Masterminds Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Anthon Forgeries

Wed, Jul 16, 2003

Mark Hoffman is an expert at forging documents, and fooling the experts. His forgeries of important Mormon documents grant him wealth and fame, but the increasing pressures of his criminal enterprise turn Hoffman into a ticking time bomb.

Episode 2

The Dunbar Heist

Wed, Jul 16, 2003

Episode 3

The KinghtBridge Heist

Episode 4

The Riviera Job

No one believed that ANYONE would be able to penetrate the four-foot thick walls of the Societé Generale, until bank employees arrived to find the vault door welded shut--from the inside. They had not reckoned with Albert Spaggiari. Entering the sewer system of Nice, France, his team tunneled through the rock and concrete with drills, hammers and chisels. They opened the safety deposit boxes; the appraiser they brought along sorting out the most valuable loot. The total of cash, jewels, and gold bullion was over $12 million--largest in French history. Spaggiari was never convicted, escaping from a judge's office window! He even wrote a book about the "Riviera Bank Heist."

Episode 5

The Laguna Niguel Heist

Mon, Feb 2, 2026

The Dinsio bank heist gang from Ohio traveled to Orange County, CA to steal the contents of safety deposit boxes in a bank reputed to hold clandestine accumulations. They realized the bank's weak spot was the roof. Their entry was flawless, allowing them three nights to loot the vault and escape, leaving no fingerprints, only lots of dust and one cotton glove. The FBI looked for a group of airline travelers coming and going near the time of the heist, then traced them through taxi drivers, phone records and condo rental agents. In spite of an intensive housecleaning, all the gang's fingerprints were found in, of all places, a loaded dishwasher which they had forgotten to turn on! Masterful heist + messed up getaway = mastermind and his men convicted.

Episode 6

A Smuggler Supreme

Episode 7

The Forger's Art

Episode 8

The Hotel Pierre Heist

Manhattan, January 2nd 1972, 4am. A limo arrives at the Hotel Pierre. One the four passengers has a reservation under a false name. They rob the hotel, taking a few million (1972) dollars worth of jewelry from its safe.

Episode 9

The Perfect Score

In Chicago, 1986 all the safe deposit boxes at a bank are broken in to over a weekend. The boxes are then put back together so that they appear normal. Monday the thief walks out unnoticed before the crime is discovered.

Episode 10

A Day at the Races

The criminals who won over $3million on horse racing by forging winning betting slips for the Breeders' Cup before being caught.

Episode 11

The Stopwatch Gang

Episode 12

King of Car Thieves

Episode 13

A Gem of a Heist

Episode 14

Fools Gold

22 mins

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

Episode 15

The Bandit Queen

21 mins

Florida police are baffled by a string of robberies in mansions with impenetrable security systems. Find out how Judy Amar was able to pull of these high-profile heists on her own.

Episode 16

The Dinner Set Gang

Episode 17

Safe Landing

Episode 19

The James Bond Gang