Heist Podcast

Stan Rifkin was a computer consultant in California that in 1978 pulled off one of the biggest wire frauds in US history…at the time. This heist has some of the best aftermath we've ever covered. Also it turns out Stan was neighbors with Matt's uncle and he had no idea! What a small heist world we live in. HEEEIST

Today we cover the incredible story of the Dinner Set Gang. A two man crew that pulled off over 80 jewelry heists during the 1970's. It's said they were responsible for stealing up to, gets this..940 million dollars of loot. That is insane-o! It's a great story about two best buds doing crime. HEEEEISSST!

Jimmy Hope was part of some of the biggest heists in post civil war America. We've covered some of these crazy heists before but now we get to see them from another perspective. Hope everyone is safe and healthy. Hang in there. Heist Nation.

Save on labor costs by getting a bunch of prisoners to build your new fancy pants bank? What could go wrong? Find out on this episode of Heist where we cover Australia's first ever bank heist. Possibly its biggest. Come for the heist but stick about for the mini history lesson about early colonial Australia and what it was like to be a prisoner sent there from England. Spoiler alert, not very fun.

In WWII, a division of the british army known as "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" put together a secret mission to blow up a secret nazi nuclear program. It has all the crazy aspects of a great heist, but instead of stealing money this crew was giving explosives.

The Mona Lisa only truly became famous after it was stolen from the Louvre back in 1911. During the manhunt the painting was plastered on the front page of every newspaper around the world. That exposure created it status as the most famous painting in the world. The heist itself it a great one. There is even some mystery about the crime that still exist today. Check it out HEEEIST

Today we cover the tale of Phillip Johnson, a Wells Fargo security guard who got tired of being paid 7 bucks an hour so he took what he thought he deserved. 18.8 million dollars. Heeeist.

Today we cover the famous Lufthansa heist which was featured in one of the best movies of all time Good Fellas. We deep dive into this crazy robbery that some people say was the biggest heist on American soil --We disagree. Classic us. It's an action packed heist and possibly the most murderery episode we have ever done. So if you're into that sort of thing... get at it! HEEEEIIISSST!

Marm, AKA Queen of Fences ran the New York City underground in the late 1800s, and in this episode we dive in to the juicy heists and crimes she organized. It's choke-full of awesome tales. From a school for criminal children to some of the biggest heists in history. This one is not to be missed.

We are super excited to be telling the story of the biggest bad*ss ever...Marm Mandelbaum. AKA The Queen of Fences. Marm ran a criminal enterprise during the late 1800's in New York City. She had the police and politicians in her pocket, her parties were the thing of legend and she financed some of the biggest heists in history. All in a time when women couldn't even vote.