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Heist with Michael Caine

By: Michael Caine
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  • Summary

  • Sir Michael Caine - perhaps best known as gang leader Charlie Croker in 60s crime caper The Italian Job - tells the stories of remarkable heists and extraordinary robberies from around the world, as remembered by the masterminds, detectives, victims, journalists and witnesses that lived through them.

    For more than 60 years, Caine has played thieves, criminals, gangsters and the detectives trying to catch them. But there’s Hollywood and then there’s real life... and that’s when things get really interesting.

    From the largest bank burglary in American history, to the world’s most audacious book heist, Heist with Michael Caine travels to America, Australia, Stockholm, Antwerp and everywhere in-between to tell true stories behind the world’s most daring heists.

    A Somethin’ Else production for Audible Originals.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Underneath Diamond Town
    Jul 6 2020

    One of the biggest diamond robberies in history, a massive haul of diamonds and jewels from an “impregnable” vault in the world’s diamond capital – Antwerp, Belgium. How did they get in - and out - without raising any alarm, and what was the almost impossibly lucky break that led the diamond detectives to crack the case?

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    50 mins
  • Ep. 2: You Gotta Have Balls
    Jul 6 2020

    The United California Bank of 1972 was the largest bank burglary in American history. A classic game of cat-and-mouse between the mastermind who planned it all and the FBI agents who want to put him away.

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    55 mins
  • Ep. 3: The Transylvania University Book Heist
    Jul 6 2020

    A rare book heist at Transylvania University, Kentucky. We hear from the victim, the detective, and one of the robbers - a student who got in too deep.

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    51 mins

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. Background music is a huge distracti

Great Story but the constant changing background music made it impossible to really hear it

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Cant listen because of music

The music drives you mad. Micheal Caine is a good reader. So noisy music terrible.

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  • 09-07-20

Badly Written

Could have been great. Unfortunately really badly written. There could have been a better selection of heists covered.

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Riveting

Michael Caine brilliantly tells the story of various heists. From the first episode, the story comes to life and we are introduced to the employees who find the evidence of robbery, the police and investigators, and also the perpetrators. This is riveting stuff, well read, written and produced.

Highly recommended.

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  • 28-07-20

AWFUL

Don't bother the music will drive you nuts. If you removed all the background music it would great book.

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Fascinating

So very interesting to hear about some of the most famous heists in the world, especially as told by the robbers themselves. How they were executed and why they were caught....but not always with the money !! Micheal Cain was the perfect narrator 😊

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Ruined by music track

As will all many of these 'free listens' this was ruined by the poor quality and unnecessarily loud music track. I gave up very early on.

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Thought this would be awful; it's actually great

I started listening to this purely for the novelty factor - I love Michael Caine and thought it would just be amusing to hear his narration for a bit. But this is a genuinely well-made podcast that tells the stories effectively, without being dumb. At the same time, it's entertaining and makes full use of Caine. I recommend everyone give it a go!

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A fantastic listen

This is an outstanding series, I loved every minute of it. Over the episodes, you are taken through various heists, with different tactics, and different objectives. It is like listening to short thrillers, punchily written, and beautifully narrated.
Michael Caine is a fantastic narrator, his voice has an intimacy to it that make it feel as if you are being told a great story by him.
The final episode is Alexis Conran, who sets out why his own family history has led him to a fascination with cons and heists. This rounds the series out, and gives an opportunity to hear from those whose job it is to stop heists before they happen.
Do yourself a favour, listen to this, you won't regret it

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Excellent

If you like a crime docuseries or even if you're a fan of crime fiction, you will certainly enjoy this.

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