Blood. Also in Heist news we cover the insane Helicopter break out that happened over the weekend. HEIST!

Matt and Simon go to 1980s Venice and cover the Gentleman Thief, the classiest heister we've ever covered. Also we jump into some heist news involving clowns, AK-47s and Bongs and we got another great voice mail confession. HEIST!

On this episode of Heist Podcast Matt and Simon go to the everglades in the 1920s to cover the wild story of John Ashley. He wasn't the best Heister we've ever talked about but he makes up for it with sheer craziness. Also we jump into some heist news including an update on the South African robbery-in-transit crimewave and we hand over our cold open to another fan call in. HEIST!

On this episode of Heist Podcast Matt and Simon go waaaay back to cover an amazing heist story from the civil war. It all centers around one man named George Leslie, who may be the father of all modern day heists. Also we jump into some heist news about a crime wave in South Africa and finally get a listen phone call. HEIST!

On this episode of Heist Podcast Matt and Simon cover the biggest heist on Chinese soil, the Agricultural Bank heist . Where the culprits used all their loot to buy lottery tickets. Did they win? Stick around to find out. Also we jump into a Yoko Ono heist in the news and ask our listeners for some legal advice. HEIST!