In August 2009, two men in tailored suits walked into the most exclusive jewelry store on London's most exclusive street, and two minutes later they walked out with forty million pounds in diamonds. No masks. The makeup artist who'd spent four hours disguising them thought they were working on a music video. The man who planned it all was out on police bail for cocaine, still living at his mother's house. Sixteen years on, not a single stone has been recovered.

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🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

The Cinemaholic - Michelle Hogg: Where Is the Make-up Artist Now?

Chris Dennis Talks Makeup - Charles H. Fox turns into Kryolan Store

Jack the Ripper Tour - An Interview With Charles H. Fox

CBC News - How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist

HuffPost UK - How La Voix Became Embroiled In The UK's Biggest Ever Jewels Heist

Hello Magazine - Inside Strictly star La Voix's private life – from tragic loss to 'frightening' diamond heist

The Natural Sapphire Company - The Graff Diamond Heist: One of London's Biggest Robberies

Art Hostage - Stolen Art Watch: Graff Jewel Heist

CBS News - Caught on Tape: Dirty Sexy London Heist

France24 - Robbers raid London store in Britain's biggest jewel heist

WWD - Graff Robbers Sentenced

IDEX Online - First Conviction in Graff Robbery Case

The London Daily News - £40 million Graff diamond heist 21 year prison sentence

The New Yorker - The Pink Panthers

JCK Online - Interview With Director of Documentary About the "Pink Panther" Jewel Thieves

CBS News 60 Minutes - The Pink Panthers: Daring heists rake in half-a-billion dollars

LCCSA - Graff robbery diamond turns up in Hong Kong pawn shop

Professional Jeweller - Stolen Graff jewel turns up in Hong Kong

Headspace Group - Laurence Graff: A lifetime with diamonds

Bloomberg - Laurence Graff profile

ARTnews - Laurence Graff, Top 200 Collector profile

Hancocks London - Graff maker profile

Thought Economics - A Conversation with Laurence Graff OBE

Interview Magazine - Peter M. Brant interviews Laurence Graff

Rapaport - The Heart of Graff

Graff - House Heritage

Graff - London New Bond Street store

🎬 DOCUMENTARY & FURTHER LISTENING

Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013, dir. Havana Marking)

Little Did You Know podcast (2021), hosted by David McGillivray, episode 12 with Chris Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ier5pYLRE

ABC News original 2009 broadcast featuring the bystander cell phone footage

VICE short documentary on the Pink Panthers (2014)

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