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Heist Club

School of Humans

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!

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49:05

Tome Raiders

Heist Club ·

2025/12/10

On Monday, January 30, 2017, just after 9 PM, a blue hatchback rolls up to a London warehouse. Two men slip out. They carry almost nothing — just rope, some sharp tools, and nerves of steel. They slice through the fence. There's a 40-foot wall and no ladder. They climb a drainpipe. On the roof, they expertly slice the skylight, and rappel down into the dark. All that await them are crates and silence. And $3.5 million worth of centuries old, extremely rare, and very expensive, – not jewels, not art,

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01:03:09

The Beach Boys Nab NY Gems

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2025/12/03

It's October 29,1964 and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is closed for the night. In the darkness of night, the city lights stream through the window, gently illuminating exhibits, including… The JP Morgan Hall of Gems and Minerals. Then, a foot pokes through an open window. Two men slide down a rope and tiptoe through the room. They cut into the glass casings protecting the jewels with the ease of seasoned veterans, scooping up 24 priceless gems. The two thieves sneak back

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01:00:04

All Aboard! America's First Train Robbery

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2025/11/26

On a fall evening in 1866, three men hop on a steam train just as it leaves the depot. But they're not your average passengers – and they're not here for a ride. Their destination? The express delivery car. They open the door, Colt 45s in hand. The stunned guard follows their orders. The thieves grab the loot and leap off the locomotive with $10,000 in gold. Welcome to America's first train robbery – by its first outlaw gang.

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48:16

The Ruby Red Slipper Snatcher

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2025/11/19

In the dead of night in a little Minnesota town, a car parks in front of a small house, a relic of the early 20th century. A shadowy figure, armed with a sledgehammer, charges the house, smashing the glass door. Less than a minute later, he emerges, carrying a secret package which occasionally glitters under the moonlight. The car speeds off with a job well done. The following morning, a horrified woman scrambles into the house to investigate the broken glass. She is immediately faced with an empty

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01:02:46

Grandads' $20M Retirement Plan

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2025/11/12

It's Easter Weekend in London's dazzling jewelry quarter. Merchants close their shops for the Holiday and the streets are empty. Except for one…After midnight, a lone security guard approaches the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company. He's responding to a text from the damage alarm. He checks the front door. Locked. Nothing out of the ordinary, so he goes about his merry way. But just beneath the surface, a massive hydraulic drill slices through concrete walls, manned by London's most seasoned

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26:21

BONUS: The Louvre's Crown Jewels Pt. 2

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2025/11/07

Two weeks ago, Heist Club covered the shocking smash-and-grab style heist of the Louvre. Since it happened just a few days before recording, we only had information on how the heist went down and some of the security issues that allowed it to happen. But today, on a new bonus episode, we are going over new information that has emerged. It's a sequel, folks!

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01:01:30

Kardashian Jewelry Krime

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2025/11/05

On a Sunday evening in Paris, France, reality TV star Kim Kardashian prepares for a quiet night in at her hotel, while her sister Kourtney is out dancing. At around 3 a.m., she hears her door open. She calls out, assuming her sister has returned. Instead, she's met with gun-toting men, who are holding the hotel's concierge hostage. Kim is next. After several minutes filled with language barriers and terror, the men depart, leaving Kim tied up in the bathroom. Six million dollars worth of her

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50:36

The Crypt Keeper Creeper

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2025/10/29

On a July afternoon in Los Angeles, an employee walks the floor of The Mystic Museum, an iconic spot for horror fans. He walks the floor, greets customers and takes photos for them. He patrols the front of house, near one of the most popular items in the museum. A statue of The Crypt Keeper from HBO's Tales from the Crypt. A little kid tries grabbing the 2 foot statue, but the employee stops him. Crisis averted, he heads to the back of the store to grab something. When he returns, the Crypt Keeper

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26:53

BONUS: The Louvre’s Crown Jewels

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2025/10/23

On the morning of Sunday, October 19, 2025, literally days ago, eight pieces of the French crown jewels, worth approximately $102 million (€88 million), were stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris. And this wasn’t done under the cover of night; it happened just thirty minutes after the museum opened. On this special bonus episode of Heist Club, Todd and Jesse lay out what we know so far, their reactions to what was stolen, and any theories already percolating…

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40:29

The Heist That Baroque Oxford’s Heart

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2025/10/22

On a cool, spring night in London, the centuries-old Christ Church Picture Gallery sits in total and eerie quiet. No guards, just moonlight gleaming over the masterpieces. But then… A skylight shatters… A ladder drops in. Multiple figures descend into the darkness, and within minutes, they pluck 3 paintings from their frames like they have done this one hundred times before. They ascend the ladder with their new souvenirs and vanish into the night. Police answer the alarm within the hour, but it’s

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51:46

Three Thieves and a Baby Shark

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2025/10/15

It’s July 28, 2018 at the San Antonio Aquarium. With school out for the summer, the aquarium is bustling with families. It’s a seemingly normal day, until an employee spies something fishy: two men exiting a restricted area, pushing a baby stroller that’s leaking water! Suddenly, alarms are blaring – the water is contaminated with bleach! Employees rush to solve the problem and everything seems fine… except one beloved aquatic resident named Miss Helen… is gone!

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59:06

Heist Day Afternoon

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2025/10/08

On the sweltering afternoon of August 22, 1972, three sharply dressed men entered a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn. They hand the teller a note plagiarized from the movie they watched earlier that day, and reveal their shotguns. What unfolds is an insane 14 hour standoff that captures the attention of all New York City. No this isn’t a recap of the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon, it’s the real life story of John Wojtowicz’s labor of love. But, hold on. If you’ve already seen the movie, don’t

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01:02:08

Heist Day Afternoon

Heist Club ·

2025/10/01

On the sweltering afternoon of August 22, 1972, three sharply dressed men entered a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn. They hand the teller a note plagiarized from the movie they watched earlier that day, and reveal their shotguns. What unfolds is an insane 14 hour standoff that captures the attention of all New York City. No this isn’t a recap of the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon, it’s the real life story of John Wojtowicz’s labor of love. But, hold on. If you’ve already seen the movie, don’t

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59:11

Bye Bye Buzzy: A Disney Heist

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2025/09/24

It’s the first day of the festival of the holidays in Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Park. The food demonstration space is packed with guests all enjoying the festivities, when a project coordinator walks to the back of the room and through an inconspicuous door. He makes his way through a place frozen in time. He wanders further back to a theater, where a loveable animatronic would greet him. But in its place is mangled wires and an ocean of hydraulic fluid. Buzzy is gone.

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46:24

Oh No, Mona Lisa!

Heist Club ·

2025/09/17

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.

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45:25

$19 Million Gone from Downtown LA

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2025/09/10

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.

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01:01

Introducing: Heist Club

Heist Club ·

2025/09/03

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!

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