ALMOST UNSOLVED: HEISTS

TRUE CRIME

A ‘whodunnit’ true crime series examining the world’s most baffling and bizarre stories about brazen thieves who pull off elaborate heists. Heists they almost get away with. From the moment the crime is committed, It’s a race against time to catch the thieves and with every minute, day, and month that go by, criminals snitch, mistakes are made, and detectives find a way to catch up.

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  • Episode 101: Golden Opportunity

     When gold bullion is transferred through the airport and suddenly disappears it triggers an international media frenzy over what seems to be the most perfectly executed of heists. Except the notorious Winnipeg weather and a lot of really bad luck for the criminals changes the course of the entire case.

  • Episode 102: Rocked Over

    During a Norman Rockwell exhibition in 1978, seven valuable paintings and a fake Renoir are stolen from Elayne Galleries. After two decades of pursuit, the gallery owner’s relentless effort uncovers an art theft underworld leading to a dramatic international recovery orchestrated by FBI Agent Robert Wittman.

  • Episode 103: A Concrete Plan

    In a daring heist at Vancouver Safety Deposit Vault, millions in gold, cash, and diamonds are snatched but their getaway plan hits a snag when they overload a bag with loot, causing chaos at the airport as a baggage attendant struggles to lift it.

  • Episode 104: The Diary

    The search for the diary of Alfred Rosenberg, credited with shaping Hitler's ideology, spans decades until FBI Agent Robert Wittman locates the 400-page handwritten manuscript, recovering a frightening window into history that had disappeared since the end of World War II.

  • Episode 105: The Pizza Man

    In Erie, Pennsylvania, things end horrifically when regional FBI Agent Jerry Clark arrives on the scene of a bank robbery in progress. When a bomb goes off, killing a pizza delivery person, it leads to a convoluted trail of clues where the true cost of greed is revealed.

  • Episode 106: The Paper Bag

    When bank employee Theodore Conrad casually walks off his job carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in a paper bag, a fifty-two year manhunt ensues. It takes two Federal Marshals, a father and son, to close the case but it’s not quite the ending anyone hoped for. Especially for the criminal.

  • Episode 107: Alter Ego

    When a retired city bureaucrat turned bank robber is finally arrested, a long distance friend is stunned to see his familiar face online in connection with a high-speed chase and a string of armed bank robberies.. As the truth unravels, those who thought they knew him are left grappling with the revelation of his double life and the turbulent legacy he leaves behind.

  • Episode 108: Big Machete

    After a series of security lapses, Wells Fargo had over $7 Million stolen in one night in a heist dubbed “White Eagle”. Bizarrely, it was pulled of by a revolutionary guerrilla group from Puerto Rico but the gig was finally up when their hideout got raided for another crime.

  • Episode 109: Machine Gun Molly

    After a series of unsolved robberies in Montreal, police think they have the right woman in custody, but the notorious bank robber “Machine Gun Molly” is still out there. When she attempts one final heist before her retirement, her final getaway goes sideways.

  • Episode 110: The Poison Pen

    A perfect bank heist is pulled off by an underworld gang In Boston, Massachusetts. But when one criminal gets caught for an unrelated crime in another town, he starts sending threatening letters from jail asking for his cut to pay his legal bills leading to the thieves to turn on each other.

  • Episode 111: Drinks

    In the sleepy town of Marlborough, where boredom and low pay fuel dreams of escape, a daring heist unfolds in the dead of night, sparking a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game between local detectives, an elusive international crime syndicate, and two ordinary lads who find themselves entangled in the heist's aftermath.

  • Episode 112: Sticky Situation

    When Quebec's prized maple syrup reserve is mysteriously plundered, detectives must delve deep into the region's syrup underworld to track down the culprits before the sticky situation boils over. As they follow a trail of clues and navigate the world of deception, detectives uncover a conspiracy that threatens to shake the very foundations of the maple syrup industry.

  • Episode 113: Booked

    When a sophisticated organized crime group orchestrates the theft of rare books from a London warehouse, a determined international team of investigators must unravel the intricate plot before the literary treasures disappear into the black market abyss.

  • Episode 114: In Plane Sight
    The meticulous planning and execution of the United California bank robbery of 1972 is unraveled, stretching from Youngstown to California, the tensions rise, secrets unravel, alliances shift, and FBI investigators start to connect the dots and close in on the daring perpetrators.