Heist Podcast

By Matt And SieSociety & Culture History

Heist Podcast episodes

October 01, 2019 Blasting Cessnas with The Barefoot Bandit - Ft. Director Kevin McMullen [Ep. #85]
On this VERY special Episode we are covering the crazy, infamous Barefoot Bandit. As well as welcoming on guest Kevin McMullen Director of the new heist film Low Tide (out October 4th.)

Colton Harris Moore AKA The Barefoot Bandit, was famous for dodging the police, FBI, bounty hunters, and even Homeland Security for years by joyriding cars, hiding in the woods and most importantly stealing planes and flying them without a single lesson. All in his teens.

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52 min
September 24, 2019 Mt. Gox Bitcoin Heist [#84]
Over the course of years unknown hackers syphoned off 7.3 Billion dollars of bitcoins from the exchange site Mt.Gox. That's right Billion with a "B." It's a great lesson in the double edged sword that is cyrtocurrency. Also in heist news: A 14k solid gold toilet titled America that you can take a dump in.

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42 min
September 17, 2019 Roller Hockey and Oxycotin [#83]
This is the story of one of the most prolific bank robbers in American History and a master class in bank robbery [Don't rob banks] Check it out, it's a wild drug fueled ride.

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45 min
September 10, 2019 Rangers, Drugs Wars and a MIlitary Conspiracy [#82]
On this episode the unique case of Luke Sommer. His military resume sounds like exposition in a Steven Seagal movie. this guy was a real life action hero. Sommer had a bright future in the military so why did he rob a bank? And even more puzzling why did he claim he wanted to get caught all along?

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32 min
September 04, 2019 $6.8 Million Department Store Heist [#81]
January 25th 2009, three men broke into the KaDeWe department store in Berlin and made off with 6.8 mil in luxury watches, jewellery and other fancy goods. It's a great story with a great twist. Also in Heist News a mother and daughter crab leg heist.

HEEEIST!

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"True Crime without the Murder"

34 min
August 27, 2019 Falcon Egg Heist - All Animal Spectacular [80]
In this episode we're telling the story of Jeffrey Lundrum, a man who spent years stealing and smuggling falcon eggs into the UAE to sell them to the incredibly lucrative Falcon Racing Industry, yeah it's a wild story. And it just so happened that our heist news was all animal related too, so enjoy Heist Podcast's first all animal episode.

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30 min
August 20, 2019 The Norco Robbery [#79]
May 9th 1980, Two doomsday preppers and some buddies attempted to rob the Norco branch of the Security Pacific bank in riverside county. It was supposed to be your classic, everyday heist to pay for an apocalypse fortress in Utah. But the insane shoot out that transpired during the robbery completely changed how police officers are armed and operate in the US. It's a wild story. Check it out.

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38 min
August 13, 2019 The Affair of the Diamond Necklace [#78]
France, 1772 Louis the 15th commissions the finest diamond necklace the world has ever seen. Before it's finished Louis dies and the jewelers are now stuck with a 14 million dollars necklace that no one can afford. That is until a certain scheming confidence woman hears about it and convinces a real dumb dumb to buy it in order to win over Marie Antoinette. France was a weird lace back then. It's a crazy story. All that and more on Heist Podcast.

True Crime without the murder.

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38 min
August 06, 2019 Dog Day Afternoon - [#77]
On August 22nd 1972 John Wojtowicz AKA lil' John Baso robbed The Chase Manhattan Bank in Brooklyn. Why? To pay for his wife's sex change. You have probably heard about the movie Dog Day Afternoon but trust us there is a whole lot about this story that is not in the film. It's a real wild ride so buckle up. And in Heist news a $10 million dollar Amazon crime ring is busted, these weren't your everyday porch pirates matey, yar.

It's true crime without the murder...HEIST!!!

43 min
July 30, 2019 Billion Dollar Bangladesh Bank Hack Heist - [#76]
The Central Bank of Bangladesh keeps billions of dollars at The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in 2016 hackers attempted to move one of those billions to accounts in the Philippines and Sri Lanka. They didn't get all of it but they did get a nice chunk and what did they do with that chunk? The went to the casino baby!! It's old school meets new school on this very layered and crazy episode. Also hot off the presses in Heist News a thirty million dollar heist in Brazil.

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37 min