Sweet Score: The Jewelry Heist That Started in a Candy Shop

Sweet Score: The Jewelry Heist That Started in a Candy Shop

It's Memorial Day 2025 and employees at Dr. Conkey's Candy and Coffee in Simi Valley, California open the shop for the holiday. They are immediately met with disarray. There is paint splashed over the cameras, entire shelves are toppled over, and the safe is open. Strangely, there is also a hole in the wall leading to the business next door, 5 Star Jewelry and Watch Repair. The jewelry store owners rush over, fearing the worst, and sure enough, when they open the safe, customers' jewelry, gold bars, and all their savings, $3.5 million total, are gone.

Bookie Break-In: Aussie Fugitives Snatch $15M

It's the Wednesday after Easter weekend 1976 in Melbourne, Australia, and a good chunk of the city spent the weekend at the racetrack. Bookies handled swarms of people placing bets and left with a record breaking payload by the end of the melee. Now counting their winnings at the Victoria Club, they hear a bang, and six men wielding World War 2 era machine guns swarm the bookies and take their entire cash haul of $15 million AUD, making it the largest armed robbery in Australia's history.

UFC Fighter Steals £53M From the Bank of England

Shortly after 1 AM on February 22, 2006, an employee at the Bank of England's cash depot in Kent sees his boss on the exterior cameras asking to be let in. Strange, because he clocked out at 5:30 the evening before and wasn't expected until the morning. But, there's a police officer with him so it must be important. He buzzes them in and the second the door opens, the policeman draws his weapon. Over the next hour, seven armed men capture all fourteen employees and make them watch as they drain the vault. When they're finished, they drive off with 53 million pounds. It's the largest bank heist in the UK's history.

Oh Snap! Someone's Stealing Snapping Turtles?!

It's a spring morning in a Texas swamp where an elusive alligator snapping turtle hunts for his meal. He spots some meat floating right in front of his face and chomps down. Instead of a delicious meal he feels the sharp sting of a hook; and now there are hands on his shell. He wriggles and thrashes against his attackers as they hoist him into a johnboat and manhandle him into a mesh bag. He's taken to shore and tossed into the bed of a truck with another turtle. Hours later, he's dumped into a pond and comes face to face with more of his kind. They're fenced in and far from home. All he can do is wait for dinner, and he's on the menu.

"Scream"-worthy Heist: $120M of Munch Paintings STOLEN

It's a beautiful Sunday morning in Oslo as visitors enter the Munch Museum, home to the acclaimed artist's paintings. But shortly after 11 AM two armed men crash through the doors and order everyone to the ground. They run around the gallery until they reach their destination: The Scream. After one, two, three tugs, they rip the iconic painting from the wall. On their way out, they rip down a second painting, Madonna, then run to a car idling outside. The police arrive less than a minute later but it doesn't matter, the thieves just made away with Edvard Munch's most iconic paintings, valued at $120 million.