In 1990, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston was the site of a major art heist, where two thieves disguised as police officers gained entry and stole 13 pieces of art valued at around $500 million. Among the stolen works was "The Concert" by Vermeer, one of only 34 known paintings by the artist. Despite extensive investigations and multiple theorie ... Show More
Mar 13
The Bodies in the Barrels: The Charles Manson of Australia | Part 1
In 1999, police searching for a missing woman unlocked the vault of an abandoned bank in the small town of Snowtown, Australia—and discovered barrels filled with human remains, exposing one of the country’s most horrific serial murder cases. What followed revealed a sadistic cult ... Show More
30m 56s
Mar 6
The Man Who Faked His Own Death… and Still Couldn't Escape Himself
After a lifetime of rage, fraud, arson, and even faking his own death, conman Randy Mainwaring finally met someone in prison who wasn’t fooled by his charm. But even after being stabbed and beaten nearly to death, the man who once published his own obituary still wasn’t finished ... Show More
47m 46s
Aug 2025
The Largest Heist In US History - The Allen Pace III Story
Allen Pace III, a security inspector at the Dunbar Armored facility in Los Angeles, used his insider knowledge to pull off the largest cash heist in U.S. history. Fired from his job the day before the robbery in September 1997, Pace recruited five childhood friends and devised an ... Show More
8m 1s
Apr 2024
UNSOLVED: The Mystery of the Boston Art Heist
On March 18, 1990, the largest art heist in history at that point was carried out and to this day, none of the 13 paintings that were stolen have been found. With most suspects dead and no tracked attempt at selling the paintings, this case remains unsolved. This episode goes int ... Show More
1h 2m
Jun 2025
Episode 1031: (Part 2) The Northern Bank heist and how thieves got away with £26 million
It was the most daring and audacious bank heist ever carried out in Irish and British history, and 20 years after the Northern Bank Robbery, nobody has stood trial for robbing £26.5 million.Nicola speaks to author Glenn Patterson, whose book The Northern Bank Job: The Heist and H ... Show More
37m 25s
Mar 2025
The World's Greatest Art Fraud - The Wolfgang Beltracchi story
<p>The Wolfgang Beltracchi case is one of the most notorious art forgery scandals in history, where Beltracchi faked hundreds of paintings in the style of famous artists like Max Ernst, Heinrich Campendonk, and Fernand Léger. Rather than copying existing works, he created "newly ... Show More
8m 37s