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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Anthon Forgeries

    • July 16, 2003
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    The story of master forger Mark Hoffmann, who created numerous falsified documents relating to the founding of the Mormon church, and fooled experts all over the world

  • S01E02 The Dunbar Heist

    • July 16, 2003
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    Mark Hoffman fabricates more than 600 American historical documents.

  • S01E03 The Knightsbridge Heist

    • September 29, 2003
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    Britain's largest heist in history netted the culprit $90 million in jewels, cash and drugs.

  • S01E04 Man Called Hollywood

    • October 6, 2003
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    The criminal acts committed by Scott Scurlock, who robbed 19 Seattle banks between 1992 and 1996

  • S01E05 Double Crossed

    • November 3, 2003
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    A woman who managed to con over $185,000 out of the residents of Colorado Springs

  • S01E06 The Laguna Niguel Heist

    • November 17, 2003
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    Profile of America's most successful robber Amil Dinsio, who made history in 1972 when he raided the richest bank in the US

  • S01E07 A Smuggler Supreme

    • November 24, 2003
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    Profile of Brian O'Dea, who used his job as a fisherman to import marijuana into America during the 1980s, making himself $200million in the process

  • S01E08 Art Fraud

    • December 8, 2003
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    Two Americans discover the man who pulled off the biggest art fraud in U.K. history.

  • S01E09 The Hotel Pierre Heist

    • December 15, 2003
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    On New Years Eve 1972, Bobby Comfort and his gang pulled off the largest hotel safe heist in U.S. history. It happened at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. After rehearsing a number of scenarios and planning their getaway, Comfort and his gang swooped into the hotel at 4am on New Years Eve. After two and a half hours, they greeted the New Year with more than $10 million dollars in cash and jewels.

  • S01E10 The Perfect Score

    • December 22, 2003
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    Profile of robber William Smarto who hid inside an Illinois bank until closing time and walked away with over $1,000,000 in loot

  • S01E11 Harn

    • January 19, 2004
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    Fraternity brothers use computer trickery to scam the horse-racing world.

  • S01E12 A Day at the Races

    • February 14, 2004
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    The criminals who won over $3million by forging winning horse racing tickets on the Breeders' Cup before being caught

  • S01E13 The Stopwatch Heist

    • February 20, 2004
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    How the FBI tracked down notorious robber Paddy Mitchell and his gang of thieves who were capable of carrying out heists within 90 seconds

  • S01E14 King of Car Thieves

    • March 6, 2004
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    Investigating the capture of Bill Dhaliwal and his gang of elite car thieves who were responsible for stealing high quality cars and selling them to unsuspecting buyers

  • S01E15 The Riviera Job

    • March 26, 2004
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    Albert Spaggiari's robbery of the Societe Generale bank in Nice in 1976, in which he stole gold, cash and gems worth millions

  • S01E16 The Dinner Set Gang

    • April 23, 2004
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    They were the craftiest cat burglars of the 20th Century. For years, Peter Salerno and his partner Dominick Latella plagued the wealthy along the East Coast. In the summer, they struck homes in the ritzy suburbs of New York and Connecticut. When winter came, they trailed their prey to Palm Beach, . There, waterfront properties gave them a great advantage in avoiding police patrolling the roads by approaching their target homes by boat. Over the years they made millions pilfering from the elite of society. The heirs to multimillion dollar businesses such as DuPont, Macy's, Gimbles, the Vat 69 whiskey distillery and others were easy targets for the duo. Salerno and Latella were at the top of their game, and one of the keys to their success was a technique that other thieves would consider suicide. They broke in and carried out their robberies at a time when they knew security alarms would be inactive - while the families were at home having dinner.

  • S01E17 Safe Landing

    • April 16, 2004
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    An insight into the sophisticated gang of thieves, including a jeweller and a former detective, who stole more than $6million in cash and gems over a 10 year period

  • S01E18 The Forger's Art

    • April 25, 2004
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    A profile of John Drewe, who was caught in 1997 for dealing in forged paintings that had fooled art experts across the world and earned him millions

  • S01E19 Fools Gold

    • May 5, 2004
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    A recreation of the Bre-X goldmine scam in Indonesia that swindled thousands of investors out of their life savings.

  • S01E20 The Bandit Queen

    • May 19, 2004
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    How Judy Amar baffled Florida police with a string of robberies in mansions that had strict security measures

  • S01E21 A Gem of a Heist

    • May 22, 2004
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Season 2

  • S02E01 James Bond Gang

    • August 4, 2004
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    An insight into the James Bond gang, a group of criminals from New York who used customised getaway vehicles in their heists during the 1980s

  • S02E02 The Dublin Job

    • August 18, 2004
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    Investigating the 1986 theft of £30million of paintings from Russborough House, near Dublin, which was carried out by crime boss Martin Cahill

  • S02E03 Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

    • September 7, 2004
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    A prolific cat-burglar reveals how he scaled high-rises and made off with diamonds and jewelry.

  • S02E04 The Friday Night Robber

    • September 28, 2004
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    The crime spree of Carl Gugasian, who organised more than 50 bank robberies - all carried out on Fridays - and evaded capture for 30 years

  • S02E05 The Kansas City Diamond Heist

    • October 5, 2004
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    A gang wearing Halloween masks and overalls steals millions of dollars' worth of jewels.

  • S02E06 The Silver Bandit

    • October 12, 2004
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    A perfectionistic thief removes victims' silver spoon sets.

  • S02E07 The Cairo Caper

    • October 19, 2004
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    A charming rogue steals more than 2,000 ancient artifacts and re-sells them around the world.

  • S02E08 Slot Machine Genius

    • October 26, 2004
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    A look at the crime spree of Tommy Lee Carmichael, who stole $2.5million from fruit machines in Las Vegas

  • S02E09 The Jewelry Show Job

    • November 2, 2004
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    Registered jeweler Tony Granims and team robbed jewelery stores and baffled the police.

  • S02E10 Air America

    • November 16, 2004
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    Cocaine smuggling.

  • S02E11 The Memorial Day Heist

    • November 30, 2004
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    Police officer Jerry Clemente was the mastermind behind a bank heist.

  • S02E12 The Disappearing Man

    • December 21, 2004
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    A bank clerk steals over a million dollars from the bank he works at and leaves his wife and the state.

  • S02E13 The Superthief

    • January 18, 2005
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    The story of how Jack McClean's crime spree earned him the unofficial title of 'superthief'

  • S02E14 The Stander Gang

    • February 8, 2005
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    A profile of South African police chief Andre Stander, who decided on an unlikely change of career when he became a bank robber

  • S02E15 Crazy Eddie

    • February 22, 2005
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    An electronics dealer bilks suppliers, employees and government officials of millions of dollars.

  • S02E16 The Brinks Matt Robbery

    • March 8, 2005
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    An insight into criminal masterminds and ingenious plots, featuring the Brinks Mat robbery, the biggest heist in British history

  • S02E17 The Jacksonville Heist

    • April 18, 2005
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    An armored-car driver steals $19 million from a cash depot.

  • S02E18 Leader of the Pack

    • March 22, 2005
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    Aaron Rogers recruited childhood friends to help rob credit unions.

  • S02E19 The ConRail Boyz

    • April 5, 2005
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    A train-robbery gang uses high-tech equipment.

  • S02E20 Hot Wheels

    • April 12, 2005
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    Police and FBI agents trail the mastermind behind a car-theft ring.

  • S02E21 Stealing History

    • April 12, 2005
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    Jonathon Tokeley-Parry illegally retrieved more than two thousand Egyptian artifacts and sold them around the world.

  • S02E22 The Phantom Bandit

    • April 25, 2005
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    Gilber Galvan, a master of disguise, robbed over a hundred banks across Canada without leaving a clue as to his true identity.

  • S02E23 Making Millions

    • April 26, 2005
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    Counterfeiter Steven Jory flooded the British market with fifty million pounds.

Season 3

  • S03E01 The Air Cargo Millions

    • July 12, 2005
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    An air-freight delivery driver runs a multimillion-dollar air-cargo theft operation with connections around the globe.

  • S03E02 Halloween Heist

    • August 30, 2005
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    Criminals manage to steal cash and lock guests inside a vault at a bank's Halloween party; an assortment of odd tools assist with bank robberies.

  • S03E03 The Social Register Gang

    • September 20, 2005
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    Uncover the crimes of Raymond Flynn, a sophisticated thief who selected his targets from the social register, a directory of America's wealthiest people

  • S03E04 Stealing Vegas

    • October 4, 2005
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    A slot machine thief who stole millions of dollars from Las Vegas casinos, overcoming the latest security technology

  • S03E05 Maid in the Shade

    • October 11, 2005
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    Carrie Lee Jenkins was the head of a team of thieves posing as maids.

  • S03E06 Money Bags

    • November 8, 2005
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    Criminal mastermind Maurizio Percan, who ran a authoparts theft ring that made him $14million is just 3 years

  • S03E07 The Berlin Heist

    • November 15, 2005
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    A tunnel allows a thief to steal millions of dollars in cash and jewelry from a bank.

  • S03E08 The Highway Robber

    • December 13, 2005
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    The case of David Brankle, a suburban family man who led a double life as a notorious robber, stealing millions of dollars in the course of 50 heists

  • S03E09 The Great Escape

    • December 20, 2005
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    The case of Jeffrey Manchester, who escaped from prison and hid for several months in a toy shop and started a new life by stealing stock

  • S03E10 Off the Rack

    • January 24, 2006
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    A New York clothing wholesaler uses his store as a front for one of the most successful burglary rings in American history.

  • S03E11 The Art of Double Dealing

    • February 14, 2006
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    Ely Sakhai a New York art dealer who sold multiple forged copies of famous painters' works.

  • S03E12 Motorcycle Bandit

    • February 21, 2006
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    How Roni Leibovitz committed 22 bank robberies after he was cut out of his wealthy family's will

  • S03E13 Cleaning House

    • May 9, 2006
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    The story of Carrie Lee Jenkins, the beautiful mastermind behind a team of thieves, who stole over 5 million dollars

  • S03E14 The Highway Bandit

    • May 12, 2006
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  • S03E15 Fashion Crime

    • May 15, 2006
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    Clothing wholesaler Peter Cassese.

  • S03E16 The Invisible Man

    • May 18, 2006
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    The obsession that led to Stephen Blumberg stealing $40million worth of rare books from libraries

Season 4

  • S04E01 The Museum Heist

    • July 6, 2006
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    Insight into James P Quinn's theft of $1.6million worth of jewellery in the Headley-Whitney Museum, Kentucky, revealing whether the police were able to catch him

  • S04E02 It Takes a Thief

    • July 7, 2006
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    Revealing how Paul Mathieson came to lead a band of burglars that travelled America, stealing over $10million worth of loot

  • S04E03 Foul Ball

    • July 8, 2006
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    The capture of fraudster Wayne Bray, who was responsible for the largest sporting memorabilia scam in American history

  • S04E04 The Transylvania Job

    • July 10, 2006
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    Thieves stole over five million dollars worth of sketches and books from the University of Transylvania's rare book collection.

  • S04E05 Mission Impossible Burglar

    • July 11, 2006
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    Profiling Steven Krueger, whose ability to use rope ladders and grappling hooks to avoid shop alarms saw the papers dub him the 'Mission Impossible Thief'

  • S04E06 Money Maker

    • July 12, 2006
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    The story of forger Wesley Weber, who, while still in his 20s, flooded the Canadian economy with 20 million in counterfeit notes

  • S04E07 The Copycat Millions

    • November 14, 2006
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    The story of con-man El Sakhai, who made millions dealing in forged paintings in the Asian market

  • S04E08 The Graduate

    • December 5, 2006
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    In July 1994, master thief James P. Quinn makes off with over $1.6 million in jewelry from the Headley-Whitney museum in Lexington, Ky.

  • S04E09 Imposters: Bad Medicine

    • March 24, 2007
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    Dr Gerald Barnes posed as a doctor and ran a Los Angeles clinic - but despite having certificates he never actually attended medical school

  • S04E10 The Millennium Diamond

    • May 5, 2007
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    The attempted theft of a diamond worth £200 million, which was being exhibited at the Millennium Dome