Heist Club

Paralympics Fraudsters Steal Gold

The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games in Sydney showcase the ultimate story of triumph. The  Spanish basketball team, led by men with intellectual disabilities absolutely dominates the competition…When they win the gold medal, they become national heroes, securing millions of dollars for their organization (and a few thousand in prize money). Pictures of the winning team explode across Spanish media, and some eye those winning smiles suspiciously. What happens when your gold medal-winning Paralympics team actually isn't disabled…

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."

Atlanta Mobsters Get Their Bell Rung

On the night of October 26, 1970, crowds swarm the streets of Atlanta, Georgia in anticipation. Muhammad Ali is officially back after a three year ban from boxing. While most of the city hits the bars and clubs, a select few travel to the west side for a highly exclusive after-party. They arrive at a house, ready for a days-long celebration full of booze, drugs, and gambling. Instead, they are met with masked men holding shotguns. Over the next several hours, every arriving party guest is stripped of everything they have and shoved in the basement. It's the biggest heist in Atlanta history.

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.

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.