1 00:00:02,876 --> 00:00:05,751 It's 1964, and three beach boys 2 00:00:05,918 --> 00:00:07,501 turned cat burglars attempt one of 3 00:00:07,501 --> 00:00:09,376 the biggest heists ever 4 00:00:09,376 --> 00:00:12,876 by going after the biggest jewels ever. 5 00:00:14,710 --> 00:00:17,043 These gems are so expensive 6 00:00:17,168 --> 00:00:18,918 that they're actually priceless. 7 00:00:19,043 --> 00:00:21,293 The thieves' bold plan calls for some 8 00:00:21,418 --> 00:00:23,335 death-defying acrobatics, 9 00:00:23,460 --> 00:00:25,418 and that's just to break in. 10 00:00:25,585 --> 00:00:28,751 They're young. They're athletic. 11 00:00:28,876 --> 00:00:30,001 They can't help themselves. 12 00:00:30,001 --> 00:00:32,293 They want the bragging rights. 13 00:00:32,418 --> 00:00:34,251 It's all about getting away 14 00:00:34,418 --> 00:00:37,210 with the most precious gems in the world. 15 00:00:37,376 --> 00:00:41,210 The thrill, the glory, the money. 16 00:00:41,335 --> 00:00:42,835 This is the caper of the century. 17 00:00:47,251 --> 00:00:49,710 The masterminds behind every great heist 18 00:00:49,876 --> 00:00:51,335 see what most people don't... 19 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:56,626 Risking everything to pull off the score of a lifetime. 20 00:00:56,751 --> 00:00:58,668 It takes a bold plan, 21 00:00:58,793 --> 00:01:01,543 the right team, 22 00:01:01,668 --> 00:01:04,335 and the skill to stay one step ahead of the law. 23 00:01:31,585 --> 00:01:33,876 The American Museum of Natural History. 24 00:01:33,876 --> 00:01:37,251 It houses more treasure than any bank vault in the world 25 00:01:37,418 --> 00:01:39,751 without world-class security. 26 00:01:39,918 --> 00:01:42,835 If these thieves can get away with the diamonds, rubies, 27 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:44,418 and sapphires in this hall, 28 00:01:44,543 --> 00:01:47,376 it'll be the biggest jewel heist of the century 29 00:01:47,501 --> 00:01:53,376 at a time when competition for that distinction is fierce. 30 00:01:57,085 --> 00:02:01,335 The 1960s is considered the golden age of jewel heists 31 00:02:01,335 --> 00:02:04,543 in American history because jewel heists 32 00:02:04,710 --> 00:02:07,668 were happening, on an average, every 32 seconds. 33 00:02:07,793 --> 00:02:11,668 High-profile thefts make headlines everywhere, 34 00:02:11,793 --> 00:02:15,710 but one location has a massive collection of priceless jewels 35 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:17,543 all under one roof, 36 00:02:17,668 --> 00:02:20,668 and they're not hidden away in any impenetrable vault. 37 00:02:22,501 --> 00:02:24,960 They're on display for all the world to see. 38 00:02:30,210 --> 00:02:31,751 The American Museum of Natural History 39 00:02:31,876 --> 00:02:34,376 is one of the most famous museums in the world. 40 00:02:34,501 --> 00:02:36,376 It is one of the biggest in New York City. 41 00:02:36,376 --> 00:02:39,085 It's about a 2-million square-foot museum 42 00:02:39,251 --> 00:02:41,085 just opposite Central Park. 43 00:02:41,210 --> 00:02:43,751 About five million people on average a year 44 00:02:43,876 --> 00:02:45,376 go and visit the museum. 45 00:02:45,543 --> 00:02:48,668 It houses everything from meteorites to dinosaur bones. 46 00:02:50,585 --> 00:02:52,043 What makes it the most incredible 47 00:02:52,043 --> 00:02:54,043 is the JP Morgan Gem Collection, 48 00:02:54,043 --> 00:02:56,585 which houses some of the most precious 49 00:02:56,751 --> 00:02:59,085 and oldest gemstones in the world. 50 00:02:59,210 --> 00:03:01,543 The JP Morgan Collection is stored 51 00:03:01,543 --> 00:03:03,585 in the Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems. 52 00:03:03,751 --> 00:03:05,835 That's what it was called back in 1964. 53 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,126 The Hall of Gems was located on the fourth floor. 54 00:03:09,251 --> 00:03:11,460 It was about 100 feet long and 60 feet wide, 55 00:03:11,585 --> 00:03:13,876 and it had 20-foot ceilings. 56 00:03:13,876 --> 00:03:17,376 Along the perimeter wall, there was a row of 20 windows. 57 00:03:17,501 --> 00:03:20,793 On the opposite wall were two doors 58 00:03:20,918 --> 00:03:22,793 covered by a decorative grate. 59 00:03:22,918 --> 00:03:27,376 They were locked at night to secure the space. 60 00:03:27,543 --> 00:03:30,543 Dozens of freestanding glass cases 61 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:33,126 filled the hall, luring visitors in 62 00:03:33,251 --> 00:03:35,376 for a closer look at the giant gems. 63 00:03:35,501 --> 00:03:37,418 The alarms protecting the cases 64 00:03:37,585 --> 00:03:40,710 seemed state of the art to a casual observer, 65 00:03:40,710 --> 00:03:44,960 but what's state of the art in 1964? 66 00:03:45,085 --> 00:03:47,335 Does it have the security that it has today? 67 00:03:47,335 --> 00:03:50,001 Absolutely not, but there was security. 68 00:03:50,126 --> 00:03:51,585 There was alarms on the glass. 69 00:03:51,710 --> 00:03:53,210 It was double-paned glass, 70 00:03:53,376 --> 00:03:54,835 meaning it's very thick. 71 00:03:54,835 --> 00:03:56,751 It's very hard to break. 72 00:03:56,876 --> 00:03:59,376 Museum security guards moved through the building 73 00:03:59,543 --> 00:04:02,043 locking doors, turning off lights. 74 00:04:02,043 --> 00:04:04,001 And then, throughout the night, 75 00:04:04,001 --> 00:04:06,918 they would do periodic patrols starting on the hour 76 00:04:07,043 --> 00:04:10,460 and patrolling an assigned area. 77 00:04:10,585 --> 00:04:13,876 It's a tantalizing target with just enough security 78 00:04:13,876 --> 00:04:15,710 to discourage most thieves. 79 00:04:17,835 --> 00:04:20,543 But down in Miami, there's a talented trio 80 00:04:20,668 --> 00:04:24,251 of young jewel thieves who've just started working together, 81 00:04:24,418 --> 00:04:26,751 and they're already on the hunt for bigger game. 82 00:04:28,293 --> 00:04:30,210 These guys are bold, and bright, 83 00:04:30,210 --> 00:04:31,876 and brimming with confidence... 84 00:04:34,585 --> 00:04:37,543 none more so than their charismatic leader, 85 00:04:37,668 --> 00:04:42,418 Jack Murphy, aka "Murf the Surf." 86 00:04:42,585 --> 00:04:46,168 Jack Roland Murphy was born in 1937 87 00:04:46,293 --> 00:04:48,543 in Oceanside, California. 88 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:50,543 He comes from a middle-class family. 89 00:04:50,710 --> 00:04:53,585 He's charming, he's intelligent, 90 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:55,876 and, befitting his place of birth, 91 00:04:56,043 --> 00:04:57,585 he's a total beach boy. 92 00:04:57,710 --> 00:04:59,376 He actually rises to prominence 93 00:04:59,501 --> 00:05:02,043 as a nationally renowned surfer 94 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,168 in the late '50s and 1960s. 95 00:05:04,293 --> 00:05:06,168 Oh, Murf the Surf. 96 00:05:06,168 --> 00:05:07,960 He's trim. He's fit. 97 00:05:08,085 --> 00:05:09,376 He's clean cut. 98 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:12,168 He's got hair that bleaches blond in the summer. 99 00:05:12,293 --> 00:05:14,043 He's not afraid of things, 100 00:05:14,168 --> 00:05:15,585 and he picks up that vibe 101 00:05:15,710 --> 00:05:17,710 and brings it with him to Miami. 102 00:05:19,918 --> 00:05:21,793 One of Jack Murphy's first forays 103 00:05:21,918 --> 00:05:25,085 into a life of crime is that he joins a bunch of friends 104 00:05:25,210 --> 00:05:27,585 to rob $15,000 from this mansion, 105 00:05:27,751 --> 00:05:31,210 and the gears go in motion for him to start thinking, 106 00:05:31,335 --> 00:05:32,751 "I want to go into business for myself again, 107 00:05:32,918 --> 00:05:34,793 but not a legitimate business." 108 00:05:34,918 --> 00:05:38,001 While Murphy is working in upscale Miami hotels, 109 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:40,376 so he can more easily pick 110 00:05:40,501 --> 00:05:42,418 the pockets of unwary tourists, 111 00:05:42,543 --> 00:05:44,918 he meets a young man from the Bible Belt 112 00:05:45,043 --> 00:05:47,210 with a sharp mind for crime, 113 00:05:47,376 --> 00:05:50,543 Allan Kuhn, the mastermind. 114 00:05:50,710 --> 00:05:53,043 Allan Kuhn was born in West Grove, Missouri. 115 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:55,543 He grows up really poor. 116 00:05:55,668 --> 00:05:58,293 When he's 15 years old, he gets arrested 117 00:05:58,418 --> 00:06:00,043 for breaking into the neighbor's homes. 118 00:06:00,168 --> 00:06:01,543 He joins the Navy. 119 00:06:01,668 --> 00:06:04,835 And then after that, he goes down to Miami, 120 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,876 and he becomes a swim teacher at one 121 00:06:06,876 --> 00:06:10,126 of the beachside hotels. 122 00:06:10,251 --> 00:06:12,335 When Allan Kuhn and Jack Murphy meet, 123 00:06:12,335 --> 00:06:13,918 they have a lot in common. 124 00:06:14,043 --> 00:06:16,543 They're both working the entire hotel circuit. 125 00:06:16,668 --> 00:06:18,585 You know, scrubbing pools 126 00:06:18,751 --> 00:06:21,376 and handing towels is not cutting it. 127 00:06:21,543 --> 00:06:24,085 Honing their skills as a team, 128 00:06:24,251 --> 00:06:27,418 the two begin robbing mansions all over South Beach. 129 00:06:27,585 --> 00:06:30,876 When the job calls for a getaway driver or a lookout, 130 00:06:30,876 --> 00:06:34,793 they have the perfect go-to guy for that as well, 131 00:06:34,918 --> 00:06:38,501 Roger Clark, the Jack of all Trades. 132 00:06:38,501 --> 00:06:40,501 Roger Clark is from Meriden, Connecticut, 133 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:42,710 and he's a high-school lifeguard. 134 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:44,126 He serves a stint in the Navy, 135 00:06:44,251 --> 00:06:46,418 and then he goes down to Miami 136 00:06:46,543 --> 00:06:48,043 where he paints houses and works 137 00:06:48,168 --> 00:06:49,585 a bunch of other odd jobs. 138 00:06:49,751 --> 00:06:52,210 Roger's role, he's the getaway driver. 139 00:06:52,376 --> 00:06:53,876 He's also the lookout, 140 00:06:53,876 --> 00:06:56,043 and, if need be, he's their muscle, 141 00:06:56,168 --> 00:06:57,876 if push really comes to shove. 142 00:06:58,001 --> 00:07:00,668 The team gets bolder and better, 143 00:07:00,668 --> 00:07:03,126 and Kuhn starts to think about stepping up 144 00:07:03,251 --> 00:07:05,126 to the big leagues. 145 00:07:05,251 --> 00:07:06,710 Allan Kuhn is, without a doubt, 146 00:07:06,835 --> 00:07:08,585 the mastermind of the American Museum 147 00:07:08,710 --> 00:07:10,043 of Natural History heist. 148 00:07:10,168 --> 00:07:13,376 This is really a dream of his. 149 00:07:13,376 --> 00:07:15,876 Murphy, who always dreams big, 150 00:07:16,001 --> 00:07:18,043 loves the idea, too, 151 00:07:18,168 --> 00:07:21,168 so the three partners in crime decide to take 152 00:07:21,293 --> 00:07:23,376 their show on the road. 153 00:07:28,168 --> 00:07:30,960 So Murphy, Kuhn, and Clark traveled to New York 154 00:07:31,085 --> 00:07:34,210 in October 1964 for the express purpose 155 00:07:34,335 --> 00:07:36,835 of casing the museum and looking 156 00:07:36,835 --> 00:07:38,918 for other places to burglarize-- 157 00:07:39,043 --> 00:07:40,543 any place where they think that they can score 158 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:42,043 and not be caught. 159 00:07:42,210 --> 00:07:45,210 But soon, Murphy and Kuhn begin casing 160 00:07:45,335 --> 00:07:48,210 their real target... 161 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:51,210 the Museum of Natural History. 162 00:07:51,376 --> 00:07:53,376 They went in acting as tourists. 163 00:07:53,501 --> 00:07:55,710 They went in on a different schedule 164 00:07:55,835 --> 00:07:58,376 so that they would not be all seen together. 165 00:07:58,501 --> 00:08:00,460 They're kind of surveying 166 00:08:00,585 --> 00:08:02,751 what's at the museum, what's in this collection 167 00:08:02,876 --> 00:08:03,918 that they might want to take. 168 00:08:04,085 --> 00:08:05,418 The highlight of the collection 169 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:07,960 is the Star of India sapphire. 170 00:08:08,085 --> 00:08:10,585 It displays the six pointed star, 171 00:08:10,751 --> 00:08:13,460 and that star pattern is very, very rare. 172 00:08:13,585 --> 00:08:15,210 It's a huge stone, 173 00:08:15,210 --> 00:08:16,460 really the size of a golf ball, 174 00:08:16,585 --> 00:08:18,668 over 500 carats. 175 00:08:18,793 --> 00:08:20,168 Then you have the Eagle Diamond, 176 00:08:20,168 --> 00:08:23,126 which is the largest diamond ever found in America. 177 00:08:23,251 --> 00:08:25,543 It's more than 15 carats, and it was found 178 00:08:25,710 --> 00:08:29,710 in Eagle, Wisconsin back in 1876. 179 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:31,043 Another highlight of the collection 180 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:33,376 is the DeLong Star Ruby. 181 00:08:33,501 --> 00:08:35,918 It looks like a piece of candy. 182 00:08:36,085 --> 00:08:38,668 It's over 100 carats 183 00:08:38,668 --> 00:08:41,960 and also has the asterism star pattern. 184 00:08:42,085 --> 00:08:43,960 And then there's a Midnight Star, 185 00:08:44,085 --> 00:08:46,293 which is often described as a black sapphire. 186 00:08:46,418 --> 00:08:50,418 And it's about 116 carats, and it was found in Sri Lanka. 187 00:08:50,543 --> 00:08:54,543 A huge potential payday from a handful of small rocks 188 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:56,751 is all the motivation they need. 189 00:08:56,918 --> 00:08:58,710 The three men begin planning 190 00:08:58,710 --> 00:09:00,876 their most ambitious heist ever. 191 00:09:02,585 --> 00:09:04,876 While they're eating, sleeping, and breathing, 192 00:09:05,001 --> 00:09:07,501 they're researching and casing this heist, 193 00:09:07,501 --> 00:09:09,543 they're also having fun. 194 00:09:09,668 --> 00:09:11,001 You've got to remember, they're in their twenties. 195 00:09:11,001 --> 00:09:12,460 You're in New York in your twenties. 196 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:14,710 They're going out. They're drinking. 197 00:09:14,710 --> 00:09:16,918 They're having parties in their hotel room. 198 00:09:17,043 --> 00:09:18,876 The men are not just living it up. 199 00:09:18,876 --> 00:09:20,668 They're also bragging to anyone 200 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:22,918 who might be impressed. 201 00:09:23,043 --> 00:09:25,668 They are not covering up their tracks, 202 00:09:25,793 --> 00:09:29,376 and they make themselves vulnerable to being revealed. 203 00:09:29,501 --> 00:09:32,710 It's at one of these parties that Kuhn finds himself 204 00:09:32,835 --> 00:09:34,918 a different kind of partner. 205 00:09:36,793 --> 00:09:39,710 Janet Florkiewicz is a 19-year-old stenographer, 206 00:09:39,835 --> 00:09:41,501 and she's in New York staying at the same hotel 207 00:09:41,501 --> 00:09:43,001 as the thieves. 208 00:09:43,001 --> 00:09:45,710 And while she's there, she and Allan Kuhn 209 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:47,835 strike up a bit of a romance, 210 00:09:47,835 --> 00:09:50,126 and they kind of become an item. 211 00:09:51,793 --> 00:09:53,751 The second time they case the museum, 212 00:09:53,876 --> 00:09:57,835 Kuhn is laser focused on the mission. 213 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,543 Allan Kuhn, in particular, is especially fascinated 214 00:10:00,668 --> 00:10:02,043 by the Hall of Gems, 215 00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:04,668 and he spends hours in there at a time. 216 00:10:04,668 --> 00:10:06,210 In fact, there's one instance 217 00:10:06,335 --> 00:10:08,501 where he takes Janet Florkiewicz with him 218 00:10:08,501 --> 00:10:10,918 on a date to the Hall of Gems. 219 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:13,543 Kuhn notices that the battery packs 220 00:10:13,668 --> 00:10:16,710 that are connected to the security system 221 00:10:16,710 --> 00:10:20,501 are corroded, and there may not be an alarm. 222 00:10:20,501 --> 00:10:23,710 It's kind of an unknown still. 223 00:10:23,835 --> 00:10:26,043 For weeks, the men have been partying 224 00:10:26,168 --> 00:10:29,210 and flashing cash all over town. 225 00:10:29,335 --> 00:10:32,876 One night at a bar, someone recognizes Jack 226 00:10:32,876 --> 00:10:35,751 as the nationally renowned pro surfer 227 00:10:35,918 --> 00:10:38,210 Murf the Surf, 228 00:10:38,335 --> 00:10:40,210 and it rattles him. 229 00:10:40,335 --> 00:10:43,501 Right before the heist, Murphy gets cold feet. 230 00:10:45,043 --> 00:10:47,210 He finally realized, "Oh, wait a minute. 231 00:10:47,376 --> 00:10:50,418 "Maybe we talk too much. Maybe we did too much. 232 00:10:50,543 --> 00:10:52,460 Maybe we shouldn't be doing this." 233 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:57,793 But Allan Kuhn, he really has his heart set on this, 234 00:10:57,918 --> 00:11:01,543 and he is not going to let Jack Murphy ruin this for him. 235 00:11:01,710 --> 00:11:03,251 At this point, this would really be 236 00:11:03,376 --> 00:11:04,543 a betrayal, for Jack Murphy to back out. 237 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:17,251 It's a week before 238 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:19,126 the Museum of Natural History heist, 239 00:11:19,251 --> 00:11:22,210 and Murf the Surf wants to bail out, 240 00:11:22,376 --> 00:11:26,668 but Allan Kuhn is in too deep to just let him walk away. 241 00:11:26,668 --> 00:11:31,001 Murphy and Kuhn are arguing. They're going at it. 242 00:11:31,001 --> 00:11:33,543 Kuhn really feels betrayed by Murphy's sudden reticence 243 00:11:33,543 --> 00:11:35,418 about all of this. 244 00:11:35,543 --> 00:11:37,043 In the back of his head, 245 00:11:37,168 --> 00:11:38,001 he's probably saying to himself, 246 00:11:38,126 --> 00:11:39,460 "There's too much heat on us." 247 00:11:39,585 --> 00:11:41,293 He starts second guessing everything. 248 00:11:41,418 --> 00:11:45,543 If Jack Murphy drops out, the dream is dead. 249 00:11:47,418 --> 00:11:49,043 Kuhn reminds Murphy 250 00:11:49,043 --> 00:11:50,376 they've already spotted a weakness 251 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:52,210 in the alarm system. 252 00:11:52,335 --> 00:11:55,876 All they need to do is find a way in. 253 00:11:55,876 --> 00:11:59,876 Kuhn urges him to case the museum one more time. 254 00:12:00,001 --> 00:12:03,043 Jack Murphy being in or out, it makes all the difference 255 00:12:03,168 --> 00:12:05,043 between being able to pull this off, 256 00:12:05,168 --> 00:12:07,710 and having to just give it up and go home. 257 00:12:09,751 --> 00:12:11,376 Murf agrees to one more look, 258 00:12:11,501 --> 00:12:14,585 and the guys return for one last recon mission, 259 00:12:14,710 --> 00:12:16,710 keeping their eyes out for any way 260 00:12:16,835 --> 00:12:19,460 into the Hall of Gems after hours. 261 00:12:19,585 --> 00:12:22,251 These three guys weave in and out of the hall 262 00:12:22,376 --> 00:12:24,001 throughout the day. 263 00:12:24,001 --> 00:12:26,710 They split up and kind of divide and conquer. 264 00:12:26,710 --> 00:12:28,460 These guys are smart. 265 00:12:28,585 --> 00:12:30,710 They know they can't just walk through the doors 266 00:12:30,835 --> 00:12:32,251 of the Museum of Natural History 267 00:12:32,376 --> 00:12:34,876 for a multitude of reasons, and one of them is because 268 00:12:35,001 --> 00:12:37,668 there's an iron gate outside the Hall of Gems. 269 00:12:37,668 --> 00:12:39,501 Once it's shut, you're not getting in. 270 00:12:39,501 --> 00:12:41,085 So the only way in 271 00:12:41,210 --> 00:12:43,043 is through those giant windows. 272 00:12:43,043 --> 00:12:45,876 There are 19 windows in the Hall of Gems, 273 00:12:46,001 --> 00:12:48,376 and every single one of them is left open 274 00:12:48,543 --> 00:12:50,793 about two inches at the top. 275 00:12:50,918 --> 00:12:52,335 For ventilation purposes. 276 00:12:52,335 --> 00:12:53,960 I mean, these are old days 277 00:12:54,085 --> 00:12:57,001 before central air conditioning. 278 00:12:57,001 --> 00:13:00,001 So they're thinking this is going to be their way in, 279 00:13:00,001 --> 00:13:01,793 but it also means that this is going to be 280 00:13:01,918 --> 00:13:03,960 incredibly physically demanding 281 00:13:04,085 --> 00:13:06,376 because they're going to have to get up to those windows. 282 00:13:10,168 --> 00:13:12,376 While Kuhn is spying a way in, 283 00:13:12,501 --> 00:13:16,043 Murphy and Clark are clocking how the guards patrol. 284 00:13:16,043 --> 00:13:18,793 And they realize that the security guards 285 00:13:18,918 --> 00:13:22,251 come through the hall once every hour on the hour, 286 00:13:22,418 --> 00:13:25,126 and they stay there for just about five minutes. 287 00:13:25,251 --> 00:13:28,126 With a way in and ideas on how to beat 288 00:13:28,251 --> 00:13:29,793 the alarms and the guards, 289 00:13:29,918 --> 00:13:33,001 Kuhn and Clark love their chances. 290 00:13:33,126 --> 00:13:34,293 Now they just need to know, 291 00:13:34,418 --> 00:13:37,335 does Murphy want to go big or go home? 292 00:13:37,335 --> 00:13:39,251 Murphy caves. 293 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:41,376 He's on board. They're going to do it. 294 00:13:44,918 --> 00:13:46,418 The night before the heist, 295 00:13:46,543 --> 00:13:49,543 the men hash out the plan to grab the jewels. 296 00:13:49,543 --> 00:13:50,960 They know they need a lookout 297 00:13:51,085 --> 00:13:52,251 and they need a driver. 298 00:13:52,376 --> 00:13:54,710 So Roger Clark, he's the guy 299 00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:55,876 that's going to let them know 300 00:13:56,043 --> 00:13:58,001 what's going on outside the museum walls. 301 00:13:58,126 --> 00:14:00,168 He's also the getaway driver. 302 00:14:00,293 --> 00:14:03,043 Clark will drop off Murphy and Kuhn 303 00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:05,585 on the 81st Street side of the museum. 304 00:14:05,710 --> 00:14:08,835 They need to climb a fence, sprint across the grounds 305 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,835 without being seen, and scale a fire escape 306 00:14:11,835 --> 00:14:13,960 up to the fifth floor. 307 00:14:14,085 --> 00:14:18,793 They chose the fifth floor because there's a ledge 308 00:14:18,918 --> 00:14:20,835 that runs around the back of the museum 309 00:14:20,835 --> 00:14:23,376 from the location of the fire escape 310 00:14:23,501 --> 00:14:24,835 over the gem room. 311 00:14:27,001 --> 00:14:29,335 The plan is to repel down from the fifth floor 312 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:30,751 to the fourth floor and swing 313 00:14:30,876 --> 00:14:32,793 from one window to the next. 314 00:14:32,918 --> 00:14:35,460 The stakes are high-- 315 00:14:35,585 --> 00:14:40,043 125 feet high, to be exact. 316 00:14:40,168 --> 00:14:43,626 They have great confidence in their physical abilities 317 00:14:43,751 --> 00:14:44,876 to pull this off. 318 00:14:46,710 --> 00:14:50,043 Once inside, it will be all about stealth, 319 00:14:50,168 --> 00:14:51,335 as they play a cat and mouse game 320 00:14:51,460 --> 00:14:52,668 with the guards. 321 00:14:52,668 --> 00:14:54,835 Between each patrol, they should have 322 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,710 a 45-minute window to break into 323 00:14:56,835 --> 00:14:58,543 the display cases. 324 00:14:58,668 --> 00:15:00,793 They have a tool kit. It's glass cutters. 325 00:15:00,918 --> 00:15:02,543 It's hammers. 326 00:15:02,668 --> 00:15:06,835 It's all sorts of things that you're going to need 327 00:15:06,835 --> 00:15:09,335 to bust open a jewel case. 328 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:13,043 After they grab the jewels, they need to climb up the rope 329 00:15:13,168 --> 00:15:16,043 and do it all in reverse, rendezvous-ing with Clark 330 00:15:16,168 --> 00:15:18,293 at the edge of Central Park. 331 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:20,585 There's a lot of jumping. There's rope climbing. 332 00:15:20,710 --> 00:15:22,835 There's vaulting. There's running. 333 00:15:22,835 --> 00:15:25,376 I'm kind of out of shape. I couldn't do it. 334 00:15:29,168 --> 00:15:31,876 Shortly after sundown, on the night of the heist, 335 00:15:32,001 --> 00:15:33,710 the three men gather their tools 336 00:15:33,835 --> 00:15:35,876 and get dressed for success-- 337 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:39,043 or, in Murphy's case, for failure. 338 00:15:39,043 --> 00:15:41,210 You'd think these guys would want 339 00:15:41,210 --> 00:15:44,251 to put on the usual all black, 340 00:15:44,418 --> 00:15:47,001 maybe a ski mask, a little inconspicuous, 341 00:15:47,126 --> 00:15:48,876 but Murphy has this personal philosophy 342 00:15:49,001 --> 00:15:50,668 that if he's going to get caught, 343 00:15:50,668 --> 00:15:51,668 he's going to look good. 344 00:15:53,335 --> 00:15:56,043 So he's got on this dark green velour jacket. 345 00:15:56,168 --> 00:15:58,543 He has a turtleneck sweater on, 346 00:15:58,668 --> 00:16:00,418 corduroy pants, 347 00:16:00,543 --> 00:16:02,793 And he is ready to look good if he gets caught. 348 00:16:04,918 --> 00:16:07,168 Murphy and Kuhn have broken into dozens 349 00:16:07,168 --> 00:16:09,001 of hotel rooms, homes, 350 00:16:09,126 --> 00:16:11,251 and even a jewelry store or two, 351 00:16:11,376 --> 00:16:13,376 but they're about to attempt the biggest, 352 00:16:13,376 --> 00:16:15,793 most daring heist of their lives-- 353 00:16:15,918 --> 00:16:17,876 breaking into an iconic museum 354 00:16:18,001 --> 00:16:20,460 to steal the world's rarest gems. 355 00:16:20,585 --> 00:16:22,876 The last three weeks have led to this moment, 356 00:16:23,001 --> 00:16:26,251 and the heist is on. 357 00:16:30,126 --> 00:16:31,251 Now it's showtime. 358 00:16:33,501 --> 00:16:37,251 And they get in Kuhn's white Cadillac convertible, 359 00:16:37,376 --> 00:16:39,751 and they drive down to 81st Street 360 00:16:39,876 --> 00:16:41,376 and Central Park West. 361 00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:42,626 They're going to approach the museum 362 00:16:42,751 --> 00:16:43,835 near the planetarium. 363 00:16:45,418 --> 00:16:46,918 Murphy and Kuhn hop out, 364 00:16:47,043 --> 00:16:49,126 and they head right to the museum. 365 00:16:49,251 --> 00:16:50,751 Clark parks the car around the block, 366 00:16:50,918 --> 00:16:52,751 then takes up his lookout position 367 00:16:52,918 --> 00:16:54,376 on the edge of the park. 368 00:16:54,501 --> 00:16:56,460 He has a walkie-talkie to communicate 369 00:16:56,585 --> 00:16:58,460 with Kuhn and Murphy. 370 00:16:58,585 --> 00:17:00,668 Once Murphy and Kuhn are on the museum grounds, 371 00:17:00,668 --> 00:17:04,543 there is a spike fence that they need to hop over. 372 00:17:06,210 --> 00:17:08,710 But the problem is that there's a 14-foot drop 373 00:17:08,835 --> 00:17:11,210 on the other side down into a sunken courtyard, 374 00:17:11,376 --> 00:17:13,293 and they've got that upper body strength 375 00:17:13,418 --> 00:17:15,126 from being swimmers, so they kind of 376 00:17:15,251 --> 00:17:16,876 just vault over it like gymnasts. 377 00:17:18,043 --> 00:17:19,960 Murphy and Kuhn 378 00:17:20,085 --> 00:17:23,543 jump the fence and go down a driveway. 379 00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:25,626 As they get down the ramp, 380 00:17:25,751 --> 00:17:27,043 they see the fire escape 381 00:17:27,168 --> 00:17:29,376 that they are intending to climb. 382 00:17:29,543 --> 00:17:31,876 The fire escape then helps them get to a ledge. 383 00:17:35,501 --> 00:17:37,126 And the ledge is going to bring them 384 00:17:37,251 --> 00:17:39,626 to those giant windows that they saw 385 00:17:39,751 --> 00:17:41,668 that lead them right into the promised land, 386 00:17:41,793 --> 00:17:43,543 the Hall of Gems. 387 00:17:43,668 --> 00:17:46,543 But the ledge is so narrow and so long 388 00:17:46,668 --> 00:17:50,501 that it's going to take all their core muscles, 389 00:17:50,501 --> 00:17:53,043 all those things that they have been working on 390 00:17:53,168 --> 00:17:55,043 on the surfboard, they're applying 391 00:17:55,168 --> 00:17:57,376 the same muscles to this ledge. 392 00:17:58,501 --> 00:18:00,085 But this isn't the ocean. 393 00:18:00,251 --> 00:18:04,376 They're 125 feet above hard, dry land 394 00:18:04,501 --> 00:18:07,960 and several yards away from the Hall of Gems. 395 00:18:08,085 --> 00:18:09,626 Murphy is so focused. 396 00:18:09,751 --> 00:18:11,876 There is nothing that's going to stop him. 397 00:18:12,001 --> 00:18:15,710 He's just so hell bent on getting inside the museum 398 00:18:15,876 --> 00:18:18,835 that he doesn't notice the small gathering 399 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,668 of pigeons on this ledge. 400 00:18:20,793 --> 00:18:22,876 He startles them. 401 00:18:22,876 --> 00:18:24,668 They fly away. 402 00:18:24,668 --> 00:18:25,876 They in turn startle him, 403 00:18:26,001 --> 00:18:28,043 and he's now rocking on this ledge 404 00:18:28,168 --> 00:18:30,293 and could fall at any moment. 405 00:18:30,418 --> 00:18:33,293 One false move, this heist is finished 406 00:18:33,418 --> 00:18:34,710 before it even started. 407 00:18:44,376 --> 00:18:48,710 Jack Murphy and Allan Kuhn are 125 feet in the air, 408 00:18:48,835 --> 00:18:50,293 clinging to the side 409 00:18:50,418 --> 00:18:52,710 of the American Museum of Natural History, 410 00:18:52,876 --> 00:18:56,585 as they edge their way toward the Hall of Gems. 411 00:18:56,710 --> 00:18:59,960 This is a horribly treacherous, nerve-racking way 412 00:19:00,085 --> 00:19:01,710 into the museum. 413 00:19:01,876 --> 00:19:04,918 As he's shimmying across this narrow ledge, 414 00:19:05,085 --> 00:19:08,085 he encounters this flock of pigeons. 415 00:19:08,251 --> 00:19:10,210 I've spent enough time on 77th Street 416 00:19:10,335 --> 00:19:12,710 to know that pigeons are an obstacle. 417 00:19:12,710 --> 00:19:16,876 These pigeons take off, and Murphy loses his balance, 418 00:19:17,001 --> 00:19:19,835 and his whole upper body is kind of, 419 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,418 like, swaying off of this ledge, 420 00:19:22,585 --> 00:19:24,210 more than 100 feet in the air. 421 00:19:24,210 --> 00:19:26,710 He's now rocking on this ledge 422 00:19:26,876 --> 00:19:29,043 and could fall at any moment. 423 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,543 Then at the last minute-- somehow-- 424 00:19:31,543 --> 00:19:34,960 he manages to swing his upper body back around 425 00:19:35,085 --> 00:19:36,585 against the wall of the museum, 426 00:19:36,751 --> 00:19:40,126 just like a surfer catching his balance again-- 427 00:19:40,251 --> 00:19:42,460 and he's OK. 428 00:19:42,585 --> 00:19:44,876 He's a little bit more conscious 429 00:19:45,043 --> 00:19:47,543 of his surroundings now, 430 00:19:47,668 --> 00:19:49,668 but he sees these giant windows 431 00:19:49,793 --> 00:19:52,168 that he's been dreaming about getting in. 432 00:19:52,293 --> 00:19:55,460 Murphy sees that the window is still open, 433 00:19:55,585 --> 00:19:59,460 so he is fairly certain that there's 434 00:19:59,585 --> 00:20:01,876 no alarm that's going to activate 435 00:20:01,876 --> 00:20:04,501 when he lowers the window. 436 00:20:04,501 --> 00:20:07,376 Murphy has a rope, and he ties it to a pillar. 437 00:20:07,376 --> 00:20:10,876 He's going to have to lower himself from this ledge 438 00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:15,543 down into one of those windows that's in the Hall of gems. 439 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:19,668 And remember, Murphy is carrying an airline bag 440 00:20:19,668 --> 00:20:24,376 containing the burglary tools as he's lowering himself down. 441 00:20:24,376 --> 00:20:27,710 He puts his foot on the sash, and the window goes down... 442 00:20:27,835 --> 00:20:31,210 Far enough so that they can slide into the window 443 00:20:31,376 --> 00:20:32,626 without breaking the glass, 444 00:20:32,751 --> 00:20:34,043 and then they're off to the races. 445 00:20:36,876 --> 00:20:40,501 Jack Murphy and Allan Kuhn's daredevil act works, 446 00:20:40,626 --> 00:20:42,668 but before they rush over to the JP Morgan Collection 447 00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:45,210 and get to work, they need to answer 448 00:20:45,376 --> 00:20:47,376 a multimillion dollar question. 449 00:20:47,501 --> 00:20:50,001 Do the night guards follow the same patrol schedule 450 00:20:50,126 --> 00:20:51,710 as the day shift? 451 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:55,960 They hide out in a dark corner of the hall, 452 00:20:56,085 --> 00:20:58,501 waiting to see when the security guards come by. 453 00:20:58,626 --> 00:21:02,293 How often? Is it still an hourly rotation? 454 00:21:02,418 --> 00:21:04,668 They take their time. 455 00:21:04,668 --> 00:21:06,835 They've taken enough time to plan this heist. 456 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,376 What's a couple more hours? 457 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:10,501 And that's what they do. 458 00:21:10,626 --> 00:21:13,585 They wait until that security guard is gone, 459 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:15,376 down the hall, somewhere else. 460 00:21:15,501 --> 00:21:18,043 And then they're feeling, like, OK, 461 00:21:18,168 --> 00:21:20,876 they can finally make their move. 462 00:21:21,043 --> 00:21:24,210 Murphy and Kuhn learn that the guard's patrol pattern 463 00:21:24,376 --> 00:21:25,960 is different from the day shift, 464 00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:27,668 but it's good news. 465 00:21:27,793 --> 00:21:30,335 The night guard doesn't even enter the hall. 466 00:21:30,460 --> 00:21:32,293 He just peers through the night gate 467 00:21:32,418 --> 00:21:35,210 with his flashlight and moves on. 468 00:21:35,210 --> 00:21:37,501 It's go time. 469 00:21:37,626 --> 00:21:40,085 They're in position now, right in front 470 00:21:40,210 --> 00:21:41,876 of the Star of India. 471 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:43,710 They're staring at it. 472 00:21:43,710 --> 00:21:47,376 It's so beautiful, and it's almost theirs. 473 00:21:47,501 --> 00:21:50,585 To see if the case's alarm is truly off, 474 00:21:50,751 --> 00:21:52,751 they perform one last test. 475 00:21:52,876 --> 00:21:55,543 Allan Kuhn has this rubber hammer, 476 00:21:55,543 --> 00:21:57,835 and he hits the case, 477 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,501 and the glass doesn't break, because it's double-paned, 478 00:22:00,501 --> 00:22:03,460 but it does make this sound, almost like a gunshot, 479 00:22:03,585 --> 00:22:05,751 reverberating around the whole hall. 480 00:22:05,876 --> 00:22:07,543 And so he grabs all of his stuff. 481 00:22:07,710 --> 00:22:09,251 He thinks this is it, that someone's going 482 00:22:09,376 --> 00:22:13,376 to come running for them, but nobody does. 483 00:22:13,501 --> 00:22:15,668 No security guard comes. 484 00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:18,251 So this tells him, one, 485 00:22:18,376 --> 00:22:21,626 it's probably not that well guarded, 486 00:22:21,751 --> 00:22:24,376 and two, that that alarm on the case 487 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:26,668 really isn't working. 488 00:22:26,668 --> 00:22:28,001 To make sure they haven't tripped 489 00:22:28,001 --> 00:22:30,751 any silent alarms elsewhere in the museum, 490 00:22:30,918 --> 00:22:32,710 they check in with their lookout. 491 00:22:32,835 --> 00:22:34,585 They're in communication with Clark, 492 00:22:34,751 --> 00:22:36,626 who's on the ground, via walkie-talkie. 493 00:22:36,751 --> 00:22:38,960 He's like, "I don't hear anything." 494 00:22:39,085 --> 00:22:40,793 So they just keep going. 495 00:22:40,918 --> 00:22:43,418 Murphy and Kuhn break out their burglary tools 496 00:22:43,585 --> 00:22:45,876 and set to work, confident they're minutes away 497 00:22:46,001 --> 00:22:48,210 from getting their hands on the biggest jewels 498 00:22:48,376 --> 00:22:49,835 they've ever seen. 499 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,543 One of those devices is a glass break. 500 00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:56,460 It has a suction cup that attaches to the glass, 501 00:22:56,585 --> 00:22:59,460 a rod, and then a scoring device. 502 00:22:59,585 --> 00:23:02,376 And then they make a perfect circle scoring 503 00:23:02,501 --> 00:23:04,710 around the center of the case, 504 00:23:04,710 --> 00:23:08,043 but it doesn't break out as easily 505 00:23:08,168 --> 00:23:10,876 as they had hoped it would, because it's double-paned, 506 00:23:11,001 --> 00:23:12,460 laminated glass. 507 00:23:12,585 --> 00:23:14,460 So it takes them a lot longer 508 00:23:14,585 --> 00:23:17,418 than they had anticipated to cut through. 509 00:23:17,543 --> 00:23:19,876 After 30 frustrating minutes, 510 00:23:20,043 --> 00:23:22,126 finesse isn't getting the job done, 511 00:23:22,251 --> 00:23:23,710 and the clock is ticking, 512 00:23:23,710 --> 00:23:25,960 so they try a different tactic-- 513 00:23:26,085 --> 00:23:27,585 brute force. 514 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:29,710 They take duct tape, 515 00:23:29,710 --> 00:23:32,418 and they tape over the circular area 516 00:23:32,585 --> 00:23:34,543 that they want to punch out. 517 00:23:34,668 --> 00:23:37,043 And this will muffle the sound, and it will also prevent, 518 00:23:37,168 --> 00:23:40,668 if the case breaks out, the shards of glass 519 00:23:40,793 --> 00:23:44,168 go crashing down to the floor and make a lot of noise. 520 00:23:44,293 --> 00:23:49,335 Because of how loudly the hammer rang out last time, 521 00:23:49,335 --> 00:23:51,418 Kuhn and Murphy need something to mask 522 00:23:51,543 --> 00:23:53,710 the noise of breaking glass, 523 00:23:53,876 --> 00:23:55,751 and they find just what they need 524 00:23:55,918 --> 00:24:00,293 among the relaxing, natural sounds of nighttime New York. 525 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:06,668 The museum is in the flight paths of both the JFK Airport 526 00:24:06,668 --> 00:24:08,543 and the LaGuardia Airport. 527 00:24:08,668 --> 00:24:11,126 The airliners come in on the Upper West Side, 528 00:24:11,251 --> 00:24:12,460 and turn and go into LaGuardia. 529 00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:15,876 So they timed the breaking of the glass 530 00:24:15,876 --> 00:24:19,418 to the arrival of an airplane overhead. 531 00:24:20,918 --> 00:24:22,543 Murphy carefully reaches inside 532 00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:25,710 the broken case and removes 533 00:24:25,710 --> 00:24:29,043 the 563-carat sapphire, 534 00:24:29,043 --> 00:24:31,585 the Star of India. 535 00:24:31,710 --> 00:24:34,001 Not sure if they've tripped any other alarms, 536 00:24:34,126 --> 00:24:37,043 they retreat to their hiding spot and radio Clark 537 00:24:37,168 --> 00:24:39,751 to tell him they've got one of the stones. 538 00:24:39,876 --> 00:24:43,043 They are synchronizing their work 539 00:24:43,210 --> 00:24:46,460 on the cases with the movement of the guards. 540 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,501 As a guard comes through on patrol, 541 00:24:48,626 --> 00:24:50,543 they stop work, stay quiet. 542 00:24:50,668 --> 00:24:52,668 The guard will come by, maybe shine 543 00:24:52,668 --> 00:24:56,543 his light in through the gate, and then move on. 544 00:24:56,668 --> 00:24:58,543 Once the guard is far enough away, 545 00:24:58,710 --> 00:25:01,960 they head straight for the DeLong Star Ruby. 546 00:25:02,085 --> 00:25:05,501 They repeat the process on the next glass case-- 547 00:25:05,501 --> 00:25:08,376 score, tape, smash, 548 00:25:08,501 --> 00:25:10,168 and grab the goods. 549 00:25:14,085 --> 00:25:16,710 With the Star of India and DeLong Ruby in hand, 550 00:25:16,835 --> 00:25:18,876 it's already a very lucrative score, 551 00:25:19,001 --> 00:25:21,918 but these guys didn't come all this way 552 00:25:22,085 --> 00:25:24,168 for just two stones. 553 00:25:24,168 --> 00:25:26,876 The Eagle Diamond is really important for the thieves 554 00:25:26,876 --> 00:25:29,710 because a rough diamond is easily cut, 555 00:25:29,835 --> 00:25:33,293 and so from there, they can cut the stone down, 556 00:25:33,418 --> 00:25:35,626 losing just a little bit of weight, 557 00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:38,251 and sell the piece as a faceted diamond. 558 00:25:38,376 --> 00:25:40,543 They're stealing not just the three that they planned 559 00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:44,043 to steal, but when they see how easy it is, 560 00:25:44,168 --> 00:25:46,501 it seems to me that they decided we're going to 561 00:25:46,626 --> 00:25:48,543 stay here as long as we can without being caught. 562 00:25:48,543 --> 00:25:50,501 We're going to continue to smash the cases 563 00:25:50,501 --> 00:25:53,585 and take as many gems as we can. 564 00:25:53,710 --> 00:25:56,001 They decide to push their luck 565 00:25:56,001 --> 00:26:00,126 and try for the Midnight Star and the many smaller gems 566 00:26:00,251 --> 00:26:02,918 displayed alongside it. 567 00:26:03,085 --> 00:26:05,335 So far, everything's been going smoothly, 568 00:26:05,335 --> 00:26:06,876 but hours have gone by. 569 00:26:07,001 --> 00:26:09,876 Something is destined to go awry. 570 00:26:10,043 --> 00:26:13,043 Murphy and Kuhn approach one of the gem cases, 571 00:26:13,168 --> 00:26:15,293 and then, just out of the corner of their eye, 572 00:26:15,418 --> 00:26:17,460 they see a little flash of light. 573 00:26:17,585 --> 00:26:20,043 It's the guard, and he's early. 574 00:26:20,210 --> 00:26:23,043 Kuhn and Murf can't make it to their usual hiding spot 575 00:26:23,168 --> 00:26:24,543 without being seen. 576 00:26:24,668 --> 00:26:27,335 Instead, they sprint towards the corner 577 00:26:27,335 --> 00:26:30,960 next to the gate as the guard rakes his flashlight 578 00:26:31,085 --> 00:26:32,626 around the hall. 579 00:26:32,751 --> 00:26:36,376 So if the light captures them, the jig is up. 580 00:26:46,085 --> 00:26:48,210 More than four hours into the heist, 581 00:26:48,335 --> 00:26:51,043 Jack Murphy and Allan Kuhn have their hands 582 00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:54,543 on three of the most valuable gems in the world. 583 00:26:54,668 --> 00:26:56,710 But while trying to snatch even more, 584 00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:59,376 they're surprised by a night watchman. 585 00:26:59,376 --> 00:27:01,585 It's a security guard who's just a little bit early 586 00:27:01,710 --> 00:27:03,918 for one of their rotations. 587 00:27:04,043 --> 00:27:07,418 So they quickly make a beeline to a dark corner and hide out. 588 00:27:07,585 --> 00:27:09,876 The guy flashes his flashlight. 589 00:27:10,001 --> 00:27:11,376 You know, if they're spotted by the guard, 590 00:27:11,376 --> 00:27:13,001 then the jig's up, 591 00:27:13,001 --> 00:27:14,710 and they might have to scamper out of there. 592 00:27:14,876 --> 00:27:18,043 The two men huddle motionless in the corner 593 00:27:18,168 --> 00:27:21,543 counting on the guard to get on with his rounds. 594 00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:23,710 To anybody else, that might be frightening, 595 00:27:23,835 --> 00:27:25,918 but they are a lot cooler than most of us. 596 00:27:29,001 --> 00:27:32,376 You're just expecting sudden disaster. 597 00:27:34,043 --> 00:27:36,210 And then, when that doesn't happen... 598 00:27:38,710 --> 00:27:40,918 It feels like this magic trick. 599 00:27:41,085 --> 00:27:43,793 The security guard moves on. 600 00:27:43,918 --> 00:27:46,543 The two men could make a getaway, 601 00:27:46,668 --> 00:27:48,335 but decide to get back to work... 602 00:27:50,293 --> 00:27:53,710 Breaking into the Midnight Star's case. 603 00:27:53,835 --> 00:27:57,501 They've got the Star of India sapphire, 604 00:27:57,626 --> 00:28:00,501 the DeLong Ruby, the Eagle Diamond, 605 00:28:00,501 --> 00:28:02,085 and the Midnight Star. 606 00:28:02,210 --> 00:28:05,793 But they didn't just come for clout. 607 00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:08,043 They also came for cash. 608 00:28:08,043 --> 00:28:10,668 And so now it's time to take things 609 00:28:10,668 --> 00:28:13,043 that they can really sell. 610 00:28:13,210 --> 00:28:15,793 Inside this last case is a rainbow-colored 611 00:28:15,918 --> 00:28:18,001 assortment of smaller gems-- 612 00:28:18,001 --> 00:28:22,085 emeralds, aquamarines, opals, and more. 613 00:28:22,210 --> 00:28:24,168 These should be much easier to fence 614 00:28:24,168 --> 00:28:27,501 than four of the most famous stones in the world. 615 00:28:27,626 --> 00:28:29,543 You can't cut the Star of India. 616 00:28:29,543 --> 00:28:32,543 You can't cut a star sapphire. It won't shine anymore. 617 00:28:32,543 --> 00:28:33,918 It won't-- it won't have a star, 618 00:28:34,043 --> 00:28:35,501 and it will be of no value. 619 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,793 Nearly five hours after the heist began, 620 00:28:40,918 --> 00:28:44,168 Murf the Surf and Allan Kuhn are finally satisfied. 621 00:28:44,168 --> 00:28:47,626 With more than two dozen gems tucked into their tool bags, 622 00:28:47,751 --> 00:28:49,210 it's definitely the biggest score 623 00:28:49,335 --> 00:28:50,418 of their lives. 624 00:28:50,543 --> 00:28:54,710 All that remains is a clean getaway. 625 00:28:54,835 --> 00:28:57,668 They go back out the way that they came in. 626 00:28:57,793 --> 00:29:00,085 So the rope that they shimmied down, 627 00:29:00,251 --> 00:29:02,793 they're now going to climb back up. 628 00:29:02,918 --> 00:29:05,043 It's a much more difficult task climbing up a rope 629 00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:07,001 than it is climbing down a rope, 630 00:29:07,001 --> 00:29:10,543 particularly with their bag of tools and gems. 631 00:29:10,668 --> 00:29:12,376 Back outside on the ledge, 632 00:29:12,543 --> 00:29:15,210 they once again have to inch their way along the length 633 00:29:15,335 --> 00:29:16,835 of the building. 634 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,876 If they fall, all the hard work 635 00:29:19,001 --> 00:29:21,001 they just did is for naught. 636 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:23,751 So it's pretty treacherous for these guys. 637 00:29:23,918 --> 00:29:26,126 And they know that. 638 00:29:26,251 --> 00:29:29,043 They go back over to the fire escape 639 00:29:29,043 --> 00:29:31,168 and down the face of the building, 640 00:29:31,168 --> 00:29:33,126 and they're back in the courtyard. 641 00:29:33,251 --> 00:29:35,501 I cannot imagine what was going 642 00:29:35,501 --> 00:29:37,335 through these guys' heads when they make it back 643 00:29:37,335 --> 00:29:39,043 to the courtyard, because they've just pulled off 644 00:29:39,168 --> 00:29:41,960 the biggest heist in New York history, 645 00:29:42,085 --> 00:29:44,793 they haven't set off a single alarm, 646 00:29:44,918 --> 00:29:46,168 and they don't have a single guard 647 00:29:46,168 --> 00:29:48,043 coming after them, as far as they know. 648 00:29:48,168 --> 00:29:50,710 So they're feeling pretty darn good about themselves. 649 00:29:50,835 --> 00:29:52,418 It's this feeling of euphoria. 650 00:29:52,585 --> 00:29:55,043 We did it. We're in the clear. 651 00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:59,043 We pulled off the impossible. - They had a great plan. 652 00:29:59,168 --> 00:30:00,918 They got in quickly, they got out quickly. 653 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,585 Once they were over the fence, 654 00:30:04,751 --> 00:30:06,501 they radio Clark with the good news 655 00:30:06,501 --> 00:30:09,210 and tell him to clear out. 656 00:30:09,335 --> 00:30:12,210 There's just one last bit of business to take care of. 657 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:14,085 So they're in the bushes, 658 00:30:14,210 --> 00:30:15,835 and they start dividing the jewels. 659 00:30:15,835 --> 00:30:17,293 The purpose of this was, 660 00:30:17,418 --> 00:30:19,126 if one of the guys does get caught, 661 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:21,335 the other guys can fence the jewels, 662 00:30:21,335 --> 00:30:22,710 get some money for bail, 663 00:30:22,876 --> 00:30:25,085 and try and help each other out. 664 00:30:27,043 --> 00:30:29,168 Once Kuhn and Murphy leave the museum, 665 00:30:29,168 --> 00:30:31,001 they decide they're going to split up. 666 00:30:31,126 --> 00:30:32,668 They hope that this makes it less likely 667 00:30:32,668 --> 00:30:34,210 that they're going to get caught. 668 00:30:34,210 --> 00:30:35,793 It kind of becomes an every man 669 00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:37,668 for themselves scenario. 670 00:30:37,793 --> 00:30:40,001 As Murphy walks away from Kuhn, 671 00:30:40,126 --> 00:30:44,085 he marvels at his own success, the heist of his life, 672 00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:46,876 a pocket full of rare jewels, and not 673 00:30:47,043 --> 00:30:50,210 a single police officer in sight. 674 00:30:50,335 --> 00:30:53,043 At least, that's what he thinks. 675 00:30:53,168 --> 00:30:55,543 As Murphy is leaving the museum grounds, 676 00:30:55,668 --> 00:30:59,418 he encounters a whole group of police officers 677 00:30:59,543 --> 00:31:02,793 gathered together. 678 00:31:02,918 --> 00:31:04,626 Now he's freaking out. 679 00:31:04,751 --> 00:31:07,293 Did we trigger a silent alarm? 680 00:31:07,418 --> 00:31:10,626 Were we too loud? How did Clark not call us? 681 00:31:10,751 --> 00:31:12,376 Is Clark backstabbing us? 682 00:31:12,376 --> 00:31:16,335 Like, all of the worst fears that could happen in a heist 683 00:31:16,460 --> 00:31:18,543 are beginning to bubble in his head. 684 00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:21,543 Here they are. They're just waiting for me. 685 00:31:29,335 --> 00:31:31,335 Jack Murphy and Allan Kuhn 686 00:31:31,335 --> 00:31:34,251 have just escaped the Natural History Museum 687 00:31:34,376 --> 00:31:38,960 with millions in stolen gems and no alarms raised. 688 00:31:39,085 --> 00:31:42,210 Then, suddenly, Murphy is face to face 689 00:31:42,335 --> 00:31:45,376 with a dozen NYPD officers. 690 00:31:45,543 --> 00:31:49,751 Murphy happened to encounter a gaggle of cops. 691 00:31:49,876 --> 00:31:52,043 He thought, "OK, maybe the jig is up." 692 00:31:52,168 --> 00:31:56,043 Being Jack "Murf the Surf" Murphy, 693 00:31:56,168 --> 00:31:58,210 and a guy who manages 694 00:31:58,376 --> 00:32:00,210 to get himself out of every situation, 695 00:32:00,376 --> 00:32:02,001 he sees someone walking their dog. 696 00:32:02,001 --> 00:32:04,710 And remember, he's not dressed like a cat burglar. 697 00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:07,501 He's dressed like a tourist. 698 00:32:07,501 --> 00:32:10,001 So he tries to remain calm, play it cool. 699 00:32:10,001 --> 00:32:12,251 And he whistles so that the dog jumps up on him, 700 00:32:12,376 --> 00:32:15,085 and he starts to strike up a conversation 701 00:32:15,210 --> 00:32:16,918 with the dog owner so that, 702 00:32:17,043 --> 00:32:19,376 as the police officers are walking past, 703 00:32:19,501 --> 00:32:23,210 he can just kind of say, "Good night, officers." 704 00:32:24,543 --> 00:32:27,043 Murphy was so focused on this museum 705 00:32:27,168 --> 00:32:29,376 that he never actually studied the neighborhood 706 00:32:29,376 --> 00:32:31,043 around the museum. 707 00:32:31,168 --> 00:32:34,210 There's these two police precincts just blocks away. 708 00:32:34,335 --> 00:32:36,793 And then, luckily, a cab pulls up 709 00:32:36,918 --> 00:32:38,960 alongside him at a stoplight. 710 00:32:39,085 --> 00:32:43,210 So he just slides in and slips away. 711 00:32:43,210 --> 00:32:45,418 After the heist, Clark immediately 712 00:32:45,543 --> 00:32:48,876 drives to his parents' home in Connecticut to lie low. 713 00:32:49,043 --> 00:32:51,918 Back at the hotel, Murphy and Kuhn 714 00:32:52,043 --> 00:32:56,126 are preparing to get the gems and themselves back to Miami. 715 00:32:56,251 --> 00:32:57,876 The plan is that we're going to fence 716 00:32:57,876 --> 00:32:59,418 the jewels after the heist. 717 00:32:59,585 --> 00:33:01,293 We're going to make some money, 718 00:33:01,418 --> 00:33:04,376 and we're going to open a bar or a club in Miami 719 00:33:04,501 --> 00:33:07,210 called the Star of India. And that's documented. 720 00:33:07,335 --> 00:33:09,043 That was really their plan. 721 00:33:09,043 --> 00:33:12,043 Early the next morning they head to the airport, 722 00:33:12,043 --> 00:33:13,960 and they decide to travel with more 723 00:33:14,085 --> 00:33:15,876 than just the stolen jewels. 724 00:33:16,001 --> 00:33:17,460 Their next move is probably 725 00:33:17,585 --> 00:33:21,418 as cavalier as the actual heist. 726 00:33:21,543 --> 00:33:24,918 Kuhn was dating a girl, an innocent bystander 727 00:33:25,043 --> 00:33:26,668 named Janet Florkiewicz. 728 00:33:26,793 --> 00:33:30,210 What she doesn't know is that they're about 729 00:33:30,210 --> 00:33:32,835 to draft her to work as a courier. 730 00:33:35,460 --> 00:33:38,210 She agrees to go to Miami, 731 00:33:38,376 --> 00:33:40,043 but he says "You have to use a fake name. 732 00:33:40,210 --> 00:33:42,293 "You have to pretend not to know us. 733 00:33:42,418 --> 00:33:45,626 Oh, and can you carry this bag, and don't ask what's in it." 734 00:33:45,751 --> 00:33:47,876 And of course, the bag has all of the gems, 735 00:33:48,043 --> 00:33:49,376 unbeknownst to her. 736 00:33:49,376 --> 00:33:51,668 While they're flying to Miami, 737 00:33:51,668 --> 00:33:55,418 the museum staff discovers the Hall of Gems in shambles. 738 00:33:55,543 --> 00:33:59,043 Within minutes, the NYPD and the FBI 739 00:33:59,168 --> 00:34:01,293 are scouring the crime scene. 740 00:34:01,418 --> 00:34:03,543 What evidence is left behind? 741 00:34:03,543 --> 00:34:05,043 Not a whole lot. 742 00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,501 There's broken glass, and I don't think 743 00:34:07,501 --> 00:34:09,460 they said anything else. 744 00:34:09,585 --> 00:34:12,543 The value of the stolen gems is difficult to calculate. 745 00:34:12,543 --> 00:34:15,501 They're estimated at $410,000, 746 00:34:15,501 --> 00:34:19,168 roughly $3.9 million in today's dollars. 747 00:34:19,168 --> 00:34:21,001 But other experts say the jewels' 748 00:34:21,001 --> 00:34:22,376 one-of-a-kind nature 749 00:34:22,501 --> 00:34:25,376 makes them ten times more valuable. 750 00:34:25,501 --> 00:34:28,335 The gems were not insured at the time of the robbery. 751 00:34:28,335 --> 00:34:32,043 The museum director stated that the insurance 752 00:34:32,168 --> 00:34:33,876 was too expensive, because they were 753 00:34:33,876 --> 00:34:36,543 considered to be priceless. 754 00:34:36,668 --> 00:34:38,501 The embarrassments for the museum 755 00:34:38,626 --> 00:34:41,210 pile up when investigators realized their night guard 756 00:34:41,376 --> 00:34:44,043 missed spotting the thieves. 757 00:34:44,168 --> 00:34:46,668 And that was just one of many security lapses. 758 00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:49,251 For all practical purposes, the museum 759 00:34:49,376 --> 00:34:51,543 had no functioning alarm system 760 00:34:51,710 --> 00:34:53,960 in the gem collection at that point. 761 00:34:54,085 --> 00:34:56,501 There were no alarms on the windows. 762 00:34:56,626 --> 00:35:01,293 And in the gem case where the Star of India was on display, 763 00:35:01,418 --> 00:35:03,251 there was an alarm system, but the batteries 764 00:35:03,376 --> 00:35:05,043 were all corroded on that 765 00:35:05,168 --> 00:35:06,835 and hadn't been changed in years. 766 00:35:10,543 --> 00:35:12,876 Less than 24 hours after the heist, 767 00:35:12,876 --> 00:35:14,835 investigators catch a break. 768 00:35:14,835 --> 00:35:17,293 Murphy and Kuhn's pre-heist party 769 00:35:17,418 --> 00:35:20,251 and liquor-fueled bragging catches up with them. 770 00:35:20,376 --> 00:35:22,418 There was a young man at the party 771 00:35:22,585 --> 00:35:24,335 who, for one reason or another, 772 00:35:24,335 --> 00:35:26,585 informed on these guys to a uniformed police officer 773 00:35:26,751 --> 00:35:28,918 at the local precinct by the museum. 774 00:35:29,085 --> 00:35:32,001 With this lead, NYPD detectives 775 00:35:32,001 --> 00:35:34,126 obtain a warrant to search 776 00:35:34,251 --> 00:35:36,585 the thieves' suite at the Cambridge Hotel. 777 00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:39,043 Detectives find some of the burglars' tools. 778 00:35:39,043 --> 00:35:40,960 They find books about the gems. 779 00:35:41,085 --> 00:35:42,376 They find the floor plan. 780 00:35:42,501 --> 00:35:44,793 26 hours after the heist, 781 00:35:44,918 --> 00:35:48,126 Roger Clark has no idea the police are onto them, 782 00:35:48,251 --> 00:35:50,293 and he returns from his parents' home 783 00:35:50,418 --> 00:35:52,960 to the Cambridge Hotel to retrieve his things. 784 00:35:53,085 --> 00:35:54,626 Although it's the middle of the night, 785 00:35:54,751 --> 00:35:57,210 detectives are still in the suite gathering evidence. 786 00:35:57,210 --> 00:35:59,710 For Clark, the jig is up. 787 00:35:59,835 --> 00:36:03,210 And Clark starts to sing almost immediately. 788 00:36:03,210 --> 00:36:04,960 And it didn't take long for all of this 789 00:36:05,085 --> 00:36:06,668 to start to unravel. 790 00:36:06,793 --> 00:36:10,043 The next morning, law enforcement in Florida 791 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:12,376 rushes to intercept Murphy and Kuhn 792 00:36:12,501 --> 00:36:14,293 before they can fence the gems. 793 00:36:14,418 --> 00:36:16,710 They become people of interest for the police, 794 00:36:16,835 --> 00:36:18,626 but now the FBI is involved. 795 00:36:18,751 --> 00:36:21,460 And the FBI raid Kuhn's apartment. 796 00:36:21,585 --> 00:36:24,293 They come in, and they are looking in every 797 00:36:24,418 --> 00:36:27,168 nook and cranny for these gems. 798 00:36:31,793 --> 00:36:34,043 After a flawless heist in New Yorkc] 799 00:36:34,043 --> 00:36:38,418 and a smooth getaway to Miami, it takes less than two days 800 00:36:38,585 --> 00:36:41,418 for the FBI to link the Natural History theft 801 00:36:41,543 --> 00:36:44,293 to Jack Murphy and Allan Kuhn. 802 00:36:44,418 --> 00:36:48,168 The FBI tear up Allan Kuhn's apartment in Miami 803 00:36:48,168 --> 00:36:51,210 after the heist, and they don't find a thing. 804 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:53,835 When Kuhn returns home, 805 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,960 they arrest him and demand that he reveal 806 00:36:56,085 --> 00:36:58,168 where he's hidden the stones. 807 00:36:58,293 --> 00:37:01,751 The gems haven't been fenced yet. 808 00:37:01,876 --> 00:37:04,585 They're still in the possession of Kuhn and Clark. 809 00:37:04,751 --> 00:37:06,918 But where are they? The FBI can't find them. 810 00:37:07,043 --> 00:37:09,210 But Kuhn keeps mum. 811 00:37:09,335 --> 00:37:12,168 And when Jack Murphy gets back to the apartment, 812 00:37:12,293 --> 00:37:14,501 he too stays cool under pressure. 813 00:37:14,501 --> 00:37:17,168 According to Jack Murphy, they hid the jewels 814 00:37:17,293 --> 00:37:19,418 in a trash can inside the apartment. 815 00:37:19,543 --> 00:37:21,210 According to Kuhn, he had hid them 816 00:37:21,335 --> 00:37:24,043 in the ceiling in the hallway of the apartment, 817 00:37:24,168 --> 00:37:26,626 but the FBI is none the wiser. 818 00:37:26,751 --> 00:37:31,085 Clark's confession is enough to arrest Murphy and Kuhn 819 00:37:31,210 --> 00:37:33,043 and fly them back to New York, 820 00:37:33,210 --> 00:37:34,918 but with no gems as physical evidence, 821 00:37:35,043 --> 00:37:37,960 the two men are free to go. 822 00:37:38,085 --> 00:37:41,460 Meanwhile, the Museum of Natural History heist 823 00:37:41,585 --> 00:37:43,876 is becoming one of the most sensational 824 00:37:44,043 --> 00:37:46,376 news stories of the decade. 825 00:37:46,376 --> 00:37:48,710 The press and the public love these guys. 826 00:37:48,876 --> 00:37:51,543 They're tan. They're handsome. 827 00:37:51,710 --> 00:37:53,918 They're charming. They're bold. 828 00:37:54,043 --> 00:37:55,710 Everyone is eating it up. 829 00:37:55,835 --> 00:37:58,126 When the media learns of Murphy, Kuhn, and Clark, 830 00:37:58,251 --> 00:38:00,418 they become folk heroes. 831 00:38:00,543 --> 00:38:03,710 They are lavishing in their celebrity. 832 00:38:03,835 --> 00:38:05,626 How do I explain this to my family 833 00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:07,376 and--and my--and my friends all over the country? 834 00:38:07,376 --> 00:38:09,210 And the same with Jack and Roger? 835 00:38:09,335 --> 00:38:11,668 We--we didn't care for all this. 836 00:38:11,668 --> 00:38:15,543 The men denied taking part in the heist, 837 00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:17,585 but they're also talking too much to the media. 838 00:38:17,751 --> 00:38:18,876 I think it's a shame that they don't 839 00:38:19,043 --> 00:38:20,251 concentrate their efforts up there in the city 840 00:38:20,376 --> 00:38:22,001 where this happened. 841 00:38:22,001 --> 00:38:23,126 If I was their lawyer, 842 00:38:23,251 --> 00:38:24,251 I'd say, "Just shut your mouth." 843 00:38:24,376 --> 00:38:26,210 But that's not in their nature. 844 00:38:26,376 --> 00:38:28,710 Murf and Kuhn's newfound fame 845 00:38:28,835 --> 00:38:31,710 in New York rankles Manhattan prosecutor 846 00:38:31,835 --> 00:38:34,543 Maurice Nadjari, who works this case 847 00:38:34,668 --> 00:38:37,293 with laser-focused tenacity. 848 00:38:37,418 --> 00:38:38,626 Maurice was motivated. 849 00:38:38,751 --> 00:38:40,793 And he would be damned if he wasn't 850 00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:42,543 going to solve this case. 851 00:38:42,543 --> 00:38:44,501 It was not going to be the heist of the century. 852 00:38:44,501 --> 00:38:47,376 He views this as a crime against the people 853 00:38:47,543 --> 00:38:49,501 of New York, and he sees these three 854 00:38:49,501 --> 00:38:52,376 pompous jerks almost thumbing their nose 855 00:38:52,501 --> 00:38:55,293 at him and authority, and it's driving him mad. 856 00:38:57,335 --> 00:39:00,043 So he starts looking back through the records 857 00:39:00,168 --> 00:39:02,085 of other jewel thefts 858 00:39:02,251 --> 00:39:04,668 both in New York and in Miami. 859 00:39:04,793 --> 00:39:07,335 He comes across a theft that involved 860 00:39:07,460 --> 00:39:09,710 the actress Eva Gabor. 861 00:39:09,835 --> 00:39:12,210 She's robbed of her jewels. She's pistol whipped. 862 00:39:12,335 --> 00:39:15,835 At the time, it makes headlines. 863 00:39:15,835 --> 00:39:18,043 So he sees this story, and he goes 864 00:39:18,168 --> 00:39:19,793 and has a chat with Eva Gabor. 865 00:39:19,918 --> 00:39:22,710 He shows mug shots, and she's able to point out 866 00:39:22,835 --> 00:39:26,793 that it's Jack Murphy and it's Allan Kuhn. 867 00:39:26,918 --> 00:39:31,251 Gabor's testimony sends Murphy and Kuhn to jail, 868 00:39:31,376 --> 00:39:34,376 and the judge sets bail at 150,000 each. 869 00:39:34,501 --> 00:39:36,126 They can't pay. 870 00:39:36,251 --> 00:39:39,001 So they're taken to the Manhattan Detention Complex-- 871 00:39:39,001 --> 00:39:42,835 aka "The Tombs." 872 00:39:42,835 --> 00:39:45,376 Suddenly, being associated with the heist 873 00:39:45,543 --> 00:39:47,626 isn't much fun anymore. 874 00:39:47,751 --> 00:39:49,543 It didn't take more than a day 875 00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:52,376 or two for Kuhn to come forward and say, 876 00:39:52,376 --> 00:39:54,876 "OK, I want to cooperate. 877 00:39:54,876 --> 00:39:56,543 I'll go to Florida and recover the gems." 878 00:39:56,668 --> 00:39:59,626 Based on intel from Kuhn, 879 00:39:59,751 --> 00:40:02,543 Maurice Nadjari recovers the Star of India 880 00:40:02,710 --> 00:40:04,376 and the Midnight Star, 881 00:40:04,501 --> 00:40:06,460 along with several smaller gems, 882 00:40:06,585 --> 00:40:09,710 from a bus station locker in Miami. 883 00:40:09,710 --> 00:40:12,376 The Eagle Diamond is not so fortunate. 884 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:14,293 This is probably an item, 885 00:40:14,418 --> 00:40:16,710 because it was a rough diamond, 886 00:40:16,710 --> 00:40:19,543 that it immediately was sold and recut, 887 00:40:19,668 --> 00:40:22,335 and it's now gone forever. 888 00:40:22,460 --> 00:40:24,751 The DeLong Star Ruby is recovered. 889 00:40:24,918 --> 00:40:26,710 John D. MacArthur, the billionaire, 890 00:40:26,876 --> 00:40:29,960 pays a $25,000 ransom to get that back. 891 00:40:30,085 --> 00:40:32,876 About six months after the heist, 892 00:40:32,876 --> 00:40:36,543 Allan Kuhn, Jack Murphy, and Roger Clark 893 00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:39,126 plead guilty to burglary and grand larceny. 894 00:40:39,251 --> 00:40:42,168 They're each sentenced to three years at Rikers Island. 895 00:40:44,376 --> 00:40:46,210 After prison, the three friends 896 00:40:46,335 --> 00:40:48,335 go down very different paths. 897 00:40:48,335 --> 00:40:50,501 Roger Clark moves back to Connecticut, 898 00:40:50,501 --> 00:40:52,293 and he lives a quiet life. 899 00:40:52,418 --> 00:40:53,960 He had his thrill in the underworld, 900 00:40:54,085 --> 00:40:56,710 and it was more than enough for him. 901 00:40:56,835 --> 00:40:59,251 Allan Kuhn, on the other hand, he gets in trouble again. 902 00:40:59,376 --> 00:41:00,668 He serves one year 903 00:41:00,793 --> 00:41:03,001 in a California federal penitentiary. 904 00:41:03,001 --> 00:41:06,085 And after that, he actually goes back 905 00:41:06,210 --> 00:41:08,418 on the straight and narrow. 906 00:41:08,543 --> 00:41:10,710 Jack Murphy does not go straight. 907 00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:13,043 He enters, in fact, a darker chapter 908 00:41:13,210 --> 00:41:15,043 of his criminal history. 909 00:41:15,168 --> 00:41:18,251 In 1969, he's convicted of a double homicide, 910 00:41:18,418 --> 00:41:20,460 and he says he didn't do it, 911 00:41:20,585 --> 00:41:22,210 but he gets a double life sentence. 912 00:41:22,376 --> 00:41:25,543 And then, in 1986, 913 00:41:25,668 --> 00:41:28,293 just 17 years into that double life sentence, 914 00:41:28,418 --> 00:41:30,585 he gets paroled. 915 00:41:30,710 --> 00:41:33,001 Each of the thieves has since passed away-- 916 00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:36,001 Roger Clark in 2007, 917 00:41:36,001 --> 00:41:39,501 Allan Kuhn in 2017, 918 00:41:39,626 --> 00:41:43,335 and Jack Murphy in 2020. 919 00:41:43,335 --> 00:41:45,626 As for the Hall of Gems-- 920 00:41:45,751 --> 00:41:49,543 It still houses the DeLong Star Ruby 921 00:41:49,668 --> 00:41:51,918 and, of course, the Star of India sapphire. 922 00:41:52,085 --> 00:41:55,376 So anyone can go and see these two gems. 923 00:41:58,835 --> 00:42:02,668 In 1964, Jack Murphy, Allan Kuhn, and Roger Clark 924 00:42:02,793 --> 00:42:04,543 pulled off a perfect heist 925 00:42:04,668 --> 00:42:07,501 using their physical strength, agility, 926 00:42:07,501 --> 00:42:09,251 and a whole lot of luck. 927 00:42:09,376 --> 00:42:12,168 And they looked good doing it. 928 00:42:12,293 --> 00:42:15,085 From the high profile of their priceless targets, 929 00:42:15,210 --> 00:42:17,835 to their bold style and the media frenzy 930 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:22,085 it inspired, the American Museum of Natural History caper 931 00:42:22,210 --> 00:42:25,876 will always remain among history's greatest heists.