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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S1 · E46
Wednesday · 59 min
From The Vault: Heist Day Afternoon
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 go away, because our protagonist claims that the film tells only 30% of the story…
S1 · E46
August 19 · 59 min
From The Vault: Bye Bye Buzzy, A Disney Heist
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.
S1 · E45
August 12 · 1 hr 9 min
From The Vault: Butch Cassidy, the Gentleman Bandit
On a rainy summer night in 1899, a railroad engineer powers a locomotive carrying passengers, mail, and other wares through the Wyoming prairie. Through the darkness, he spots two lanterns signaling an emergency stop. He breaks just in time. Instead of helpful railworkers, two masked men reveal pistols and announce that he is being robbed. Even more men board the train and after two hours of chaos and explosions, the bandits escape with $30,000. He just experienced a hit from Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch Gang.
S1 · E45
August 5 · 1 hr 1 min
From The Vault: The Beach Boys Nab NY Gems
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 out the window and abscond into the night.
S1 · E45
July 29 · 1 hr 10 min
From The Vault: Weekend At Evita's
On a November evening in 1955 in Argentina, an embalmer works on his most important project: the first lady of the nation. After nearly two years of operating in secret, he hopes the rival party will stay ignorant of his magnum opus. But that night, 20 soldiers burst through the door and drag the body into the night. They have just taken his Evita.
S1 · E44
July 27 · 11 min
Bonus: Heist Club Cash Grab Winner Interview
Todd and Jesse have a quick chat with the winner of the Heist Club Cash Grab!
S1 · E44
July 22 · 1 hr 2 min
From The Vault: Ba-STEAL Day
On a Monday morning in Nice, France, customers at a bank grow agitated as they wait to make their deposits. The short line grows into a small crowd. The vault door is stuck. And as the hours tick by, the door won't budge. Not even the manufacturer can get it open. In the end, frustrated employees take a jackhammer to the wall and make a hole big enough to peek through. Instead of neatly sealed deposit boxes, the employees find scattered papers, muddy tools, and an inscription on the wall that reads: "sans armes, ni haine, ni violence."
S1 · E43
July 15 · 44 min
Getting Bombed: The Lake Tahoe Casino Heist Pt. 2
On this week's Heist Club, we return to Harvey's Casino. We left off on an explosive moment. The FBI will use a strategically placed C4 charge to try and short out the circuit of the bomb and stop its detonation, but it does not go as planned.
S1 · E42
July 8 · 37 min
Getting Bombed: The Lake Tahoe Casino Heist Pt. 1
It's late August in Lake Tahoe in 1980, and crowds of tourists flood the casinos that mark the border between Nevada and California. One such casino is Harvey's Casino and Resort Hotel, the stateline's oldest gambling establishment. And just as the sun peaks out over the horizon a white van pulls up to the casino's delivery port. Then, two men in matching white jump suits unload a massive item hidden under a sheet. They wheel it past security, into the elevator, and place it outside the second floor offices. Before leaving, they drop a note titled STERN WARNING TO THE MANAGEMENT AND BOMB SQUAD. The casino has 24 hours to deliver $3 million or else 1000 pounds of dynamite will flatten the building.
S1 · E40
July 1 · 39 min
The Heist That Saved the American Revolution
On the night of August 14th, 1775, two dozen men sneak through the streets of St. George's in Bermuda, right under the British governor's nose. Only guided by moonlight, they trek to the top of a hill and face a stone building. Carefully and quietly, they chisel their way through the roof and send a man inside. What waits for him is over 3,000 pounds of gunpowder. They carry the barrels out to sea onto waiting ships. Their destination: Philadelphia. This is the heist that paved the way to victory in the Revolutionary War.
S1 · E39
June 24 · 39 min
Sweet Score: The Jewelry Heist That Started in a Candy Shop
It's Memorial Day 2025 and employees at Dr. Conkey's Candy and Coffee in Simi Valley, California open the shop for the holiday. They are immediately met with disarray. There is paint splashed over the cameras, entire shelves are toppled over, and the safe is open. Strangely, there is also a hole in the wall leading to the business next door, 5 Star Jewelry and Watch Repair. The jewelry store owners rush over, fearing the worst, and sure enough, when they open the safe, customers' jewelry, gold bars, and all their savings, $3.5 million total, are gone.
S1 · E41
June 17 · 57 min
Bookie Break-In: Aussie Fugitives Snatch $15M
It's the Wednesday after Easter weekend 1976 in Melbourne, Australia, and a good chunk of the city spent the weekend at the racetrack. Bookies handled swarms of people placing bets and left with a record breaking payload by the end of the melee. Now counting their winnings at the Victoria Club, they hear a bang, and six men wielding World War 2 era machine guns swarm the bookies and take their entire cash haul of $15 million AUD, making it the largest armed robbery in Australia's history.
S1 · E40
June 10 · 1 hr 23 min
UFC Fighter Steals £53M From the Bank of England
Shortly after 1 AM on February 22, 2006, an employee at the Bank of England's cash depot in Kent sees his boss on the exterior cameras asking to be let in. Strange, because he clocked out at 5:30 the evening before and wasn't expected until the morning. But, there's a police officer with him so it must be important. He buzzes them in and the second the door opens, the policeman draws his weapon. Over the next hour, seven armed men capture all fourteen employees and make them watch as they drain the vault. When they're finished, they drive off with 53 million pounds. It's the largest bank heist in the UK's history.
S1 · E35
June 3 · 1 hr 1 min
Oh Snap! Someone's Stealing Snapping Turtles?!
It's a spring morning in a Texas swamp where an elusive alligator snapping turtle hunts for his meal. He spots some meat floating right in front of his face and chomps down. Instead of a delicious meal he feels the sharp sting of a hook; and now there are hands on his shell. He wriggles and thrashes against his attackers as they hoist him into a johnboat and manhandle him into a mesh bag. He's taken to shore and tossed into the bed of a truck with another turtle. Hours later, he's dumped into a pond and comes face to face with more of his kind. They're fenced in and far from home. All he can do is wait for dinner, and he's on the menu.
S1 · E38
May 27 · 57 min
"Scream"-worthy Heist: $120M of Munch Paintings STOLEN
It's a beautiful Sunday morning in Oslo as visitors enter the Munch Museum, home to the acclaimed artist's paintings. But shortly after 11 AM two armed men crash through the doors and order everyone to the ground. They run around the gallery until they reach their destination: The Scream. After one, two, three tugs, they rip the iconic painting from the wall. On their way out, they rip down a second painting, Madonna, then run to a car idling outside. The police arrive less than a minute later but it doesn't matter, the thieves just made away with Edvard Munch's most iconic paintings, valued at $120 million.
S1 · E36
May 20 · 47 min
When A Navy Captain Stole a Nazi Sub
It's a beautiful morning off the coast of West Africa on June 4, 1944. There isn't a cloud in the sky nor harsh ocean waves. The crew of the USS Guandalcanal, led by Captain David Gallery, sails north to refuel after their failure of a Nazi submarine hunt. But ten minutes later, there's a ping on the sonar. It's a sub just 800 meters away and 60 feet below the surface. Captain Gallery knows this is his moment to make history, to do something the United States hasn't accomplished since the 19th century: steal an enemy ship.
S1 · E37
May 13 · 1 hr 2 min
$70M Gone in Brazil's Boldest Bank Job
It's Saturday night in Fortaleza, Brazil, and as usual the popular tourist destination is bustling with night life. That energy extends beneath the surface where a group of men crawl through a tunnel of their own making. Their destination? The vault underneath Brazil's Central Bank. In conveyor belt fashion, they shuffle box after box down the line and into their safe house. At the end of the night, they've managed to steal $70 million worth of Brazilian reais (ray-eyes), nearly double of what they planned. But as they say, more money, more problems, as the gang falls victim to a different kind of heist from an unlikely perpetrator.
S1 · E35
May 6 · 39 min
May the Sith Be With This Star Wars Memorabilia Thief
On a February morning in 2017, LA based Star Wars collector Zach Tann gets the text that he's been dreaming of for the past 4 years: his contact has the ultra rare, and very expensive, Rocket Fett toy. Meanwhile in Texas, another collector walks the floor of his warehouse museum when he notices something is missing. His Rocket-Firing Boba Fett exhibit is missing a crucial piece: the $20,000 action figure itself.
S1 · E34
April 29 · 51 min
London's De Beers Diamond Dudes
On November 6, 2000, London's Millennium Dome opens for the day. A meager crowd walks through the gates alongside an even smaller security staff. As the visitors ponder the exhibitions, they hear a crash outside, and a loud rumbling that gets closer…and closer. Then, an excavator crashes through the side wall, heading straight towards the De Beers diamond exhibit. Tourists and employees dive out of the way as the excavator screeches to a halt. Its occupants rush out, tossing smoke bombs into the crowd. They run into the vault armed only with a nail gun and a sledgehammer. The target? A one of a kind $270 million diamond.
S1 · E33
April 22 · 1 hr 9 min
Plant Poachers Hit the California Coast!
In October 2018, in the dead of night, a mini-van drives along the California coast on the famous Route 101. When it pulls over to a cliff's edge, the van's passengers get out. But they don't take photos or enjoy the view. No, what they seek sits on the side of the jagged mountain. With their backpacks and ropes secured, they rappel over the edge. Minutes later, they climb back up, now with full backpacks along with even more bags filled to the brim. After they drive off, all that remains is a small trail of dirt. They are now in possession of $600,000 worth of a teeny cliff dwelling plant known as the bluff lettuce.

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