Crime Heist

New York City, 1972: Bobby Comfort and Sammy "the Arab" Nalo were highly skilled jewel thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. (They once robbed Sophia Loren's suite, relieving the Italian actress of over $1 million in gems.) With the blessing of the Lucchese crime family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel - host to kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of the wealthy.

Marie seems to have it all: a devoted husband, two wonderful children, and a professional career. But all of that changes when she drives her car into the darkened parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. After she lowers her car window to place an order at the drive-through, a man suddenly appears and places a gun at her temple. What follows is every woman's worst nightmare.

Brian, a clean-cut recent college grad, takes a side job in an underground casino in New York City to make extra cash to help his derelict brother out of a jam. Nothing goes as planned, and soon, Brian is forced to team up with a charismatic co-worker to rob the mobsters who run the casino. Main character Brian is shocked to learn that his younger brother not only has been dealing cocaine but foolishly lost a whole package of it, and now owes his boss $30,000. If Brian's brother doesn't come up with the money in a few weeks, he's dead.

Nineteen-year-old Burmah Adams, a hairdresser and former Santa Ana High School student, spent her honeymoon on a crime spree. She and her husband of less than one week, White, an ex-con, robbed at least 20 people in and around downtown L.A. at gunpoint over an eight-week period. But the worst of their crimes was the shooting of a popular elementary school teacher, Cora Withington, and a former publisher, Crombie Allen, who was teaching her how to drive his new car.

"Crooks And Spies I’ve Known" is a riveting autobiography by Keith Laws, a four-time successful escapee who spent an astounding 15 years on the run in Europe. Laws shares his firsthand experiences, having rubbed shoulders with notorious figures such as mobsters, bank robbers, and traitorous spies, including infamous names like John Walker, Aldridge Ames, and his surprising CIA acquaintance, Edwin Wilson.

Questo è Caper, una serie originale true-crime multilingua creata dal pluripremiato team di podcast internazionale Studio Ochenta. Unisciti a noi nel nostro viaggio verso l'approfondimento delle storie di rapine più straordinarie della storia. In ogni episodio, ti presenteremo criminali professionisti, rapinatori e ladri improvvisati, racconteremo storie di rapine risolte e irrisolte... e quello che hanno rappresentato per il mondo.

Evil doers and thieves beware! The Pinkerton Detective Agency is on your tail. From the archives of the world's most successful agency come tales of daring heists and stories of the brave men who tracked down the bad guys. Train robbers, safe crackers, grifters, and murderers—all brought to justice by Pinkerton Detectives.

Il resoconto autobiografico (da parte di uno che di mestiere faceva il ladro e non lo scrittore) di una sensazionale rapina all'American Express nei primi anni del Novecento, nonché della vita all'Île du Diable, dove Guerin fu deportato dai francesi quando lo pizzicarono e lo condannarono all'ergastolo, e della successiva, ancor più clamorosa fuga dal carcere.

Left is the true story of a million-dollar kidnapping gone wrong and the elusive hunt for the criminal mastermind behind it all. From murdering his best friend to high-speed chases, breaking out of prison, and cold-blooded guile, this is the story of international fugitive Hossein Nayeri, as told by Lieutenant Ryan Peters of Orange County.

"En augustimorgon år 1911 smyger en man osedd ut genom en bakdörr på konstmuseet Louvren i Paris. Tätt intill kroppen bär han en tavla, väl dold under kläderna. Mannen har stulit Mona Lisa, och snart är damen med det gåtfulla leendet världens mest eftersökta person." I "Miljonkupp och rån" skildras några av historiens mest spektakulära, och ibland uppfinningsrika, rån. Som rånet då elva mön iklädda Halloweenmasker kom undan med det största bytet i USAs historia, eller när en man utklädd till tomte rånar en bank den 23 december.

A killer is targeting women who have only one thing in common: Jack Reacher. Former FBI agent and current private investigator Lauren Pauling is brought in by the Bureau to help solve a chilling mystery: Someone is kidnapping women who share only one distinctive trait: A history with Jack Reacher. Pauling is also brought in for her own protection - she has a history with Reacher and may be next on the list. Working with ex-Special Forces soldier Michael Tallon, Pauing races to catch the madman before he strikes again.

Robert Dougherty is determined to seek retribution after Steadly’s Bank robs his grandfather of his life savings on his deathbed - regardless of how long it takes. Over the years, a combination of luck, talent and ingenuity align to make him solely capable of taking on the largest banking institution in the world. Gerrod Hopkins is Scotland Yard’s finest detective. After a series of audacious robberies are reported around the globe, he and Dougherty face off in a high-stakes game that will take its players to their very limits.

Serryan White has dreams of being the king of New York for a day. Serryan recruits a “network” of professional Black women who are specialists in various fields to pull off a multimillion-dollar heist in the Big Apple. He takes aim at his target by going after a stock brokerage and securities firm called Empire Capital. The intricate plot is to take money from the target by using an inside man to leave the fall guy holding the bag. Only the inside man is not a man; it is a woman.

Namnet Maskeradligan myntades i huvudsak i massmedia i samband med att en serie väpnade rån ägde rum i Stockholm och dess kranskommuner under åren 1985-1986. Även polisen kom att ta åt sig namnet som arbetsnamn under spaningen och utredningen. Indirekt var det ligamedlemmarna själva som skapade namnet genom att skickligt klä sig så att de naturligt kom att smälta in i miljön där rånen genomfördes.

En novemberdag i 2000 gennemfører pengetransportchaufføren Andrew Johannisson det største pengerøveri i Danmark nogensinde. Han lænker sin kollega til rattet og stikker af med 42 millioner kr. i en varevogn. Dagen efter røveriet anholder politet Andrew Johannison, og de går ud fra, at sagen er opklaret. Men det er den langt fra. Andrew har nemlig ikke været alene om røveriet, pengene er forsvundet, og en af Andrew Johannissons bekendte bliver taget som gidsel. Efterhånden får politiet trevlet netværket op i en sag, som fører dem helt til Thailand.

Sensommaren 1994 plågades Köpenhamn och Fredriksberg av en våldsam rånare, som angrep ensamma expediter och hotade dem med kniv. De många rånen utlöste en av Köpenhamnspolisens mest personalkrävande aktioner. Och när knivrånaren slutligen greps, avslöjades ett samband med ett mystiskt, ouppklarat mord på en 31-årig konstnär i Martofte på Fyn. Det visade sig att samme gärningsman låg bakom samtliga brott.

"- Kommer polisen, så skjuter vi er först!" Natten efter annandag påsk 2003 rånas Securitas värdetransportbil och Sparbanken Tanums kontor i Grebbestad av fem maskerade rånare. Rånarna är beväpnade med AK4, jaktgevär, avsågat hagelgevär och pistoler. De har även med sig sprängämnen för att kunna spränga sig in i värdetransportbilen om väktarna inte kunnat öppna den. Rånet är brutalt och mycket välplanerat, och väktarna ställs inför en utmaning de sent kommer glömma. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

En el libro y audiolibro "El verdadero secuestro del vuelo 601", Félix Riaño, conocido por su pódcast "El Siglo 21 es Hoy", teje una narrativa cautivadora que combina historia, tecnología y drama. Inspirado en el episodio 1542 del pódcast, este libro nos lleva de regreso a 1973, un año de intensos cambios políticos y tecnológicos.

Hearkening back to classic series like Lux Radio Theatre and Mercury Theatre On the Air, The Mutual Stage presents all-new adaptations of films and stage plays sourced from the public domain. Director/producer Pete Lutz has assembled an Oscar-worthy cast to bring you his adaptation of the hit 1963 film Charade. Get set for comedy, adventure, and romance as we tell the story of a recent widow whose husband stole a quarter of a million dollars. Now his partners want that money back!

Ein weiterer Schleier ist gelüftet und ein neuer Spieler im Rennen um die "Silbertränen" hat sich Lupin offenbart. Er weiß um den wahren Wert des Colliers, das den seiner Perlen weit übersteigt, und anders als die anderen Herrschaften, ist er gewillt, mit dem Einbrecherkönig zusammen zu arbeiten. Doch ihnen stehen mächtige Feinde in Staat, Kirche und den Reihen des organisierten Verbrechens gegenüber.