True Heist

In the Australia of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, armed robbers were the top of the criminal food chain. Their dash and violence were celebrated, and men like Ray Denning and Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox were household names long before Underbelly established Melbourne's gangland thugs as celebrities. Both were handsome, charismatic bandits who refused to bow to authority. Both were classified as 'intractable' in prison, and both escaped. Cox was the only man to escape from Katingal, Australia's only 'escape-proof' jail. Soon after he broke out, he tried to break in again and rescue his mates.

Richard Vaux has done his share of dirty work, but nothing like this. His employer, Trans World Airlines, wants him and a crew to sneak into Beirut, Lebanon, at the height of a civil war, to reclaim an airplane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. TWA can't say for sure whether the plane will fly or whether it has been wired to explode in flight. And that's assuming they aren't attacked by one or more of the rival militias who pass the time shooting at each other across the tarmac, but only because there haven't been any Americans to kidnap in a while.

Sommaren 2003 sker ett av Sveriges mest uppmärksammade rån i blekingska Bräkne-Hoby. Efter långa förberedelser slår Toni Tuunainen och två kumpaner till mot en värdetransport innehållande 15 miljoner kronor. Det är det perfekta brottet, tror de, men polisen är dem på spåren. En intensiv eldstrid utbryter. När skotten tystnat ser Toni sin ena kompis död på marken. Han flyr till Stockholm och får syn på sitt ansikte på kvällstidningarnas löpsedlar. Det här är den osminkade historien om en kille som växte upp i miljonprogramsförorten Norsborg söder om Stockholm.

Durante toda su vida su cara de niño siempre le ha abierto puertas y corazones. Aún cuando ya se ha convertido en un hombre la gente que no le conoce sigue pensando que no es más que un joven aniñado. Nada más lejos de la verdad. Parece como si la maldad de su corazón fuera inversamente proporcional a su apariencia angelical.

En julio del 2011, los canónigos de la catedral de Santiago de Compostela se dieron cuenta de que faltaba el Códice Calixtino, el manuscrito iluminado del siglo XII considerado como la primera guía de viajes del mundo y referente para millones de peregrinos cuando realizan el Camino de Santiago.

Nineteen-year-old Burmah Adams, a hairdresser and former Santa Ana High School student, spent her honeymoon on a crime spree. She and her husband of less than one week, White, an ex-con, robbed at least 20 people in and around downtown L.A. at gunpoint over an eight-week period. But the worst of their crimes was the shooting of a popular elementary school teacher, Cora Withington, and a former publisher, Crombie Allen, who was teaching her how to drive his new car.

Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the length and breadth of the country to gather their tales of adventure and misadventure, drama and mayhem, and larrikinism and laughter, to create this memorable collection of real-life stories about those on the front-line in the heart of Australia.

Gordon Goody was the mystery man of the Great Train Robbery. The tall, enigmatic figure behind the most notorious theft in British history, he has kept his silence for five decades—until now. Born in England but raised in rural Northern Ireland, Goody rose to the rank of army sergeant during National Service and sailed in the merchant navy. But he chose a life of crime and, undeterred by a dose of the birch in Wormwood Scrubs, became one of the most prolific robbers in London.

Drogenschmuggel, Menschenhandel und brutaler Mord – wahre Kriminalfälle. Selbst einem Strafverteidiger kann das Blut in den Adern gefrieren, wenn grausame Taten verhandelt werden und, mehr noch, die erschütternden Schicksale der Opfer ans Licht kommen. Was sich im Gerichtssaal abspielt, ist - bestenfalls - das verdiente Ende der Täter. Strafverteidiger Bernd Hesse kennt und erzählt die Geschichten von ihrem Ausgangspunkt an und in allen Verästelungen, wahre Kriminalfälle aus dem Bereich der "Organisierten Kriminalität", Mädchenhandel, Drogenschmuggel; Taten auch, die aus tragischen Verwicklungen "ganz normaler Bürger" resultierten.

Kaufhauserpresser "Dagobert" gilt ohne Zweifel als Deutschlands populärster Nachkriegsganove. Jahrelang hatte er die Spezialisten des Bundeskriminalamtes und Tausende Polizeibeamte mit raffinierten technischen Tricks in Atem gehalten. Da bei seinen Anschlägen nie jemand ernstlich verletzt wurde und seine Aktionen von Witz und Humor zeugten, gewann er zunehmend die Sympathien der Öffentlichkeit. Von den Medien angeheizt, kursierten die abenteuerlichsten Spekulationen darüber, wer sich hinter diesem modernen "Hauptmann von Köpenick" verbarg.

Tra il 1887 e il 1960 il Brasile accoglie oltre un milione e mezzo di italiani. Uno di loro è Gino Amleto Meneghetti, che arriva da Pisa con una carriera già avviata: ladro professionista. Sbarcato nel 1913, l'anno seguente sconta già la prima condanna e, colpo dopo colpo, Gino diventa il nemico pubblico numero 1 della polizia di San Paolo.

In her youth, amidst the throes of a reckless grief, aspiring Australian writer Marele Day is caught up in a shipwreck adventure and forges an unlikely bond with an international fugitive travelling under a pseudonym. For the next 30 years they correspond before reuniting, both older and wiser, in France.

The Hatton Garden Heist captured the public's imagination more than any other crime since The Great Train Robbery. It was supposed to make a fortune for a team of old-time professional criminals. Their last hurrah. A final lucrative job that would send the old codgers off on happy retirements to the badlands of Spain and beyond. It seemed to be the stuff of legends.

Summer, 1918: Twenty-nine officers crawled into a 16-inch-high, 55-metre tunnel dug only with spoons. This was the culmination of nine months gruelling toil in oxygen-starved darkness. Of the 29 escapees, just 10 would make their way back to Britain. When captured Royal Flying Corps pilots Captain David Gray, Captain Caspar Kennard and 2nd Lieutenant Cecil Blain had arrived at Holzminden - or 'Hellminden' as its occupants called it - the Germans' highest-security prison complex had seemed impregnable.

Shaun Attwood is the man who talks to gangsters, drug lords and mafia bosses. Infamously known for his time as the head of an international ecstasy ring in Arizona, Shaun has since turned to gaining the trust of some of the world's most dangerous people, interviewing and questioning them about their stories. Collated from the many hours of interview material, and containing additional content exclusive to the book, Shaun brings together ten powerful conversations with the most gruesome and deadly gangsters of recent years.

Stockholms förflutna består till stor del av en rad mörka och skrämmande incidenter som utspelade sig mitt i centrums hjärta. Mördare, spioner, mordbrännare, tjuvar och smugglare fanns det gott om och människor från alla samhällsklasser hamnade på fel sida om lagen. I "Glömda mord och andra försvunna" brott har Petter Inedahl samlat en mängd oberättade historier från 1950- och 60-talet från Stockholms stadsarkiv, polisens arkiv och Riksarkivet.

Stephen Jackley was a young British geography student with Asperger's syndrome. When the global financial crisis hit in 2007, he became obsessed with the idea of Robin Hood. With no prior experience, he resolved to become a bank robber. He would steal from the rich and give to the poor. Against all likelihood, his plan actually worked. Jackley used disguise, elaborate escape routes and replica pistols to successfully hold up a string of banks, making away with thousands of pounds.

Mumbai has produced many dons - but perhaps none so colourful as Abu Salem. The flamboyant ex-aide of Dawood Ibrahim is best known for his involvement in the Mumbai blasts of 1993 and for the murder of music composer Gulshan Kumar. But he became equally famous for his relationship with actress Monica Bedi and his close connection to Bollywood, leading to a number of attempted murders of the film industry's biggest names.

"Crooks And Spies I’ve Known" is a riveting autobiography by Keith Laws, a four-time successful escapee who spent an astounding 15 years on the run in Europe. Laws shares his firsthand experiences, having rubbed shoulders with notorious figures such as mobsters, bank robbers, and traitorous spies, including infamous names like John Walker, Aldridge Ames, and his surprising CIA acquaintance, Edwin Wilson.

Questo è Caper, una serie originale true-crime multilingua creata dal pluripremiato team di podcast internazionale Studio Ochenta. Unisciti a noi nel nostro viaggio verso l'approfondimento delle storie di rapine più straordinarie della storia. In ogni episodio, ti presenteremo criminali professionisti, rapinatori e ladri improvvisati, racconteremo storie di rapine risolte e irrisolte... e quello che hanno rappresentato per il mondo.