History's Most Audacious Heists

From trains to corpses, a collection of the most outrageous heists ever.

Hosted bySusannah Wilson

Curated byJorge Patino, Hark Editor

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The Antwerp Diamond Heist

Host Michelle Kelly recounts how on February 15, 2003, in Antwerp, Belgium, criminal mind Leonardo Notobartolo and his group of thieves known as The School of Turin, perpetrated the largest diamond heist of all time.

Caper

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The Great Train Robbery

A highly coordinated gang stole two and a half million British pounds from a mail train on August 8, 1963.

Today in True Crime

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The Lazarus Heist: The Perfect Movie Crime

The Lazarus Group, a collection of North Korean hackers, attempted to steal almost $1 billion from the Bank of Bangladesh. Here’s how they did it.

The Lazarus Heist: The Perfect Movie Crime

Planet Money

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The Lufthansa Heist

Mafia associate James Burke, also known as Jimmy the Gent, stole five million dollars in cash from JFK airport in 1978.

This Day in History Class

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Stealing the Corpse of Alexander the Great

Tristan Hughes tells the tale of how General Ptolemy deftly. stole the corpse of Alexander the Great from the hands of General Perddicas.

Stealing the Corpse of Alexander the Great

Channel History Hit

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The Theft of the Crown Jewels

Thomas Blood, also knows as Colonel Blood, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels.

Ridiculous History

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The Greatest Heist of the 20th Century

Host Peter von Gomm recounts how in 1964, three surfers from Miami snuck into the Natural Museum of American History to pull off the greatest jewel heist of the 20th century.

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