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Thieves of Fortune

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Ever wondered how the world's most audacious heists were pulled off? Thieves of Fortune exposes the intricate plans, the daring escapes, and the sheer audacity behind history's most legendary robberies.

Each episode dives deep into real-life capers, from elaborate bank heists to high-stakes art thefts and jewel robberies. We uncover the masterminds, the fatal flaws, and the untold stories behind every incredible crime, offering a compelling narrative that goes beyond the headlines.

New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM, ensuring a fresh dose of intrigue to start your day. Expect meticulously researched true crime stories, presented with a gripping narrative style that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the psychology of criminals, the thrill of the chase, and the meticulous planning involved in grand larceny. If you love true crime podcasts and stories of epic scores, you've found your next obsession.

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  • They Dug Out of a Vault: How Someone Walked Away With $1M

    They Dug Out of a Vault: How Someone Walked Away With $1M
    Aug 10 2026
    They Dug Out of a Vault: How Someone Walked Away With $1M

    Fear of a perfect, patient crime - a vault emptied with no forced door, no tripped alarm, and drill marks on the wrong side of the wall - drove investigators into a hidden tunnel beneath downtown. A steel safe-deposit box was found dry and open on orange construction mesh three-quarters of a mile from the nearest road; who planned every step well enough to walk out of a vault and seal the route behind them?

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from a culvert on the Vicki Slater Trail to a storm-drain tunnel and a rented storage unit, outlining the evidence that pointed investigators toward a subterranean exit and the unanswered logistical puzzle at its center: how did they get inside to begin with?

    Person: Sharon Pruett
    Date: July 5, 2011
    Location: Vicki Slater Trail; Marsten Vault and Trust basement
    Case: Vault breach of 412 safe-deposit boxes
    Investigator: Emily Meyer

    - A steel safe-deposit box was found open and empty on a folded square of orange construction mesh three-quarters of a mile from the nearest road.
    - The Marsten Vault and Trust basement held 412 safe-deposit boxes; 61 boxes were accessed during the breach and 38 were emptied.
    - The conservatively estimated value of missing contents ranged between $800,000 and $1,000,000.
    - Drill marks on the utility corridor wall ran from the vault side outward, indicating the opening was made from inside the building infrastructure.
    - A tunnel approximately 40 feet long, shored with salvaged lumber, connected the vault utility corridor to a storm drain shown only on a 1963 paper survey.

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  • The Badge in the Canal: How a Supervisor Stole a Casino Blind

    The Badge in the Canal: How a Supervisor Stole a Casino Blind
    Aug 9 2026
    The Badge in the Canal: How a Supervisor Stole a Casino Blind

    The badge pulled from a drainage canal was inside an evidence sleeve with red tape and a six-digit number - and it belonged to Gordon Wells, a cage supervisor who reported it stolen eight days earlier; how did a deactivated badge meant for shredding end up four miles away and tied to a lockbox that would upend the investigation? What secret did that lockbox hold that changed everything investigators thought they knew about missing casino cash?

    In this episode, you will hear the sequence of discoveries from the badge in the canal to the audit that tracked unexplained variances across camera gaps and maintenance records, and how each detail raised the question: who was using which door to move cash without triggering access logs?

    Person: Gordon Wells
    Date: June 14
    Location: Sulfur Flat drainage canal
    Case: variance totaling approximately $61,000 (conservative) across 37 months; later estimated up to $88,000
    Investigator: Emily Rafferty

    - Badge found sealed in an evidence-style sleeve with red evidence tape and a rubber-banded index card showing a six-digit number.
    - Badge was reported stolen from Wells's locked car eight days before it was found; parking lot cameras showed no one approached the car.
    - Count room measured 12 by 16 feet, had one steel door with keypad and card reader, two ceiling cameras with no blind spots, and Nevada certification 18 months earlier.
    - Audit identified 17 camera-gap dates over 14 months with shortfalls between $800 and $2,200, totaling $23,000 conservatively for that period.
    - Hand cross-reference extended the pattern back to Wells's first day as supervisor, yielding a corrected total of approximately $61,000 across 37 months (forensic accountants later estimated up to $88,000).

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  • The Ninety-Second Window: How Fog, Flag, and a Dry Cashbox Lied

    The Ninety-Second Window: How Fog, Flag, and a Dry Cashbox Lied
    Aug 8 2026
    The Ninety-Second Window: How Fog, Flag, and a Dry Cashbox Lied

    A dry, locked steel cashbox sat perfectly upright in wet talus after three rainstorms - and it still held $47,000 of payroll cash nine days after a $312,000 train robbery. Visibility had been under 20 feet; the entire theft was executed in an estimated ninety seconds using an abandoned signal flag protocol - so who built a hidden cavity in a retaining wall and why? Who used fog and a forgotten backup system to disappear with a crew and three hundred and twelve thousand dollars?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from the alarmed engineer at Milepost Nine to the county surveyor who found the cashbox, and trace how the cooperative's payroll run moved and why that ninety-second window mattered. Listen to how a patched inspection port, a handwritten schedule, and the condition of a cashbox flip the case back open.

    Date: May 14, 2009
    Event: Train robbery of Pinnacle Basin payroll run
    Location: Milepost Nine / Garnet Pass Road / Crestfall junction
    Amount: $312,000 total; $47,000 recovered
    Investigator: William Dempsey, Colorado Bureau of Investigation

    - The payroll run moved $312,000 twice monthly in a locked boxcar for 740 workers.
    - The locomotive departed Garnet Pass at 11:15 p.m. and took 50 minutes to reach Crestfall, routinely.
    - On May 5, 2009, fog reduced visibility on the spur to below 20 feet by 11:30 p.m.
    - The crew was found zip-tied inside the boxcar; the theft took an estimated 90 seconds.
    - A void 4 feet deep and 6 feet wide was discovered behind newer blocks in the retaining wall containing a handwritten schedule, latex gloves, and zip-tie packaging.

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