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The target is tempting.
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A haul that could net
over $30 million.
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From the outside, looks
like an ordinary bank.
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But on the inside
it's anything but ordinary.
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With ties to big labor,
a US president,
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and the mafia...
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There's Nixon campaign money
in this one remote bank.
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This heist isn't just
daring, it's dangerous.
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Outside of the vault
they hear footsteps.
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Is he Secret Service?
Does he work for the bank?
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Is he security?
Everyone is panicking.
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[man coughs]
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What the [bleep]?
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[man coughs]
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Maybe this isn't as easy
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as we thought it might be.
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♪ ♪
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The masterminds
behind every great heist
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see what most people don't:
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risking everything to pull
off the score of a lifetime.
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It takes a bold plan...
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the right team...
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and the skill to stay
one step ahead of the law.
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[jazzy music]
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♪ ♪
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[suspenseful music]
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♪ ♪
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[watch out] Watch out.
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This way.
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[boom]
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United California Bank
in Laguna Niguel.
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It's isolated, in a town
with a lot of money,
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and its vault is filled
with the safe deposit
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boxes of wealthy locals.
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It's also allegedly
heist-proof.
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[clank]
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[surf music]
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♪ ♪
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The United California Bank
was structurally well built.
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It had a vault inside
about 12 by 15
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with very, very thick walls and
rebar all the way around it.
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The vault door is
fireproof and blast proof,
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and weighs nearly 1,000 pounds.
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Its time-lock
mechanism means that it
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can't be opened after hours...
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at least not by
law-abiding citizens.
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It was significant
and state of the art
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for that time period.
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But it has a
secret that makes
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a crew of professional
thieves travel 2,400
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miles from Ohio to rob it.
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United California Bank,
from the outside,
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looks like an ordinary bank.
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But on the inside is
anything but ordinary.
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The tipster says that
there is a $30 million stash
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rumored to be dirty money
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belonging to
President Richard Nixon
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inside this bank.
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And that's the background
that gets this all going.
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♪ ♪
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It's a few months
before Watergate
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and Richard Nixon is already
known as Tricky Dick.
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Nixon is running
for reelection
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and he's amassing
his war chest.
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And the money is coming in
from some interesting sources,
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including the Teamsters.
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Jimmy Hoffa, who's the
president of the Teamsters,
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is serving 4 years
of a 13-year sentence
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for bribery and fraud.
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Hoffa wants out of prison,
so he allegedly
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tries to cut a deal
with President Nixon.
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As the story goes, Nixon says
in exchange for a pardon
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he wants $3 million
and an endorsement
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from the Teamsters Union.
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So Hoffa goes along
with this agreement.
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But the money
comes with a condition.
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The caveat is that Hoffa
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cannot serve as the head
of the Teamsters
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for nine whole years.
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And when he does get
out of prison, he's pissed
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and he wants
his $3 million back.
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Jimmy Hoffa uses his
mob ties to figure out
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that this money, this fund,
is held in a bank
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in little old Laguna Niguel.
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And so using
his mobster connections,
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Hoffa decided to call it the
best burglars in the country.
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The question goes out
to mobsters everywhere:
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who would you use
on a bank job
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if your life depended on it?
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There's one answer:
the Dinsio brothers,
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out of Youngstown, Ohio.
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Cleveland mafia members,
on behalf of Hoffa,
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approached Amil Dinsio
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and his brother James Dinsio.
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The Dinsio brothers,
with this $30 million heist,
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and of course
they can't refuse that.
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The mastermind
will be Amil Dinsio.
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Born in 1936 to Italian
immigrant parents,
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his father's restaurant
hosted backroom gambling
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run by local mafiosos.
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These men mentored young
Amil in the art of the heist,
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and he was their star student.
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Amil Dinsio is the brains.
He's the mastermind.
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He's methodical, his attention
to detail is second to none,
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and he's exactly who you
want in a heist like this.
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I met with Amil Dinsio
multiple occasions,
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and he made it
a point to tell me,
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you know,
"We never hurt nobody."
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Amil Dinsio is a popular
folk hero,
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and crimes like this
were part of the way of life.
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So not only is Amil the
best burglar in the world,
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he's also the planner
and the recruiter,
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and he wants to build the best
team to pull this thing off.
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So he starts
building his crew,
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and it starts with his
brother James Dinsio.
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James Dinsio,
who's Amil's older brother,
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is a self-taught
explosives expert.
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And he has a gift.
And we know he has a gift,
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because he has all 10 fingers.
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James and Amil have
been hitting banks
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since they were teenagers.
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They've worked together,
they trust each other.
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Together they form
the core of the crew.
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The deal is that
Hoffa is made whole,
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he gets his $3 million back,
the mob gets 5%,
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and the team splits the rest.
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They've done a lot
of heists.
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They've done something
like 70-plus heists,
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but never anything like
a $30 million heist.
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The brothers'
first step is a scout
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to learn all the
obstacles standing
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between them and $30 million.
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That means trading Ohio snow
for some California sunshine.
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When you're doing a heist,
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you have to case the place,
check out the security,
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check out the environment.
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They're casing the shopping
center day and night.
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How busy is it during
the day, after it closes?
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And what they're finding
out is after 10:00 p.m.,
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it's pretty much dead.
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The lack of
nightlife is expected.
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But the lack of
after-hours security
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is a welcome surprise.
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Laguna Niguel is
essentially Sleepy Hollow.
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There was very little in
the way of law enforcement.
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The Orange County Sheriff's
Department had jurisdiction
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over the entire county,
and at nighttimes
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they only had allotted one
car for South County,
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which was the entire area
from Tustin, California,
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all the way down
to Laguna Niguel.
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They realized that the
bank closes Friday evening,
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a cleaning crew comes
through, and then
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they have the whole
weekend to do whatever
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they want in the bank.
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So Amil and James
are casing the place.
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They are going
through the bushes.
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It's like the dead of night.
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They're doing it very, very
carefully, very covertly,
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hiding behind these bushes.
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They're trying to figure out
what makes this bank tick
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when a car pulls up.
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A car pulls up
into the plaza,
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right in front of the bank.
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A man gets out.
He's dressed in dark clothing.
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Opens up the back door and
a German shepherd gets out,
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and the dog starts patrolling
the perimeter of the bank.
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The dog, meanwhile, gets
closer and closer to them.
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Amil and James are
thinking, who is this guy?
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Is he just taking his dog
out for a midnight stroll?
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Or is he some kind of security
they didn't know about?
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The Dinsios fear the worst.
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If this is a canine patrol,
they're dead on arrival.
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And then the dog
starts getting closer
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and closer to where
they're hiding
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and then looks
directly at them.
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[growling]
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With millions on the line,
Amil and James Dinsio
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are scouting the biggest
heist of their careers.
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♪ ♪
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But an encounter with what
looks like a canine patrol
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could stop this job
before it begins.
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[suspenseful music]
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[dog barking]
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If they get caught, it's all
the planning down the drain,
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millions of dollars
down the drain,
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and then having to answer
to the Cleveland mob.
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They think,
we've been found out.
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[dog barking]
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[music escalates]
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[man whistles, dog barking]
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But then the dog leaves.
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Gets back in the car
and they drive away.
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Even after the man
and the dog leave,
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there's this
wild-card element that
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they have to contend with.
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Is he security for the plaza?
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Is he FBI?
Is he Secret Service?
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And will it get in the way of
them pulling this thing off?
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It's an alarming prospect.
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And has the team
worried about
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what kind of security
system the bank has.
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What's standard in
a bank at this time
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is an outside alarm, an
alarm that makes a sound,
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and an alarm in the vault,
a silent alarm.
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Now these guys are pros.
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They know there are going
to be two kinds of alarms.
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They're creeping around
the perimeter of the bank
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to find that
exterior alarm bell.
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Amil finds it and he
notices the company name.
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Amil looks up and he sees
Diebold Alarm,
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and a smile is on his face.
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He knows a lot about Diebold.
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He's robbed a number of
bank vaults with Diebold,
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so this is the
best-case scenario.
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So they have the
exterior alarm covered;
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it's that silent alarm they
need more information on.
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And they know there's going
to be at least a wire that
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goes from the vault
to either the police
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or the alarm company.
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Amil and James
begin to work out
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a plan for a two-night heist.
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Night one, they'll cut
a hole through the roof
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and drop a few feet down
onto the top of the vault.
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They'll disable
the loud exterior
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alarm and then the
interior silent alarm
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that alerts the police.
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James will then drill holes
down into the vault's ceilings
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and fill them with explosives.
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From there, they'll
use sandbags to muffle
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the sound and direct the blast
into the vault.
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On night two,
they'll use brute force
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to bust into
hundreds of safe deposit
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boxes and get the loot.
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It's simple,
but it's a lot of work
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and the devil will
be in the details.
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Now that they've completed
their very thorough recon
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and have the broad
strokes of a plan,
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they need to build out
the rest of the team.
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And that means
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going back to Ohio.
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After Amil and James
fly home and report in,
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their mafia handlers make
an offer they can't refuse.
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They add a mob-connected alarm
specialist to their crew.
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♪ ♪
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My name
is Philip Christopher,
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and they call me
the Super Thief.
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♪ ♪
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Born and raised
Cleveland, Ohio.
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Still there to this day.
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Cleveland was home
to some of the best
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burglars in the world.
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Phil Christopher is
known as an alarm guy.
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They want the best
of the best,
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so they're going to
recruit that.
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They would come to
us because they knew
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damn well we were the best.
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Nobody could beat the
alarms like I could.
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But I got in there, you
know, by hook or by crook.
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I was going to get
in there because
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I wasn't going home empty.
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The next member
of the Dinsios
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add to the team
is Chuck Mulligan.
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He'll acquire the specialized
gear to get the job done
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without leaving a trail.
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They go to Chuck Mulligan,
who is their brother-in-law
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so they trust him.
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They've worked with him before.
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Meanwhile, James Dinsio
begins building some
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of the custom tools
they'll need for the job,
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including a drill...
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one you can't just pick up
in your local hardware store.
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This drill
runs on 2,500 RPMs
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and has a 3/8-inch
carbon tip drill bit
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that can pulverize concrete.
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And it is super, super quiet.
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This is a critical element,
because not only will they
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be able to drill the
hole that they need,
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it'll be quiet enough that
no one else will hear it.
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Busting into safe deposit
boxes takes serious muscle,
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so the Cleveland mob also adds
Charles Broeckel to the team.
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He's not just an associate,
he's also
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Phil Christopher's cousin.
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He's a mobbed-up partner.
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He's worked with Phil.
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He is someone that Phil trusts.
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So he's not going to
let anything happen to me,
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you know,
because we were close.
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The mob puts two
of their guys on,
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so when they're
splitting up the money,
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no one forgets how to do math.
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♪ ♪
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With an ace team,
a great plan,
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and custom gear
packed and ready,
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it's time to fly
back to California.
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The Dinsios are determined
that the biggest heist
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of their careers be flawless.
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So Charlie and I
got to the airport
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and they tell Charlie,
Charlie, where's
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our driver's license, our
phony ID that we had made up?
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And he said, oh, I forgot them.
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I said, how the hell
are we going to get
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on a plane with no phony ID?
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Because I had to be careful
because I was on probation.
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Nobody knows how long
the cash will remain
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in the bank in California,
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so the heist team
has to decide,
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do they make their move now...
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or lie low for one more week?
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When Charlie Broeckel
forgets the fake IDs,
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they use their real IDs,
their real names.
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They still got on the planes.
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I didn't want to do it, but
I knew the other guys were
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on a plane waiting for us
and I didn't want to say,
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well, we'll catch you
on the next flight.
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I didn't want to
make it seem like we
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didn't know what was doing.
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Once they arrive
in Laguna Niguel,
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they're joined by
the last member
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of the crew, getaway driver
and radioman Harry Barber.
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So Harry Barber is a nephew.
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Again, it's mostly
a family affair.
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These are people
he's worked with,
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these are people he trusts.
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Chuck Mulligan picks
up the last items
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on his unusual shopping
list, walkie talkies,
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nitroglycerine,
and a getaway car.
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The team gathers for
final preparations.
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Harry Barber rented
a place down there
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at the West Nine in
Laguna Niguel, which
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is a condominium area
about a couple
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of miles east from the bank.
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It was like perfect.
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The condo's on the edge
of the golf course,
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so nobody's going to see us
approach the bank at all.
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♪ ♪
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At 10:00 p.m. on Friday,
the heist team heads out,
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carrying their tools
across the golf course...
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on the way to a
different kind of green.
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Charlie Mulligan takes his
position on top of the hill
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00:15:45,125 --> 00:15:47,500
as we walk down the embankment.
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For the duration of this
mission, he's the lookout.
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00:15:50,833 --> 00:15:52,958
Harry Barber stays
back at the condo,
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00:15:53,083 --> 00:15:55,042
listening to the
police scanner,
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00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:57,125
and he's on standby with the
getaway car in case anything
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00:15:57,125 --> 00:15:58,875
goes wrong.
[police radio chatter]
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[suspenseful music]
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Friday, March 24,
1972, at 11:00 p.m.,
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the Dinsio crew is ready
to put their plan, their gear,
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00:16:09,292 --> 00:16:11,750
and their nerves to the test.
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00:16:11,875 --> 00:16:14,042
The heist starts now.
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00:16:16,917 --> 00:16:19,625
♪ ♪
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Amil, James, and Phil
make their way up the ladder
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00:16:21,958 --> 00:16:23,917
to the roof,
leaving Broeckel down
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00:16:24,042 --> 00:16:26,625
below as a secondary lookout.
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00:16:26,625 --> 00:16:28,375
Their first order of business?
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00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:31,500
To cut a hole in the roof
to get to the vault below.
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00:16:31,625 --> 00:16:35,083
We were drilling our
holes where we estimated
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00:16:35,208 --> 00:16:37,208
the top of the vault would be.
361
00:16:37,333 --> 00:16:41,583
Then we drilled four holes in
the square and then got a saw
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00:16:41,708 --> 00:16:44,667
and cut it and then made sure
we didn't drop it because it
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00:16:44,792 --> 00:16:48,000
might have a vibration
alarm inside the vault.
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00:16:48,125 --> 00:16:51,500
So we had to be careful not
to drop anything on there.
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00:16:53,292 --> 00:16:55,000
So once they
have the hole cut,
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they bring the ladder up
from the side of the building
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00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,667
and lower it down
above the vault.
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00:16:59,792 --> 00:17:02,250
Amil and Phil enter
the building to look
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00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:05,125
for the vault's silent alarm.
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00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:07,125
As silently as possible.
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00:17:07,125 --> 00:17:11,250
Any vibrations could land
the crew in handcuffs.
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00:17:14,292 --> 00:17:18,583
Amil and I, we crawl down
on top of the vault.
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At this point, we're
looking for a junction box
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00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:24,458
where the alarm was
coming from inside the vault.
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00:17:24,458 --> 00:17:26,833
They came in through
the roof and they
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00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:28,167
were trying to find the alarm.
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00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:31,250
They were looking
for wires all around.
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00:17:31,375 --> 00:17:34,500
Phil and Amil finally
find the junction box
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that should contain the
wires for the silent alarm.
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00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:42,000
But they can't figure
out which ones, if any,
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00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:44,417
are the actual alarm.
382
00:17:44,542 --> 00:17:45,333
They were looking
for the wires that
383
00:17:45,458 --> 00:17:47,167
will connect to
this box that sends
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00:17:47,292 --> 00:17:49,333
a frequency to the police.
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00:17:49,458 --> 00:17:52,375
And they could not for the
life of them find these things.
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00:17:52,542 --> 00:17:55,500
Did they underestimate
this suburban bank?
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00:17:55,625 --> 00:17:57,833
Does it have a kind
of silent alarm
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00:17:57,833 --> 00:18:00,042
system they've never seen?
389
00:18:00,167 --> 00:18:02,458
With millions at stake
and the Cleveland mob
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00:18:02,458 --> 00:18:06,708
expecting results,
they need answers... fast.
391
00:18:06,833 --> 00:18:09,167
So they're thinking, is this
bigger than we ever thought?
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00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:10,917
What's going on?
Are we in over our heads?
393
00:18:11,042 --> 00:18:12,458
They were freaked out.
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00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:20,500
In Laguna Niguel,
an elite crew of criminals
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00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:23,000
is attempting to
steal $30 million
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00:18:23,125 --> 00:18:25,583
from the
United California Bank.
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00:18:25,708 --> 00:18:27,333
But the silent alarm
they need to find
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00:18:27,458 --> 00:18:31,083
might as well be invisible.
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00:18:31,208 --> 00:18:33,333
Amil says,
there ain't no alarm.
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00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:35,167
I said, no, there's
gotta be an alarm.
401
00:18:35,167 --> 00:18:37,167
I said, move over.
402
00:18:37,292 --> 00:18:40,292
So I'm checking the
same way he was doing.
403
00:18:40,292 --> 00:18:42,375
And I said, dang,
you're right, what the hell?
404
00:18:42,542 --> 00:18:44,542
It's got to be in
here somewhere.
405
00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:48,292
They're in the middle of
this crazy, intense situation.
406
00:18:48,417 --> 00:18:51,667
The clock is ticking
and they can't find it.
407
00:18:51,792 --> 00:18:54,167
Maybe there's another
box in here somewhere.
408
00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,792
So we looked around, looked
around, looked around.
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00:18:56,917 --> 00:18:58,083
We couldn't find it.
410
00:19:00,250 --> 00:19:02,750
So now we figured we've
been in there long enough,
411
00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:04,333
let's get out of here.
412
00:19:04,458 --> 00:19:06,333
So after hours of
searching, they decide
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00:19:06,458 --> 00:19:08,500
to regroup back at the condo.
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00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:10,375
But before they leave on
that first night, they make
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00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,625
sure to cover their
tracks, which means
416
00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:15,500
the hole that they've cut
into the roof, they take it
417
00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:17,958
and they put it back and they
seal it with a light layer
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00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:20,167
of tar, which means
people from above
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00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:22,167
won't know that anything
has happened to the roof.
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00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:23,833
Nobody is the wiser.
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00:19:23,958 --> 00:19:27,667
[dramatic music]
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00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:31,417
♪ ♪
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00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:33,250
This team of
elite thieves isn't
424
00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:35,250
feeling very elite right now.
425
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:36,833
The heist of the century?
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00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,417
Well, it has fizzled
after four hours.
427
00:19:40,542 --> 00:19:43,833
They retreat to the condo
filled with doubt.
428
00:19:43,833 --> 00:19:46,667
If the bank's rumored
connection to President Nixon
429
00:19:46,667 --> 00:19:50,667
are true, then its security
setup could be something
430
00:19:50,792 --> 00:19:52,667
they've never seen before.
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00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:57,417
Then, Phil Christopher
considers another possibility.
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00:19:57,542 --> 00:20:00,375
It dawned on me after
a lot of thinking,
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00:20:00,542 --> 00:20:03,042
could it be possible
they got it the old way?
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00:20:03,208 --> 00:20:04,917
I mean, no,
they can't have it...
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00:20:05,042 --> 00:20:06,417
I mean, can they have it?
436
00:20:06,542 --> 00:20:08,750
Phil suspects
that the silent alarm
437
00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:11,417
might be the simplest kind
there is,
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00:20:11,542 --> 00:20:14,083
a configuration
so out of date
439
00:20:14,208 --> 00:20:15,750
that they can't imagine
a well-protected
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00:20:15,875 --> 00:20:17,583
bank would still use it.
441
00:20:18,792 --> 00:20:20,292
They're unsure.
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00:20:20,292 --> 00:20:23,458
It looks almost too simple
for what this heist is.
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00:20:23,583 --> 00:20:25,667
At this time, they expected
the bank had the kind of alarm
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00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:28,542
that they would need all their
sophisticated tools to jump.
445
00:20:28,708 --> 00:20:31,625
But what if it has the
old style of alarm?
446
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:34,500
And Amil and James,
they look at one another,
447
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:38,583
and look back at me--you
know, it's possible, you know?
448
00:20:38,708 --> 00:20:40,500
♪ ♪
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After dark on
day two, the crew
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00:20:43,458 --> 00:20:45,333
hikes back across
the golf course
451
00:20:45,458 --> 00:20:48,500
to the bank to see if
they can salvage the job.
452
00:20:48,667 --> 00:20:50,375
Considering the Cleveland
mob indicates
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00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,000
that there might be
Nixon campaign funds
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00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:53,958
in the bank,
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00:20:53,958 --> 00:20:56,458
they're thinking to themselves,
can it really be this simple?
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00:20:56,583 --> 00:21:00,167
The team is risking
30 million on Phil's guess,
457
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:03,417
but before he tries
to jump or bypass
458
00:21:03,542 --> 00:21:07,333
the interior vault alarm,
Amil Dinsio needs
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00:21:07,458 --> 00:21:09,375
to disable the exterior one.
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00:21:09,542 --> 00:21:12,333
To do this, he takes
some inspiration
461
00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:14,625
from the local surf scene.
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00:21:16,083 --> 00:21:18,167
To beat the exterior alarm,
463
00:21:18,167 --> 00:21:22,500
Amil uses this liquid
surf foam
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00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:25,500
that is used to prepare surfboards.
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00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:27,375
♪ ♪
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00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,708
Amil drills a hole in the
audible alarm and injects
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00:21:30,833 --> 00:21:34,750
a fast-setting foam
that causes the alarm bell
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00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:37,667
to seize up and not gong.
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00:21:38,542 --> 00:21:40,542
So they have the
exterior alarm covered;
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00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:43,250
it's that silent alarm
they need to jump.
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00:21:43,375 --> 00:21:44,667
It looks like
Phil was right;
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00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:46,458
it looks like a closed-loop
circuit alarm.
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00:21:46,583 --> 00:21:48,875
And a closed-loop
circuit alarm can
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00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,500
be bypassed by creating
a loop that keeps
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00:21:51,667 --> 00:21:53,333
the circuit from breaking.
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00:21:53,458 --> 00:21:55,000
And the alarm system
thinks that
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00:21:55,125 --> 00:21:56,833
it's still guarding the vault.
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00:21:56,958 --> 00:21:59,750
Because if you cut it, it'll
be an open circuit; that's
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00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:01,750
when the alarm goes off.
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00:22:01,875 --> 00:22:03,667
So they have to
keep the circuit going
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00:22:03,792 --> 00:22:05,167
while they're both
cutting the wire,
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00:22:05,333 --> 00:22:07,250
soldering it almost instantaneously.
483
00:22:07,375 --> 00:22:10,167
[suspenseful music]
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00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:13,958
♪ ♪
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00:22:13,958 --> 00:22:17,500
They retreat to the nearby
bushes to watch and wait.
486
00:22:17,625 --> 00:22:19,500
If they're right about
the silent alarm,
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00:22:19,625 --> 00:22:21,625
they'll be heading
back into the bank.
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00:22:21,625 --> 00:22:25,583
If they're wrong, they
might be heading to jail.
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00:22:28,875 --> 00:22:32,042
After 20 minutes,
Harry radios them.
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00:22:33,708 --> 00:22:37,250
No alarms, no police,
no problem...
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00:22:37,375 --> 00:22:38,667
except one--
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00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:40,750
Time.
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00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:42,958
So they're behind schedule,
the clock is ticking,
494
00:22:43,083 --> 00:22:45,875
they're under pressure,
there is a lot at stake.
495
00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:51,833
The next step involves
backbreaking work.
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00:22:51,958 --> 00:22:54,833
Before they can bring bags
of loot down from the roof,
497
00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:58,125
they need to bring
bags of sand up to it.
498
00:22:58,250 --> 00:23:01,917
The sandbags not only serve
as a way to muffle the sound,
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00:23:02,042 --> 00:23:05,375
but also to direct the
energy downward as they
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00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:07,458
explode into the vault.
501
00:23:07,583 --> 00:23:11,500
That is intensive work
that requires some muscles.
502
00:23:11,625 --> 00:23:13,750
They definitely had
muscle with them.
503
00:23:13,875 --> 00:23:16,042
With sandbags
in place, the team
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00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:19,792
is ready to blast down through
steel-reinforced concrete.
505
00:23:19,792 --> 00:23:22,708
It's the part of the plan
that separates the pros
506
00:23:22,833 --> 00:23:25,500
from the amateurs,
and if they're not careful,
507
00:23:25,625 --> 00:23:27,792
limbs from torsos.
508
00:23:27,792 --> 00:23:30,000
So James,
our explosive expert, gets
509
00:23:30,125 --> 00:23:32,958
to work drilling holes
in the roof of the vault
510
00:23:32,958 --> 00:23:35,625
and filling it with
nitroglycerin putty.
511
00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:38,500
There's a very delicate
balance filling these holes.
512
00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:41,917
You need enough nitroglycerin
putty to get into the vault,
513
00:23:42,042 --> 00:23:45,250
but not too much so everything
crumbles or anyone hears you.
514
00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:47,167
People think it
just blows up, but no.
515
00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:49,833
You put the dynamite
cap in and then
516
00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:52,000
put the wires
together to bring them
517
00:23:52,125 --> 00:23:53,833
all up to the top of the roof.
518
00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:56,667
This is a good way of
blowing the concrete out.
519
00:23:56,833 --> 00:23:58,375
And then when
that's all hooked up
520
00:23:58,500 --> 00:23:59,833
together, got to know
what they're doing
521
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,250
or they're going to
meet their maker.
522
00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:02,792
[muffled boom]
523
00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:06,250
[exciting music]
524
00:24:06,375 --> 00:24:08,583
So this is the
moment of truth.
525
00:24:08,708 --> 00:24:11,000
They have these giant
sandbags, they've placed
526
00:24:11,125 --> 00:24:15,000
the explosives in the holes.
527
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,583
They're very excited
to get this going.
528
00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:21,125
They want this to
be a one-shot deal.
529
00:24:21,250 --> 00:24:24,458
James looks at Amil, nods.
530
00:24:24,458 --> 00:24:27,292
James flips the switch.
531
00:24:27,292 --> 00:24:28,708
[click]
532
00:24:28,875 --> 00:24:30,542
Boom!
533
00:24:35,917 --> 00:24:38,417
Sometimes the phrase
"blowing the roof off a place"
534
00:24:38,542 --> 00:24:41,000
is a figure of speech.
535
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,042
On this job, it's real.
536
00:24:43,167 --> 00:24:47,500
The Dinsio's explosive
charges breach the vault roof
537
00:24:47,667 --> 00:24:50,500
of the United California
Bank in Laguna Niguel
538
00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,250
and they're in.
539
00:24:52,375 --> 00:24:53,750
And it's incredible.
540
00:24:53,875 --> 00:24:56,083
You expect to hear
this loud explosion,
541
00:24:56,208 --> 00:24:57,958
and they felt it
in their bodies
542
00:24:57,958 --> 00:25:01,042
but all they heard
was a muffled thud.
543
00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:02,417
And it's exciting.
544
00:25:02,542 --> 00:25:03,792
And it's great.
545
00:25:03,917 --> 00:25:05,000
But they're also
worried that maybe
546
00:25:05,125 --> 00:25:06,875
they've tripped something.
547
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000
So they have to make sure
that there's no alarms that
548
00:25:08,125 --> 00:25:09,542
are sounded,
that nobody has been
549
00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,750
notified of this
explosion or otherwise.
550
00:25:11,875 --> 00:25:13,833
They check in
back at the condo,
551
00:25:13,958 --> 00:25:17,000
make sure the police scanner
hasn't heard anything.
552
00:25:18,208 --> 00:25:20,458
No one hears it.
553
00:25:20,458 --> 00:25:22,208
No one calls the police.
554
00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:25,042
No car alarms are going off.
555
00:25:25,167 --> 00:25:26,958
So now it's showtime.
556
00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:29,208
They have to cut through
a few pieces of rebar
557
00:25:29,375 --> 00:25:30,458
and they're in the vault.
558
00:25:30,458 --> 00:25:32,875
♪ ♪
559
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,917
Dinsio's crew is now inside
what some mobsters call
560
00:25:36,042 --> 00:25:38,083
Nixon's vault.
561
00:25:38,208 --> 00:25:41,167
They still have to contend with
500 safe deposit boxes,
562
00:25:41,292 --> 00:25:43,458
but they're so close now
563
00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:46,083
they can practically
smell the money.
564
00:25:46,208 --> 00:25:47,958
♪ ♪
565
00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:50,708
Whenever you got
into a vault or a safe
566
00:25:50,833 --> 00:25:53,542
was always exciting
because you find out what
567
00:25:53,667 --> 00:25:55,917
reward you had coming to you.
568
00:25:56,042 --> 00:26:00,167
They see these
500 pristine security boxes,
569
00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:04,083
just Nixon's money
waiting for them to take it.
570
00:26:04,208 --> 00:26:07,667
♪ ♪
571
00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:09,625
Now, this is
really tough work.
572
00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:12,500
They have so many safety
deposit boxes to bust into,
573
00:26:12,667 --> 00:26:15,250
and not a lot of time.
574
00:26:15,375 --> 00:26:17,667
They're in this tiny vault.
The clock is ticking
575
00:26:17,667 --> 00:26:20,250
and they've got to get as
many of these as they can
576
00:26:20,375 --> 00:26:22,292
before their time is up.
577
00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:23,750
Rocco comes in.
He's the muscle,
578
00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,333
and he's going to help them
open those
579
00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,167
500 safety deposit boxes.
580
00:26:27,292 --> 00:26:30,417
There was a special tool
that was used on this job,
581
00:26:30,542 --> 00:26:33,583
and that tool was a snout
nose hammer,
582
00:26:33,708 --> 00:26:35,500
in which the end of the hammer
583
00:26:35,625 --> 00:26:37,500
was milled to the circumference
584
00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:39,833
of the lock boxes.
585
00:26:39,958 --> 00:26:42,917
So you place that hammer
up against the lock,
586
00:26:43,042 --> 00:26:46,375
you take a sledge, and you
pound the lock through.
587
00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:48,625
And then you're in.
588
00:26:48,625 --> 00:26:51,208
[dynamic music]
589
00:26:51,375 --> 00:26:52,917
Charlie and I
started working,
590
00:26:53,042 --> 00:26:57,000
hammering, beating on these
boxes, popping them open.
591
00:26:57,125 --> 00:26:59,333
They're finding money,
they're finding jewelry,
592
00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:01,333
they're finding valuables.
593
00:27:01,458 --> 00:27:03,583
It was the score
of a lifetime.
594
00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:06,708
There's so much
money in this place,
595
00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:08,250
you know our hearts
are pounding,
596
00:27:08,375 --> 00:27:10,750
we're sweating there.
597
00:27:10,875 --> 00:27:13,708
I mean, there's so much
that it's burning our eyes
598
00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:18,792
and because of the adrenaline,
the heat, and the work.
599
00:27:18,792 --> 00:27:21,542
With less than five
hours to go before sunrise,
600
00:27:21,667 --> 00:27:26,000
the Dinsio gang works hard to
bag as much loot as possible.
601
00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:29,000
But delays have
run out the clock,
602
00:27:29,125 --> 00:27:33,333
and they still haven't found
the so-called Nixon cash.
603
00:27:33,458 --> 00:27:36,000
As dawn approaches,
604
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,625
they have a $30 million
decision to make.
605
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:41,667
It comes to a point
where they have to decide,
606
00:27:41,667 --> 00:27:44,708
should we keep going or should
we get out while we can?
607
00:27:44,833 --> 00:27:46,958
And by dawn, even though
they didn't get all the boxes
608
00:27:46,958 --> 00:27:49,750
they call it--
it's time to get out of there.
609
00:27:51,125 --> 00:27:53,167
The Dinsio crew
retreats through
610
00:27:53,167 --> 00:27:56,625
the diminishing darkness
to the safety of the condo.
611
00:27:56,625 --> 00:27:59,042
The team spends all
day Sunday debating
612
00:27:59,167 --> 00:28:01,708
whether to take the
loot already in hand
613
00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:05,375
or risk one more night
in the vault for more.
614
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,833
The guys are on edge, but
they listen to the police
615
00:28:07,833 --> 00:28:09,250
scanner the whole next day.
616
00:28:09,375 --> 00:28:11,042
Nothing.
617
00:28:11,167 --> 00:28:14,000
Laguna Niguel is blissfully
unaware that their bank
618
00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:16,125
is being robbed.
619
00:28:16,125 --> 00:28:18,208
They have a great crew and
they have a great opportunity,
620
00:28:18,333 --> 00:28:19,958
so they make their way back.
621
00:28:20,083 --> 00:28:24,125
[edgy music]
622
00:28:24,125 --> 00:28:27,875
The crew decides going back
into the vault on Sunday night
623
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,875
is less risky than going back
to the mob empty-handed.
624
00:28:33,833 --> 00:28:35,875
There's no more cutting,
there's nothing left
625
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,167
to blow up--they just
spend the whole night
626
00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:42,000
going through those boxes
and getting that loot.
627
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,708
♪ ♪
628
00:28:43,833 --> 00:28:45,667
They found a treasure trove.
629
00:28:45,667 --> 00:28:50,208
It's euphoric and sweaty, and
then all of a sudden they get
630
00:28:50,333 --> 00:28:51,375
a call on the walkie talkie.
631
00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,708
♪ ♪
632
00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:55,917
James says, quiet, quiet.
633
00:28:56,042 --> 00:28:57,917
We all stop, what, what?
634
00:28:58,042 --> 00:29:00,000
He's pointing to the walkie.
635
00:29:00,167 --> 00:29:02,000
And Mulligan says,
somebody just
636
00:29:02,125 --> 00:29:03,958
pull up in front of the place.
637
00:29:05,833 --> 00:29:07,542
It gets worse.
638
00:29:07,667 --> 00:29:10,208
Mulligan lets them know that
somebody got out of the car
639
00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:12,333
and is heading
towards the bank.
640
00:29:12,458 --> 00:29:13,625
And they're thinking the worst.
641
00:29:13,625 --> 00:29:16,125
I said, oh s***.
642
00:29:16,125 --> 00:29:19,000
Then Charlie says,
he's coming inside.
643
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,875
We're just beside
ourselves now.
644
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,875
What are we going to do here?
645
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,000
He comes inside and
we're all listening
646
00:29:27,167 --> 00:29:29,458
because we don't understand.
647
00:29:29,458 --> 00:29:32,750
We've got the alarms
shut down and everything.
648
00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:34,750
What the hell is going on here?
649
00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,250
And outside of
the vault they hear footsteps,
650
00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:40,750
footsteps walking
slowly around the bank.
651
00:29:40,875 --> 00:29:43,417
They are trying
to make no sound
652
00:29:43,542 --> 00:29:45,208
at all if at all possible.
653
00:29:45,333 --> 00:29:46,458
[coughing]
654
00:29:46,583 --> 00:29:47,750
It's so quiet.
655
00:29:47,875 --> 00:29:50,333
Next thing we know,
Charlie coughs.
656
00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:52,375
We turn to look at him.
657
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,375
[coughing]
658
00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:56,625
♪ ♪
659
00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:58,167
What the [bleep]?
660
00:30:02,208 --> 00:30:04,000
Dinsio Crew is finally
getting their hands
661
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,750
on the real money when
an uninvited visitor arrives.
662
00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,833
And at the most
pressure-packed moment
663
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,708
of the heist,
Charlie Broeckel chokes,
664
00:30:14,833 --> 00:30:16,833
literally.
665
00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:19,750
Amil and James look at him,
too, in disbelief.
666
00:30:19,875 --> 00:30:21,917
Coughing--now we're
listening real hard.
667
00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:24,375
We're listening to see
if the guy might have heard us.
668
00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:28,208
[suspenseful music]
669
00:30:28,333 --> 00:30:30,333
Keep in mind,
they're in a confined space,
670
00:30:30,458 --> 00:30:33,667
and there's particles of dust,
particles of concrete,
671
00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:37,042
and he cannot stop coughing.
672
00:30:37,167 --> 00:30:38,875
Then Charlie coughs again.
673
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,333
I was in disbelief.
674
00:30:40,333 --> 00:30:42,500
I look at him, get
the [bleep] outta here.
675
00:30:42,625 --> 00:30:44,083
You know?
676
00:30:44,208 --> 00:30:46,792
He's trying to climb around
to get up on the stool
677
00:30:46,792 --> 00:30:48,750
to get up on top
of the cabinets
678
00:30:48,875 --> 00:30:50,750
so he can go up
out of the hole.
679
00:30:50,875 --> 00:30:53,500
And he put his feet
in our hands
680
00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:57,250
and we just like threw him
all the way up to the hole
681
00:30:57,375 --> 00:30:59,167
to get him out of there,
you know?
682
00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,375
♪ ♪
683
00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:05,167
And then they wait
for 30 agonizing minutes.
684
00:31:05,292 --> 00:31:06,958
♪ ♪
685
00:31:06,958 --> 00:31:08,833
Finally, Mulligan
gets on the walkie.
686
00:31:08,958 --> 00:31:11,292
The person has left.
687
00:31:11,292 --> 00:31:14,792
Harry chimes in, there's no
chatter on the police scanner.
688
00:31:14,792 --> 00:31:16,375
They gather up as much loot
as they can,
689
00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,833
and they get out of there.
690
00:31:18,833 --> 00:31:22,167
So after the guy came out
and he got in his car
691
00:31:22,167 --> 00:31:25,750
and he took off, well,
we figured we were good to go.
692
00:31:25,875 --> 00:31:28,708
The heist team has
miraculously pulled off
693
00:31:28,833 --> 00:31:31,167
the biggest haul
of their careers.
694
00:31:31,292 --> 00:31:33,458
With sunrise minutes away,
695
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:37,875
it's time to make
those millions disappear.
696
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,125
They give themselves
extra time
697
00:31:40,125 --> 00:31:43,167
by giving a coup de grace
to the vault door.
698
00:31:43,292 --> 00:31:46,000
They disable the door
by driving something
699
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,917
into the locking mechanism.
700
00:31:48,042 --> 00:31:50,417
Amil Dinsio showing
his expertise,
701
00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:53,667
he's able to damage
the vault lock from the inside,
702
00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:55,708
so that
when Monday morning arrives
703
00:31:55,875 --> 00:31:58,000
and employees return to work,
they're not going to be able
704
00:31:58,125 --> 00:32:00,500
to get inside this vault
right away.
705
00:32:00,625 --> 00:32:01,917
♪ ♪
706
00:32:02,042 --> 00:32:03,375
The gang is cutting it close,
707
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,750
so this is going
to buy them more time
708
00:32:05,875 --> 00:32:08,667
to hopefully get away safely.
709
00:32:08,833 --> 00:32:12,917
I felt like Santa Claus when
I was going back to the condo.
710
00:32:13,042 --> 00:32:14,125
So they get back
to the condo,
711
00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:18,333
and it's the first time
seeing what they got.
712
00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:20,042
And it is a fortune.
713
00:32:20,167 --> 00:32:22,167
And according to Amil Dinsio,
714
00:32:22,167 --> 00:32:24,333
they got the Nixon millions
and more.
715
00:32:24,458 --> 00:32:28,042
When I pressed Amil
for details, he smiled.
716
00:32:28,167 --> 00:32:30,583
It proved out
to be a great job.
717
00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:33,042
It was $30 million,
718
00:32:33,167 --> 00:32:34,917
you know,
can't ask for more than that
719
00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:36,333
when you're a burglar.
720
00:32:36,458 --> 00:32:39,208
By the time I went
to lay down to sleep,
721
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,750
Charlie already had
$20 million,
722
00:32:41,875 --> 00:32:44,125
and there was that much more,
if not more,
723
00:32:44,125 --> 00:32:46,000
left to be tabulated.
724
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,833
There was around $30 million
to $40 million
725
00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:49,292
that I could see.
726
00:32:49,292 --> 00:32:54,625
♪ ♪
727
00:32:54,625 --> 00:32:57,250
And by the time the bank
opens on Monday morning,
728
00:32:57,375 --> 00:33:00,375
the crew is not even
in Southern California.
729
00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,917
The Cleveland guys are
flying home,
730
00:33:03,042 --> 00:33:06,333
and Amil, James,
and Chuck are heading to Vegas
731
00:33:06,458 --> 00:33:07,458
to fence the loot.
732
00:33:07,458 --> 00:33:09,208
[phone ringing]
733
00:33:09,333 --> 00:33:11,167
I recall sometime
around mid-morning,
734
00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:13,125
my partner at the time says,
735
00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:16,167
I just got a call
from United California Bank.
736
00:33:16,292 --> 00:33:18,583
He said, they told me they
can't get into their vault.
737
00:33:18,708 --> 00:33:20,167
We think we need you down here.
738
00:33:20,292 --> 00:33:23,375
There's a hole in the roof.
739
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,042
Jim says,
don't touch anything.
740
00:33:25,167 --> 00:33:27,125
We'll be right down.
741
00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:29,333
I drove down to the bank.
742
00:33:29,333 --> 00:33:31,792
I go over to the vault,
and I'm looking down.
743
00:33:31,792 --> 00:33:35,000
You looked right
into the vault down below.
744
00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:38,167
You knew right then and there,
this is a career case.
745
00:33:38,292 --> 00:33:41,500
♪ ♪
746
00:33:41,625 --> 00:33:45,625
Initially, investigators fear
the thieves stole $50,000.
747
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:50,000
But reported losses soon passed
$2 million,
748
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,292
$4 million, $8 million.
749
00:33:53,417 --> 00:33:56,250
That's when the FBI realizes
750
00:33:56,375 --> 00:34:01,042
this heist is unlike
any they've ever seen.
751
00:34:01,208 --> 00:34:02,750
We told them it was
going to be a big one.
752
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:05,125
We're going to have
to have manpower.
753
00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:09,333
I was working bank robberies
in the Los Angeles office
754
00:34:09,458 --> 00:34:12,208
at the time the Laguna Niguel
burglary occurred.
755
00:34:12,375 --> 00:34:14,583
And I got involved
shortly thereafter
756
00:34:14,708 --> 00:34:19,167
when we realized that the loss
was substantially greater.
757
00:34:19,167 --> 00:34:21,000
The FBI realizes
this is a big deal,
758
00:34:21,125 --> 00:34:23,333
so they put eight agents
on the case.
759
00:34:23,333 --> 00:34:25,750
J. Edgar Hoover is
the boss of the FBI
760
00:34:25,875 --> 00:34:27,333
during this time period.
761
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:30,750
Mr. Hoover was a very
motivated guy,
762
00:34:30,875 --> 00:34:33,458
and therefore he motivated us.
763
00:34:33,458 --> 00:34:35,250
Then J. Edgar Hoover gets involved
764
00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:37,167
and the number
of agents jumps from eight
765
00:34:37,292 --> 00:34:40,500
to 125 in the first few weeks.
766
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:43,750
Hoover personally committing
the FBI to the case
767
00:34:43,875 --> 00:34:46,708
stokes rumors about
what might have been stolen
768
00:34:46,833 --> 00:34:49,500
from the sleepy little bank
in Laguna Niguel.
769
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,083
2,000 miles away,
770
00:34:52,208 --> 00:34:55,167
the crew is confident
they made a clean getaway.
771
00:34:55,167 --> 00:34:58,208
So when a Amil Dinsio
gets a new tip,
772
00:34:58,333 --> 00:35:00,458
it's too tempting to pass up.
773
00:35:00,458 --> 00:35:02,792
They decide
to do another heist.
774
00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:05,125
This one is in Lordstown, Ohio,
775
00:35:05,250 --> 00:35:08,167
at a bank across the street
from a GM factory.
776
00:35:08,292 --> 00:35:09,750
I talked to Dinsio about this,
777
00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:12,000
and I was like, why would
you do this at this point?
778
00:35:12,125 --> 00:35:13,333
You just got all this money.
779
00:35:13,458 --> 00:35:15,000
They decided a haul like this
780
00:35:15,167 --> 00:35:17,583
doesn't come around often,
let's do it again.
781
00:35:17,708 --> 00:35:20,167
I don't believe we should
have made another move
782
00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:22,917
on that Lordstown bank
783
00:35:23,042 --> 00:35:25,000
because we had
so much already,
784
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,917
we didn't need that job.
785
00:35:28,042 --> 00:35:29,917
I had a bad feeling about it.
786
00:35:30,042 --> 00:35:32,667
There's a lot
of similarities in ammo,
787
00:35:32,792 --> 00:35:34,875
method of operation,
between the two.
788
00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:36,792
So much so
that it was pretty clear
789
00:35:36,792 --> 00:35:41,000
that our players were involved
in that bank burglary.
790
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,292
♪ ♪
791
00:35:44,292 --> 00:35:46,667
I concluded that we needed
to figure out
792
00:35:46,792 --> 00:35:50,292
how the bad guys got
to Laguna Niguel, California.
793
00:35:50,292 --> 00:35:53,000
We had identified
a large group of people.
794
00:35:53,125 --> 00:35:55,375
We asked the major hubs
for airlines
795
00:35:55,542 --> 00:35:58,875
to run all of these names
through their system.
796
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,958
We found subsequently
the five names
797
00:36:02,083 --> 00:36:05,708
we were looking for
within a couple of days.
798
00:36:05,875 --> 00:36:07,375
I admired the job they did.
799
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,167
They were fantastic
bank burglars
800
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:11,833
but lousy criminals.
801
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,375
The phone records gave us
a witness named Earl Dawson
802
00:36:16,542 --> 00:36:19,000
who turned out to be living
in Tustin, California,
803
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,042
and a friend of Mulligan's.
804
00:36:22,208 --> 00:36:24,333
I got the call
late in the afternoon
805
00:36:24,333 --> 00:36:27,333
to check out
Earl Randall Dawson.
806
00:36:27,333 --> 00:36:30,000
But the thing that really
hit me is his place of birth
807
00:36:30,125 --> 00:36:31,417
was Youngstown, Ohio.
808
00:36:31,542 --> 00:36:35,500
And you don't have to be an FBI
agent to say that's a clue.
809
00:36:35,625 --> 00:36:39,042
Frank Calley and his partner
go to Earl Dawson's residence
810
00:36:39,208 --> 00:36:42,417
and show him photos
of the usual suspects.
811
00:36:42,542 --> 00:36:45,375
He immediately picks
out Chuck Mulligan
812
00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:48,292
and says his old friend
from Ohio asked
813
00:36:48,417 --> 00:36:52,083
if he could park a car in
Earl's garage for a few weeks.
814
00:36:52,208 --> 00:36:54,083
[phone ringing]
815
00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:55,750
While I'm talking to him,
the phone rings
816
00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:57,292
and he picks it up.
817
00:36:57,292 --> 00:36:58,333
He looks at me, and he--
818
00:36:58,458 --> 00:37:00,167
just a sec,
I'll be right with you.
819
00:37:00,333 --> 00:37:01,833
He says, it's Mulligan.
820
00:37:01,833 --> 00:37:05,583
♪ ♪
821
00:37:09,583 --> 00:37:10,917
June 1972,
822
00:37:11,042 --> 00:37:12,625
more than nine weeks after one
823
00:37:12,625 --> 00:37:14,417
of the largest heists
in history,
824
00:37:14,542 --> 00:37:17,042
the Feds get one
of the most implausible
825
00:37:17,208 --> 00:37:18,250
breaks of their careers.
826
00:37:18,375 --> 00:37:19,667
[phone ringing]
827
00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:21,417
They're interviewing
an associate
828
00:37:21,542 --> 00:37:25,000
of Dinsio's gang
when Chuck Mulligan phones
829
00:37:25,125 --> 00:37:27,542
to discuss getting rid
of evidence.
830
00:37:27,708 --> 00:37:30,292
I said, do you mind if we
listen in on the conversation?
831
00:37:30,292 --> 00:37:33,333
Mulligan says,
hey, Earl, how you been?
832
00:37:33,458 --> 00:37:36,250
Then he said, I'm flying out
to LA tonight, get there late,
833
00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:37,958
and then I'm going
to come down to your house.
834
00:37:37,958 --> 00:37:40,667
I got to get rid of the car
in the garage, he says.
835
00:37:40,667 --> 00:37:42,500
Have the FBI
or anybody been around?
836
00:37:42,625 --> 00:37:44,917
And he said, no, nobody's
been around down here.
837
00:37:45,042 --> 00:37:45,833
He says, are you sure?
838
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,042
He said,
no, nobody's come around.
839
00:37:47,167 --> 00:37:48,583
[suspenseful music]
840
00:37:48,708 --> 00:37:52,000
And I said,
this guy we can trust.
841
00:37:52,125 --> 00:37:54,167
Could the car in the garage
842
00:37:54,167 --> 00:37:56,375
Mulligan is coming
to get rid of
843
00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,083
be the vehicle used
in the heist?
844
00:37:59,208 --> 00:38:01,458
Calley tells the FBI bosses
845
00:38:01,458 --> 00:38:03,583
that a suspect is coming
to him,
846
00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:06,833
and he quickly gets a warrant
to search the vehicle.
847
00:38:06,958 --> 00:38:08,500
♪ ♪
848
00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:11,083
They pop open the trunk
and they find ski masks,
849
00:38:11,208 --> 00:38:13,417
they find guns,
and they find the tools
850
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:16,083
that were used
in the Laguna Niguel heist.
851
00:38:16,208 --> 00:38:18,792
It was clear
that everything in the car,
852
00:38:18,792 --> 00:38:23,000
everything in the trunk had
been wiped down significantly,
853
00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:26,542
with the exception of
a fingerprint behind the mirror
854
00:38:26,708 --> 00:38:30,208
when somebody apparently
was adjusting the mirror.
855
00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:31,792
Mulligan shows up.
856
00:38:31,792 --> 00:38:34,000
I walked up, said, Mulligan?
And he said, yes.
857
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,500
The FBI.
858
00:38:35,625 --> 00:38:38,167
He said, what?
I said, you're under arrest.
859
00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:39,708
A true professional,
860
00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:42,500
Mulligan doesn't
rat out his crew.
861
00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:47,250
Even when FBI agents locate
the condo Harry Barber rented,
862
00:38:47,375 --> 00:38:49,375
the heist team isn't worried.
863
00:38:49,542 --> 00:38:51,792
They're confident
they've made quite literally
864
00:38:51,792 --> 00:38:53,500
a clean getaway.
865
00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:57,875
That place was wiped
from ceiling to floor
866
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,750
of anything that could
possibly be evidence,
867
00:39:01,875 --> 00:39:05,958
anything, with the exception
of the dishwasher.
868
00:39:05,958 --> 00:39:07,875
♪ ♪
869
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Five people were identified
from the fingerprints
870
00:39:10,167 --> 00:39:13,333
on dirty dishes,
in that someone forgot
871
00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:15,333
to push the Start button.
872
00:39:15,458 --> 00:39:17,583
Fingerprints will
get you every time.
873
00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:19,333
[laughing]
874
00:39:19,458 --> 00:39:21,708
They knew who did it,
they knew.
875
00:39:21,875 --> 00:39:25,333
They just couldn't figure out
how they were going to jam us.
876
00:39:25,333 --> 00:39:27,458
And that's why they were
on this like night and day.
877
00:39:27,583 --> 00:39:28,542
They had a great plan.
878
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,833
They had the appropriate
team players.
879
00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:34,208
They had the right bank.
They had everything.
880
00:39:34,333 --> 00:39:35,542
However, they were
above it all.
881
00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:37,792
Now let's go to Lordstown.
882
00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:41,708
FBI agents in Ohio
arrest Amil Dinsio,
883
00:39:41,833 --> 00:39:43,458
and in a search of his house,
884
00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:45,875
find rare coins
belonging to one
885
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,167
of the United California Bank customers.
886
00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:52,167
Agents also find cash
they can trace
887
00:39:52,292 --> 00:39:54,083
to the Lordstown bank job.
888
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:58,042
From there, they focus
on the so-called super thief,
889
00:39:58,167 --> 00:39:59,458
Phil Christopher.
890
00:39:59,458 --> 00:40:01,500
The FBI come to my home,
891
00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:05,708
and they came there to arrest
me for a probation violation.
892
00:40:05,833 --> 00:40:07,958
And sure enough,
because I didn't have
893
00:40:08,083 --> 00:40:10,625
the phony ID that day
I went on the airplane--
894
00:40:10,750 --> 00:40:12,083
they would have never got me.
895
00:40:12,208 --> 00:40:14,708
Never would have got me.
896
00:40:14,833 --> 00:40:20,500
In October 1972,
215 days after the heist,
897
00:40:20,625 --> 00:40:23,208
trials are held for both
the Laguna Niguel
898
00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:25,417
and Lordstown jobs.
899
00:40:25,542 --> 00:40:27,625
For all their meticulous planning,
900
00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:30,292
the Dinsio crew didn't
plan on this.
901
00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:33,208
Amil Dinsio,
Charles Mulligan,
902
00:40:33,333 --> 00:40:35,500
and Phil Christopher are convicted
903
00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:37,833
and sentenced to 20 years
in prison.
904
00:40:37,958 --> 00:40:40,833
James is convicted and gets
sentenced to 15 years.
905
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000
Harry Barber is a fugitive
for eight years
906
00:40:43,125 --> 00:40:44,833
before he's caught.
907
00:40:44,958 --> 00:40:46,667
But what about
the huge haul taken
908
00:40:46,792 --> 00:40:48,917
from the United California Bank?
909
00:40:49,042 --> 00:40:51,917
Whatever happened
to what Amil Dinsio insisted
910
00:40:52,042 --> 00:40:53,667
were Nixon's millions?
911
00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:55,667
♪ ♪
912
00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:58,750
After a heist of $20 million,
even $30 million or more,
913
00:40:58,875 --> 00:41:01,625
only a small fraction
was ever recovered.
914
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:03,833
I don't think there's
a good final estimate.
915
00:41:03,958 --> 00:41:07,542
I personally believe it's
$50 million, plus or minus.
916
00:41:07,667 --> 00:41:09,083
But the feds, they recovered
917
00:41:09,208 --> 00:41:11,625
somewhere between $2 million
and $4 million.
918
00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:13,750
There is a lot more money
out there.
919
00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:15,458
According to the burglars,
it's something
920
00:41:15,458 --> 00:41:17,167
between $12 million
and $30 million.
921
00:41:17,292 --> 00:41:20,333
Where's the rest of the money?
922
00:41:20,458 --> 00:41:22,500
Somebody out there got rich
off this heist.
923
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,167
[jazzy music]
924
00:41:25,292 --> 00:41:28,875
For some, the missing
money just reinforces
925
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,125
the Dinsio gang's
reputation...
926
00:41:31,125 --> 00:41:32,708
[explosion blasts]
927
00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:34,917
As the best heist crew ever.
928
00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:37,625
I haven't seen
anybody compare to us.
929
00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,833
You tell me if we're the best.
I know we are.
930
00:41:39,833 --> 00:41:42,875
Even the FBI said
we were the best.
931
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,542
That burglary just
blew everybody away.
932
00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:47,458
They were meticulous.
933
00:41:47,458 --> 00:41:49,625
This is the biggest
bank burglary in history
934
00:41:49,625 --> 00:41:51,667
at that time in America
935
00:41:51,792 --> 00:41:55,833
with a very sophisticated plan
and some major bad guys.
936
00:41:55,958 --> 00:41:59,500
♪ ♪
937
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:02,667
In the case of the United
California Bank burglary,
938
00:42:02,792 --> 00:42:04,958
there are still
unanswered questions.
939
00:42:04,958 --> 00:42:08,542
Was labor leader Jimmy Hoffa
really the catalyst?
940
00:42:08,667 --> 00:42:12,417
Was he trying, as mastermind
Amil Dinsio insists,
941
00:42:12,542 --> 00:42:15,333
to get back what he considered
his money?
942
00:42:15,458 --> 00:42:17,750
Whatever the answers,
the ingenious plan,
943
00:42:17,875 --> 00:42:21,375
bold execution, and millions
of dollars associated
944
00:42:21,500 --> 00:42:24,250
with the United California Bank
job place it
945
00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:26,833
among history's
greatest heists.
946
00:42:26,958 --> 00:42:32,792
♪ ♪