The reassuring tones of the London geezer

as he leads us through the capers of crime. this is the self preservation society...

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Good end to a great series

While not actually telling you how to plan a heist it looks into 'new age' heists in a bit more detail. Recommended

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great series

loved Michael Caine ,what a voice ,what a collection of stories
Excellent free gift ,Thanks

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my name is Michael Caine

well if ever such a person was script casted to read criminal stories it has to be Michael Caine! His Cockney roots match this subject well, and also giving both sides of the police and criminals is well balanced.
I shall be looking out for more books on this subject read by Michael.

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An okay listen, not amazing but entertainin enough

Well, I like reading about fictional heists, robberies and cons and I've enjoyed watching Michael Caine in a fair few films over the years, so why not listen to the old boy discussing a few famous robberies from the past?



There's worse ways of spending nearly 5 hours of otherwise dead time than listening to cops, robbers and witnesses chipping in their recollections of these five heists. Caine joins up the segments with commentary, outlining the "job" under discussion.

For the most part the episodes were interesting with the exception of the final one which was an expert giving his take on the criminal psychology of potential robbers and how they have to think like security experts to thwart them. And vice versa. He muses that in modern times most crime is probably committed digitally online by hacking and identity theft as opposed to firearms, swags of loot and getaway drivers. In truth the final episode was a bit boring and seemed like filler. Maybe the series creator/producer has OCD and an aversion to odd numbers. I know I do.

Of the five robberies I had only heard of the Transylvania Book Heist and that was only because I recently saw a film based on the same event - American Animals with Evan Peters.

I think overall I was left a bit disappointed by the series. The amount of time given over to each job was less than an hour and it seemed more a series of rapid brush strokes than any forensic detail regarding the jobs.

I was amused by the protestations of the 1972 villain who supposedly nicked some of Tricky Dicky's hidden dirty re-elections funds. Nearly 50 years on, he reckons he was fitted up by the FBI who planted evidence to ensure his imprisonment. They broke the sacred oath they swore to uphold the Constitution. Whereas him, a career criminal swore no such oath. Obviously the retired agent maintains he didn't.

I suppose what was revealing was that for all the planning and preparation and the skill and nerve the criminals displayed. Silly mistakes or plain misfortune tripped them up ....... dumping rubbish on the one bit of deserted land for miles that was attended to; not using a burner phone; not starting a dishwasher; three letters on a fax.

Overall - an ok listen. I had hoped for something a bit more revealing.

3 from 5

Read - (listened to) August, 2021
Published - 2020
Page count - xxx (4 hrs 33 mins)
Source - Audible purchase
Format - Audible

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Quite interesting.... But!

I felt that these crimes were treated quite flippantly, almost in awe of the perpetrators!

And most annoyingly...... WHY IS THERE ALWAYS INAPPROPRIATE BACKGROUND MUSIC?

There are times when one can hardly hear what is going on because of the background noise / music!

There were some interesting points discussed, but I am glad that I didn't have to use a credit!

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Drop Michael & give the next series to Alex !!!

This by far the best episode - Michael Caine is not really required.
Alex is engaging and knowledgeable and could and should have done the whole lot !

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Nice insight into heists.

I really enjoyed the heist series Micheal Caine was the perfect narrator for this I felt. The stories were gripping and informative into the world of heists and the last episode was no exception even though Micheal Caine wasn’t narrating it, It was still good.

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Gave up as I couldn't stand the intrusive music

I would have like to listen to Michael Caine telling me stories but I had to give up as I could barely make out what was said as the background music is so intrusive. I cannot understand why so many podcasts and TV programmes have to have music blaring away even when people are speaking. Often as not the music doesn't seem appropriate for the subject.

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Annoying

Annoying persistent background "musac" unconnected, pointless and spoils the read why Audible do this escapes me. Free download so something for nothing but couldn't be bothered to continue so deleted.

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