I Can Steal That!

In 1963, a team of thieves pulled off one of the most audacious train heists in history, without firing a single shot.  The heist, worth over $40,000,000 in today's money was the perfect combination of planning, muscle, and crazy and like any good heist there's some fun nicknames.

Pete is joined this week by the hilarious Kent Carney. Kent is the star of the fantastic web series, "Bagged and Bored" and such an iconic Louisville comic that the local comedy awards are literally named after him.

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When you hear about a nation's crown jewels being stolen, it sounds like the work of  a master thief with unlimited resources and high tech tools. Sometimes, though, it's just a couple of dumb friends with stolen bikes that bite off more than they can chew and those stories can be just as entertaining.

Pete is joined this week by the wonderful Dara Jemmott. 


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Why steal money when you can steal a money printing press? That's exactly what a team of Icelandic thieves did,  and we break down exactly how they did it and get into what bitcoin is, how it works,  and why Iceland is a great place to do crime.  (Please don't do crimes in Iceland.)

Pete is joined by Kristin Seltman, host of the great "Who Among Us" podcast. 


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The Nigerian Prince scam is probably the most iconic scam running today, and on this episode we're doing a deep dive into the history of the scam and how Emmanuel Nwude ran a variation of this scam to sell an imaginary airport for $330 Million dollars, making it the third largest financial fraud case in history.

Ivar Kreuger was a business man and financial whiz that became the Match King of Sweden AND an engineer that worked on the Flatiron building and Macys flagship in NYC, and he invented financial practices that are still in use today,  but what he is best known today for is  financing governments so they could rebuild after WWI and getting the title "The Savior of Europe" and committing such massive fraud that he nearly bankrupted Sweden, single handedly causing a market crash that rivaled Black Monday(for which he was also kind of responsible.)

Pete is joined this episode by Eitan Levine, telling the story of The Match King in English for the first time.  This episode meanders a bit, but it's one of my favorites and I think you'll love it.

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On September 12, 1997 six friends pulled off the heist of a lifetime at the Dunbar armored car depot in Los Angeles, California.  After subduing the security guards and moving throughout the building without being detected by the facility's cameras, they managed to steal 18.9 million dollars in just under 40 minutes without firing a single shot, making this the largest cash heist in US history.

Pete is joined this episode by Brad Choma, host of the incredible podcast Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast.  Check it out here: https://anchor.fm/doomsday

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In January 2006, a team of thieves walked into the Banco Rio building in Buenos Aires and pulled off what is considered by many to be the heist of the century. This heist has inspired several movies, the Netflix Series "Money Heist," and countless other real world heists.

Pete is joined this episode by Kevin Gootee, host of the fantastic movie podcast "Gutting the Sacred Cow." Check it out at www.guttingthesacredcow.com

Like heists, scams, and cons? I Can Steal That! is the true crime podcast that's never too heavy. Each episode tells the story of some of history's most outrageous heists, cons, and scams and the fascinating people behind them. Host Pete Stegemeyer uses his cyber security and military experience to break down the details of each case for a comedic guest and will change the way you look at banks, museums, and grifts. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts!

Natwarlal was the most successful con man in India's history and is still revered by many as something of a folk hero. Over a career of several decades, he mastered forgery, impersonation, and social engineering to pull off scams that are too crazy to believe including selling the Taj Mahal to foreign tourists on three separate occasions.  To this day his name is used as a verb for anybody that's trying to pull off a scam.

Pete is joined this week by Rebecca Kaplan.

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Minjian Yang led one of the world's most successful car theft rings - stealing thousands of cars from NYC and then smuggling them into China where wealthy buyers waited.   Yang and his crew made tens of millions of dollars using military like precision and discipline, and eventually got so good that they'd target whole dealerships instead of individual cars. 

Pete is joined this week by NYC comic and host of The Maxcast, Max Marcus!