Knightsbridge Heist; Cops and Robbers

July 29, 2003

Profiling Valerio Viccei, mastermind of the 1987 Knightsbridge robbery in which 40 million pounds were stolen, considered the largest heist in British history. Also: three police officers collaborate to rob a bank.

Earl Spencer's Best Man

May 17, 2002

A plot to stage a jewel robbery and collect insurance money results in the arrests of two men.

Earl Spencer's Best Man; Tunnell 57

April 26, 2002

Examining a tunnel dug beneath the Berlin Wall in the mid 1960s that allowed 57 men, women and children to flee East Germany. Also: a plot to stage a jewel robbery and collect insurance money results in the arrests of two men.

Queen of Jewels

December 13, 2001

Profiling a con woman who robbed jewelry stores for 40 years before being caught in Massachusetts.

Hesse Jewels; Queen of Jewels

December 9, 2001

Included: a couple who smuggled jewels in the U.S.; and a con artist who targeted jewelry stores.

Hesse Jewels

December 6, 2001

Examining the theft of the Crown Jewels of Hesse (which included nine diamond-studded tiaras) from Kronberg Castle in Germany.

Brink's Heist

November 29, 2001

Examining the robbery of the Brink's armored-car service in Boston on Jan. 17, 1950, in which seven armed men took $1.5 million in cash in a 20-minute heist.

Brink's Heist; Pilfering Professor

November 29, 2001

Included: the robbery of the Brink's armored car service in Boston on January 17, 1950, in which seven armed men took $1.5 million in cash in a 20-minute heist; and an art-theft conspiracy in England that hit at least 27 institutions and got away with over $3 million in antiquities.

Pilfering Professor

November 28, 2001

An art-theft conspiracy in England that hit at least 27 institutions and got away with over $3 million in antiquities.

Berlin Tunnel

November 22, 2001

A look at a bank robbery in Germany in which thieves disappeared with $3.5 million in German marks by tunneling out of the building.

The Knightsbridge Heist

November 8, 2001

Examining the Knightsbridge Heist, one of the biggest thefts in British history.

90-Second Bandits

November 8, 2001

Bank robbers use a stopwatch to time their heists in Canada and the U.S.

Cops & Robbers

October 25, 2001

Examining an inside job at a bank in Massachusetts.

Berlin Tunnel Gangsters; 90 Second Bandits

September 1, 2001

A look at a bank robbery in Germany in which thieves disappeared with $3.5 million in German marks by tunneling out of the building. Also: bank robbers who used a stopwatch to time their heists in Canada and the U.S.

A Great Escape

August 2, 2001

The escape of German fighter ace Franz Von Werra from the Swanwick prison camp in England during World War II.

The Knightsbridge Heist; Cops & Robbers

May 24, 2001

Examining one of the biggest thefts in British history; and an inside job at a Massachusetts bank.

Armored Robbery

April 5, 2001

A 1997 theft of $18.8 million from an armored car in Florida by a security courier.

Miami Heights

March 22, 2001

A clever and nimble cat burglar scales high-rise buildings to target wealthy celebrities.

Reach for the Stars

March 22, 2001

“Murph the Surf” and the theft of the Star of India from the American Museum of Natural History.

Great Train Robbery

March 8, 2001

Examining the “Great Train Robbery” (Aug. 8, 1963, in England), in which an estimated $5 million was stolen and all but one of the bandits was captured.

Silver Touch; Miami Heights

September 10, 1999

A clever and nimble cat burglar scales high-rise buildings to target wealthy celebrities, but trips up in a discount store while buying plastic plates.

Art Attack; Reach for the Stars

September 10, 1999

A 1990 robbery in Boston nets art treasures valued at close to $200 million, including paintings by Vermeer and Rembrandt. Also: “Murph the Surf” and the theft of the Star of India from the American Museum of Natural History.

Art Attack

September 9, 1999

A 1990 theft of art treasures worth $200 million from a Boston museum. Also: Murph the Surf, the flamboyant thief who stole the Star of India sapphire.

Armored Robbery; Great Train Robbery

September 9, 1999

A 1997 theft of $18.8 million from an armored car in Florida by a security courier; the 1963 “Great Train Robbery” in which an estimated $5 million was stolen, and all but one of the bandits was captured.

Plunder Under Nice

September 8, 1999

Chonicling the exploits of Albert Spaggiari, a successful bank robber, who spent two months tunnelling under the streets of France to penetrate the vaults of the Societe Genrale bank of Nice.

Plunder Under Nice; Great Escape

September 7, 1999

A bank robber becomes a “folk hero” after he climbs out a courtroom window during his trial. Also: the story of a POW in a German prison camp who makes a daring escape but dies later in a plane crash.

Kennedy Airport Caper

September 6, 1999

The 1978 theft of goods worth $8 million from a Kennedy airport air-cargo terminal. Also: a 1972 theft of deposit boxes worth $10 million from a New York City hotel.

Kennedy Airport Caper; Pierre Hotel Heist

Included: a 1978 heist at the Lufthansa air cargo terminal in Kennedy Airport, which netted loot worth $8 million; and a 1972 robbery of safe-deposit boxes in N.Y.C.