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Great Train Robbery 1963: How the Gang Stopped the Train
The Great Train Robbery of 1963: how a gang stopped the Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August, took about £2.6 million, and what became of them.
The Brink's-Mat Robbery: Three Tonnes of Gold
In 1983 robbers at Heathrow expected £1 million in cash and found three tonnes of gold. How the Brink's-Mat robbery happened, and where the gold went.
Escape from Alcatraz: What Happened in June 1962
Three men left the most secure prison in America using homemade tools, raincoats and dummy heads. What we know about the 1962 escape, and what nobody does.
Shackleton's Endurance: How All 28 Men Survived
The ship was crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915, yet every man of the Weddell Sea party came home. The full story of the Endurance expedition and its rescue.