About this episode

The episode explores various heists that went wrong, highlighting the myth of honor among thieves.

They say there’s honor among thieves, but these heists prove that’s mostly just a myth. From botched getaways and amateur slip-ups to the chilling, unintended consequences of a "simple" job, we’re cracking open the files on crimes that went sideways. Research links below! Argon - "The Goiânia Incident: Lessons from a Radiological Disaster" History - "The True Story Behind Brazil's Radioactive Emergency" Britannica - "Goiânia accident" PubMed - "The Goiânia incident, the semiotics of danger, and the next 10,000 years" IAEA - "Goiânia's Legacy Two Decades On" Hibakusha Worldwide - "Goiânia, Brazil" All That's Interesting - "Inside David Ghantt's Infamous Loomis Fargo Heist In October 1997" Levine Museum of the New South - "Loomis Fargo and Company" WCNC Charlotte - "25 years later: The Loomis Fargo heist" CNN - "Suspect in $22 million armored-car heist arrested"

People in this episode

Host: The Bad Taste Crime Podcast

Topics covered

• heists
• true crime
• socialism
• botched getaways
• consequences of crime

Keywords

• heists
• true crime
• Goiânia Incident
• Loomis Fargo heist
• crime consequences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Argon, History, Britannica, PubMed, IAEA, Hibakusha Worldwide, All That's Interesting, Levine Museum of the New South, WCNC Charlotte, CNN

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