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Feb 2023
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Anatomy of a Campus Heist

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios
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February 11, 2005. FBI agents bust down the door of a cinder block house near the University of Kentucky campus. Amid flash grenades and screaming teens, they arrest three students – plus a fourth student in a nearby dorm. The crime? Stealing almost $750,000 of rare books and manuscripts from the library at Transylvania University. Why did four freshmen deci ... Show More
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