Heist Podcast

Marm, AKA Queen of Fences ran the New York City underground in the late 1800s, and in this episode we dive in to the juicy heists and crimes she organized. It's choke-full of awesome tales. From a school for criminal children to some of the biggest heists in history. This one is not to be missed. 

We are super excited to be telling the story of the biggest bad*ss ever...Marm Mandelbaum. AKA The Queen of Fences. Marm ran a criminal enterprise during the late 1800's in New York City. She had the police and politicians in her pocket, her parties were the thing of legend and she financed some of the biggest heists in history. All in a time when women couldn't even vote. 

For our 100th episode we thought we'd spend some time looking back over the last two years, dive into the Heist Nation mailbag, give some shouts out, and cover some listener heist. 

The west end gang, a crazy crew that pulled off the biggest stick em' up in history, we're talking about a sixty eight million dollar mugging. Mingo Bango! Check it out. HEEEIST!

Monica Proietti aka Machine Gun Molly grew up in Montreal surrounded by crime, her sweet ol' grandma started a school for criminal children and not to reform them, to teach them how to be better criminals! She also had a thing for "bad boys" because both her husbands were bank robbers.  But why was she called Machine Gun Molly? And how did she get away with robbing over 20 banks in under two years? Listen now to find out. HEEEEIST!

Today we cover the crazy story of a crew of jewel thieves that stole between 10-15 million dollars of loot, state hoping in a tiny airplane. Also at one point they even produced 1995's indie horror film "Creep" which one reviewer online said -"It should be a crime to make movies this bad" 

We had writer Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Last Man on Earth) swing by Heist HQ to talk about another amazing Brinks Depot robbery. 

Happy Holidays! We wanted to something fun and special for this holiday season so we decided to cover the famous 1920s Santa Claus Robbery. It a crazy, jolly, super violent episode. Ho Ho Ho Merry Heistmas.

Rick and Morty recently released an episode all about heists. It was amazing and we knew we had to cover it on the pod. Writer Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Last Man on Earth) joins us in the studio for this very fun mini episode where we talk all about the inspiration for the episode and all the fun bits along the way. It's a great time. Also stay tuned for Ed Voccola's full episode about another great Brinks robbery coming out soon. www.heistpodcast.com Watch Rick and Morty on Adult Swim. New Episode Sunday @ 11:30 ET. And watch older episodes on the adult swim app.

In 2013 a rash of ATM attacks started popping up in England. It was a technique using explosive gas that the authorities had never seen in the UK. Listen along as we dive into the characters that brought this crime to british soil and learn about some fun liverpool slang along the way. www.heistpodcast.com

For almost a century the Sacramento Kings have struggled to stay in one place and be financially viable. Then Jeff David showed up and helped the team make millions in sponsorships and marketing...while robbing them of millions of dollars. In this episode we cover the story of Jeff David and how he almost got away with millions of dollars had it not been for an incredible investigation from an HR executive. www.heistpodcast.com  

On this very special episode of Heist Podcast we invite actress and model Kelleth Cuthbert to discuss the Pierre Hotel Heist.  January 2nd 1972. The Pierre Hotel which looks over Central Park in Manhattan was the scene of the biggest hotel heist in history. Over three million dollars was stolen from the safety deposit boxes of the richest of the rich of New York high society. Organized crime, Sophia Loren, a guy named Bobby Comfort this story has it all! www.hesitpodcast.com

Just yesterday (Nov 25th) a heist crew broke into The Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, the second oldest museum in the world, and stole a collection of royal Jewellery from the 18th century valued as high as one billion dollars! Its a crazy story that just happened and we knew we had to cover it right away. We heard all you emails and messages and we here to cover this thing Heist Podcast style. www.heistpodcast.com

This is not your everyday bitcoin heist. Instead of hacking the Gibson and stealing encrypted bitcoin wallets, two Icelandic bad boys named Thor and Haffie the Pink, took an old school approach. In fact they didn't actually steal any bitcoins, they stole the mining machines that produced them. Steal a bitcoin you eat for a day, steal a bitcoin mining machine you eat for life. 

We thought we'd mix it up this episode and cover some unsolved heists. Two crazy stories, all about gold. A mysterious fishing boat that for some reason had 125kg of gold in its cargo. And the master safecracker that broke into the vault of Australia's rich man Kerry Packer.

Many have fantasized about it…Idly wondered while standing in line…What does it take to rob a bank? And what drives someone to actually do it? And once you’ve robbed one…how can you stop? What is the criminal life really like? And what happens next—when you wake up in prison and realize your violent greed only served to betray you.  Introducing The Score: Bank Robber Diaries from Acast Studios and Western Sound. The story of Joe Loya who robbed 50 banks. Follow his life’s arc from an abused kid, to petty criminal, to con, ex-con, writer, father and finally, reconciled son. The Score is the first true crime series told from the criminal’s point of view. Can’t wait to hear what happens next with Joe. Subscribe to The Score: Bank Robber Diaries now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast or wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Today we are telling the story of Frank Bourassa. A man from Quebec who printed hundreds of millions of dollars of American twenty dollar bills and sold them on the black market. He was a man with a certain moral code, until one day he broke it. A great story with a great character check it out only on HEEEEIST podcast.

Robert St. John always wanted to be famous, but after moving from D.C. to LA he struggled to become an actor and stand up comedian. That's when he entered a decade long journey of dealing drugs, pimping and robbing banks with his crew of prostitutes. 

During the 1980s The Pennsylvania Lottery was one of the most popular state lotteries in the country, the live pick show which routinely had over a million viewers, was hosted by a man named Nick Perry. Even though Mr. Perry lived a nice cushy life as a local celebrity, he decided he wanted more. And maybe the lottery numbers he drew each week could help him out with that.   

George Wellford and Willie Richard Short were just two best buds working at a Mitsubishi plant in Mobile, Alabama. When their 401K's got toasted after the 2008 banking crisis they devised a plan to get back what had been stolen from them. Over the course of five years they slowly snuck out 43 tonnes of high grade silicon in their lunchboxes. How does one sell silicon on the black market? And how did they get away with it for half a decade. Tune in and find out only on HEIST PODCAST. www.heistpodcast.com