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HEEEEIIISST!
Hello Heist Nation! I’m Simon and I’m Matt! Long time no heeeeeist!
We got a little hankering for some heistering and so we put together an audiobook all about heists! Its dives deep into everything heist, an info dump of all the cool stuff we learned over the years.
Five Chapters

1 – Vaults

2 – Advanced Heist Techniques

3 – Fort Knox

4 – Getting away with it / Aftermath

5 – The Turkey Heist

Chapter 5 is something special you’ve all been asking for!

A PLAY-BY-PLAY OF HOW WE WOULD PULL OFF AN OCEAN’S 11-STYLE BANK JOB, BASED ON EVERYTHING WE LEARNED FROM 200 EPISODES OF THE POD BABY!
We know you’re going to love it because we almost died laughing while making it.
We worked really hard on this audiobook. And can’t wait to share it with all of you at Heist Nation.

Love you, miss you XOXO
HEEEEIIIIIIST!!!!!!

Welcome to Heist Podcast. The Podcast all about heists. We discuss Heists in the news and deep dive into famous heists and the colorful characters that play a part in them. From the criminals to the investigators.

Latest Episodes:

The First Getaway Car and Anarchistic Maniacs [112] Apr 07, 2020

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Today we are telling the story of the Bonnot Gang that were the first "Heist Crew" in the early 1990's to use a getaway car. Back then the police only had bicycles which made for a very unbalanced chase, especially because the Bonney Gang also shot out the back of the getaway car with automatic weapons. These were some bad dudes, and this is definitely not a murder free episode.

Stan Rifkin and the Biggest Wire Fraud in US History [111] Mar 31, 2020

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Stan Rifkin was a computer consultant in California that in 1978 pulled off one of the biggest wire frauds in US history…at the time. This heist has some of the best aftermath we've ever covered. Also it turns out Stan was neighbors with Matt's uncle and he had no idea! What a small heist world we live in. HEEEIST

The Dinner Set Gang [110] Mar 24, 2020

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Today we cover the incredible story of the Dinner Set Gang. A two man crew that pulled off over 80 jewelry heists during the 1970's. It's said they were responsible for stealing up to, gets this..940 million dollars of loot. That is insane-o! It's a great story about two best buds doing crime. HEEEEISSST!

Jimmy Hope - A huge Heister Almost Lost to History[109] Mar 17, 2020

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Jimmy Hope was part of some of the biggest heists in post civil war America. We've covered some of these crazy heists before but now we get to see them from another perspective. Hope everyone is safe and healthy. Hang in there. Heist Nation.

Australia's First Bank Heist Ever! [108] Mar 10, 2020

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Save on labor costs by getting a bunch of prisoners to build your new fancy pants bank? What could go wrong? Find out on this episode of Heist where we cover Australia's first ever bank heist. Possibly its biggest. Come for the heist but stick about for the mini history lesson about early colonial Australia and what it was like to be a prisoner sent there from England. Spoiler alert, not very fun.

Nazis, Nuclear Weapons and Reindeer meat [107] Mar 03, 2020

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In WWII, a division of the british army known as "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" put together a secret mission to blow up a secret nazi nuclear program. It has all the crazy aspects of a great heist, but instead of stealing money this crew was giving explosives.

The Mona Lisa of Heists....The Mona Lisa Heist [106] Feb 25, 2020

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The Mona Lisa only truly became famous after it was stolen from the Louvre back in 1911. During the manhunt the painting was plastered on the front page of every newspaper around the world. That exposure created it status as the most famous painting in the world. The heist itself it a great one. There is even some mystery about the crime that still exist today. Check it out HEEEIST

Guinness World Record's biggest robbery in US history [105] Feb 18, 2020

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Today we cover the tale of Phillip Johnson, a Wells Fargo security guard who got tired of being paid 7 bucks an hour so he took what he thought he deserved. 18.8 million dollars. Heeeist.

The Lufthansa Heist - Go get your shine box! [#103] Feb 11, 2020

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Today we cover the famous Lufthansa heist which was featured in one of the best movies of all time Good Fellas. We deep dive into this crazy robbery that some people say was the biggest heist on American soil --We disagree. Classic us. It's an action packed heist and possibly the most murderery episode we have ever done. So if you're into that sort of thing... get at it! HEEEEIIISSST!

Marm Mandelbaum - Part II - The most infamous heist mastermind in history [#103] Feb 04, 2020

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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.

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