Hatton Garden Heist Defies Vault Physics And Time

About this episode

The episode covers the infamous Hatton Garden heist, detailing how a group of elderly thieves executed the largest burglary in English history and their subsequent downfall.

A crew of thieves in their 60s and 70s drilled through half a meter of reinforced concrete over Easter weekend to pull off the largest burglary in English legal history—then got caught because they couldn't stop meeting at pubs to argue about splitting the loot while police listened to bugged cars. They stole an estimated 14 to 200 million pounds from London's Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, with one guy bringing his senior bus pass to the job and the 76-year-old mastermind getting physically stuck in the vault hole. Police recovered only a fraction of the haul, one thief died in prison, and the mysterious insider known only as Basil remains the only crew member who got away.

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Cruz

Topics covered

• burglary
• true crime
• heist
• aging criminals
• police investigation

Keywords

• Hatton Garden
• heist
• burglary
• thieves
• police
• London
• reinforced concrete
• senior criminals
• loot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company

Places: London

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