Heist Podcast

The world of art theft is extremely complicated. No one understands that more than Radu Dogaru who stole millions of dollars of paintings from the Kunsthal Museum. In this episode Matt and Simon discuss Radu's misguided plans to pull off a huge art heist and fence it on the black market, plus some big time heist news and a note about our upcoming listener special.

Alves Dos Reis was a Portuguese criminal who perpetrated one of the largest frauds in HISTORY. It might just be one of the ballsiest "Heists" we have ever covered. The aftermath almost crashed the Portuguese economy. Also we cover some actual real heist news, one involving the recovery of a long lost Picasso, no meatballs this time. HEIST!

Cowboy Bob fooled the FBI for years. It wasn't until a string on robberies that "his" true identity was revealed. Cowboy Bob was actually a woman in her forties named Peggy Jo Tallas. It's a wild and at times sad tale. And helping to tell this very special story we have guests Jon Hoeg and John Beach, directors of an amazing short film titled The Accomplice (2018) about a hilarious heist. We also have producer BJ sitting in for Simon because he got stuck in traffic again. LA traffic amiright? We also have a juicy piece of Heist news and in listener mail learn about the difference between robbery and burglary, chances are you've been using the term wrong your whole life like we have. HEEEEIIIISSTT!

Actress Kristina Pesic (The Vow, Defiance) joins us in the studio to talk about the totally insane blockbuster movie worthy Bank of America, London Mayfair Heist. One of the biggest heists in british history but strangely there's very little information out there about it. We're thinking cover up.

Actress and Musician Kathleen Munroe joins us in the studio to talk about the hilarious lo-fi gold bucket heist involving Julio Nivelo who made off with 1.6 million dollars in pure gold, it's one wild ride. The heist is simple but the aftermath? Not so much.

An original Salvador Dali painting hung unnoticed for over forty years at New York's biggest jail, the infamous Rikers Island. Then one day a few bad boys came up with the idea of stealing it and replacing it with a "forgery." How did they steal an extremely valuable painting from one of the most secure locations in the United States? Find out on this episode of Heist.

After a small town, middle class couple passed away, it was discovered they were in possession of a stolen De Kooning painting worth over 100 million dollars. Where did they get it? Were they secret international heisters hiding in suburbia? It's a really intriguing story we just had to cover. And as always we have some great heist news involving a stolen church roof, what?!

Labour day weekend 1972 3 guys got into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to steal as much art as they could. It's our most Canadian podcast yet filled with Quebecois politics, seminal moments in Canadian hockey history and our love for the incredible city of Montreal.

March 24 1972 a crew broke into The United California Bank to steal Presidents Nixon's ten million dollar slush fund. It's a crazy story, that was not widely written about. Why? Was it a cover up by Nixon!!!?? We also have some pretty solid news, involving a mom and son stealing 240 beers. Check it out and tons more on this very Ausie episode of HEEEEEIIISST!

In June of 1862 nine bushrangers (Australian cowboys) raided a gold transport and made away with 17 kilos of gold nuggets. It was one of the biggest gold heists in Australian History mate! Take a trip into the past with Simon and Matt as they cover The Lachlan Gold Escort robbery featuring some terrible Australian accents. We also have some pretty wild news, involving the theft of 7000 insects. Check it out and tons more on this very Ausie episode of HEEEEEIIISST!