<p>Today we are telling the story of Tommy Thompson, an underwater engineer that discovered the SS central America, a ship that went down in a hurricane in 1857 with upwards of 3/4 of a billion dollars in gold on board. After a decade of fighting endless lawsuits Tommy vanished with 2.1 million dollars and 500 gold coins. </p>

Today we are telling the story of Tommy Thompson, an underwater engineer that discovered the SS central America, a ship that went down in a hurricane in 1857 with upwards of 3/4 of a billion dollars in gold on board. After a decade of fighting endless lawsuits Tommy vanished with 2.1 million dollars and 500 gold coins.

950 Million in sunken treasure: Gold makes you crazy [#162]

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HEEEEIIISST!
Hello Heist Nation! I'm Simon and I'm Matt! Long time no heeeeeist!
We got a little hankering for some heistering and so we put together an audiobook all about heists! Its dives deep into everything heist, an info dump of all the cool stuff we learned over the years.
Five Chapters

1 - Vaults

2 - Advanced Heist Techniques

3 - Fort Knox

4 - Getting away with it / Aftermath

5 - The Turkey Heist

Chapter 5 is something special you've all been asking for!

A PLAY-BY-PLAY OF HOW WE WOULD PULL OFF AN OCEAN'S 11-STYLE BANK JOB, BASED ON EVERYTHING WE LEARNED FROM 200 EPISODES OF THE POD BABY!
We know you're going to love it because we almost died laughing while making it.
We worked really hard on this audiobook. And can't wait to share it with all of you at Heist Nation.

Love you, miss you XOXO
HEEEEIIIIIIST!!!!!!

Welcome to Heist Podcast. The Podcast all about heists. We discuss Heists in the news and deep dive into famous heists and the colorful characters that play a part in them. From the criminals to the investigators.

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Miss the pod? Get our new Audio Book "Heist This Book" Out Now! http://glow.fm/heistthisbook HEEEEIIISST! Hello Heist Nation! I'm Simon and I'm Matt! Long time no heeeeeist! We got a little hankering for some heistering and so we put together an audiobook all about heists! Its dives deep into everything heist, an info dump of all the cool stuff we learned over the years. Five Chapters 1 - Vaults 2 - Advanced Heist Techniques 3 - Fort Knox 4 - Getting away with it / Aftermath 5 - The Turkey Heist Chapter 5 is something special you've all been asking for! A PLAY-BY-PLAY OF HOW WE WOULD PULL OFF AN OCEAN'S 11-STYLE BANK JOB, BASED ON EVERYTHING WE LEARNED FROM 200 EPISODES OF THE POD BABY! We know you're going to love it because we almost died laughing while making it. We worked really hard on this audiobook. And can't wait to share it with all of you at Heist Nation. Love you, miss you XOXO HEEEEIIIIIIST!!!!!! Welcome to Heist Podcast. The Podcast all about heists. We discuss Heists in the news and deep dive into famous heists and the colorful characters that play a part in them. From the criminals to the investigators.

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