386 - The Great Brink's Robbery
Do Go On15 Mar 2023

386 - The Great Brink's Robbery

On the evening of January 17, 1950, employees of the Brink's Company in Boston, Massachusetts, were surprised by 5-7 masked men. Within minutes, they’d stolen more than $2.7 million in cash, checks and other securities, making it the largest ever robbery in the US at the time and kicking off a massive FBI led manhunt. Tune in to this week's episode to hear the story!


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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/brinks-robbery

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113268139/a-quarter-century-later-brinks/

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/28/archives/specs-okeefe-informant-in-brinks-robbery-dies-biggest-cash-robbery.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-americas-biggest-heist-the-great-brinks-robbery-fell-apart

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