"Have you seen this man? Single, lonely, grouchy, rumpled and very possibly. the richest thief who ever lived..." so wrote the Washington Post in 1997 after one man ripped off his employer, the Loomis–Fargo armored car company. Phil Johnson stole 21 cubic feet of cash –– and he had a plan to get away with it. But a man's ego is a helluva thing!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Need for Speed: Tom Baker
Can You Dig It: The Hole in the Ground Gang
Doing Time with Tim "the Cokeman" Allen
If You Come for the Polka King, You Best Not Miss: Jan Lewan
Frampton Comes Alive... With Crime!
We'll Always Have Pearle Vision: The Sovereign Bank Heist Crew
Romancing the Stone: The Jewel-thieving Florida Psychic
The Cheese Stands Alone: Food Crimes
Stealing Kansas City: the Crime Song of Chiefsaholic
The Butcher Gets a Pardon: John Factor
The High Cosmic Crimes of Lord Buckley
By the Power of the Moon: Dr. Dante
Gram Theft Parsons: How to Throw a Rock n' Roll Funeral
King of the King of the Con Men: Wilson Mizner
"Say Hello to My Amish Friend": Drugs in Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Once, Twice, Three Times an Art Crime: Theft of "Two Laughing Boys"
"Honey, Will You Fake Marry Me?" : Runaway Brides and Abducted Grooms
Anarchy! I Don’t Know What It Means But I Love It!: William Buwalda
The Mystery of the Disappearing Sri Lankan National Handball Team
The Biggest Little Confidence Queen in Texas (and New York, Montana, and San Francisco): Bertha Heyman
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know
Stuff You Should Know
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World