Heist Club

Inside the Louvre in Paris, it was a sweltering summer day and an overweight guard had eaten too much cassoulet at lunch. He was lethargic, drooping. When he left that evening, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Mona Lisa was hanging on the wall. When the museum opened back up two days later, all that remained “were four iron hooks and a rectangular shape several shades deeper than the surrounding area.” The world’s most famous painting had been stolen.

In the early hours of Saturday, September 13, 1997 a group of men adorned in ski masks and firearms accessed the Dunbar Armored Inc. depot. They had studied its floor plans, wore matching headsets, and most importantly, held a key to the whole place. They were about to pull off what was one of the most lucrative armed robberies in American history, running away with $18.9 million…and they almost got away with it, if it hadn’t been for a careless transaction.

Welcome to Heist Club! We’re here to uncover the details behind some of the most audacious and ridiculous robberies of all time. How they pulled it off. How they got caught. And the mysteries that remain. Bank heists, art heists, diamond heists – and other capers you won’t believe – with plenty of movie references along the way. Welcome to the Club!