The Time A Gang of OAPs Stole £14,000,000 | Fascinating History

I cover the story of the Hatton Garden Heist - an audacious robbery notable for the fact that it was carried out by old age pensioners...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 01:10 - The Plan
► 07:20 - The Job
► 13:53 - The Total Failure to Get Away With It

MUSIC: 🎵
► "A Stranger Thing" by Bruno E
► Duck Quack Sound by Qubodup via Freesound

ILLUSTRATIONS: 🎨
► Comics by Emma Galloway (https://artofemmag.carrd.co/)

SOURCES: 📑
► "How the real Hatton Garden robbery played out" published by The Week, May 2019. Link: https://theweek.com/63246/how-the-rea...
► "Hatton Garden ringleader 'Basil' found guilty over £14m heist" published by The Guardian, March 2019. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
► "Hatton Garden theft: Full timeline of one of the biggest jewel raids in history" by Siobhan Fenton, published by The Independent, January 2016. Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...
► "Hatton Garden heist: The target, the plan, the job, the gear and the investigation behind the biggest burglary in English legal history" by Paul Peachey, published by The Independent, January 2016. Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...
► "Hatton Garden raid 'was doomed to fail'" by Daniel Sandford, published by BBC News, January 2016. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
► "One last job: the inside story of the Hatton Garden heist" by Duncan Campbell, published by The Guardian, January 2016. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
► "Brian Reader, last denizen of a bygone world of ‘gentleman thieves’, dies aged 84" by Isaac Zamet, published by The Tatler, April 2024. Link: https://www.tatler.com/article/brian-...
► "The north London pub where Hatton Garden raid was planned" by Jamie Grierson, published by The Guardian, January 2016. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
► "Hatton Garden: Who were the jewellery heist raiders?" published by BBC News, March 2019. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
► "This Is How The Hatton Garden Jewel Thieves Were Caught" by Patrick Smith, published by Buzzfeed, January 2016 Link: https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith...
► "Hatton Garden heist: how an old-school working-class criminal's swan song came together" by Vikram Dodd, published by The Guardian, January 2016. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...

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