Crime Crush

In August 1911, the Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre in Paris, removed overnight by an Italian house painter who had previously worked inside the museum installing protective glass on its paintings. The theft went unnoticed for more than 24 hours and the painting remained hidden for 28 months. More than a century later, whether Vincenzo Peruggia acted entirely alone on the night of 20 to 21 August 1911 remains unverified by any archival record. Anyone with information about archival material related to Peruggia's Paris years, the Louvre's 1910 contractor records, or the Valfierno account is asked to contact the Carabinieri TPC in Rome at +39 06 6920 3069, or the Interpol Works of Art unit in Lyon at +33 4 7244 7444. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

In February 1978, cargo handler Vince Sarro was murdered in the freight yard at JFK International Airport as an enforcer for a Queens heist crew worked to silence everyone who had noticed the discrepancies surrounding a planned Lufthansa vault robbery. The crew took approximately five million dollars, the enforcer was killed by his own associates before federal agents could reach him, and the identity of the heist's architect and the location of most of the stolen currency remain unknown to this day. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

In January 2003, financial journalist Dawn Reynolds spent nineteen days tracing the proceeds of the 1983 Heathrow gold bullion heist through shell companies, smelter ledgers, and a Docklands property empire worth tens of millions. The investigation reached a formal National Crime Intelligence Service inquiry and a frozen property sale, but whether the full criminal network behind the raid has ever been completely mapped, and whether the man at the centre of the money trail will ultimately face charges, remains unresolved. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

In December 2024, retired Royal Mail train guard Brian Dalton, a survivor of the 1963 Glasgow-to-London mail train robbery at Bridego Railway Bridge, spent eighteen days attempting to prove that a deceased colleague had provided the gang with inside information sixty-one years earlier. The case rested on a handwritten duty-roster amendment and a recorded confrontation, but whether the inside man acted out of fear or debt has never been established. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

Over Easter 2015, a gang of men in their sixties and seventies drilled through fifty centimetres of reinforced concrete to raid the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit facility in London, forcing open seventy-three boxes and removing millions of pounds in cash and jewellery. All five men charged pleaded guilty, but a significant portion of the stolen property was never recovered, the total value remained disputed, and a key participant known only as Basil was never publicly identified or charged. The case remains open on those points. HEIST: Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd If you have information about the unrecovered Hatton Garden property or the identity of Basil, contact the Metropolitan Police or Crimestoppers UK at 0800 555 111. Anonymous tip line: 0800 555 111. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

In February 2003, thieves broke into the most secure diamond vault in Antwerp's Diamond District and stole an estimated $100 million in gems, cash and gold after bypassing ten layers of security over a single weekend. Convictions followed, but the stolen goods were never recovered, the getaway driver was never identified and a disputed claim of inside involvement has never been resolved or disproved. HEIST: Antwerp Diamond Vault Anyone with information about the unrecovered Antwerp diamonds or the identity of any crew member connected to the February 2003 heist is asked to contact Belgian Federal Police at 02 642 96 00. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

On the night of June 9 to 10, 1912, eight people were killed with an axe inside a home at 508 East Second Street in Villisca, Iowa: Josiah Moore, his wife Sarah, their four children, and two young overnight guests. More than a century later, no conviction has ever stood, no killer has been named by any court, and the case remains officially unsolved. The covered mirrors, the locked doors, and the biological evidence that has never yielded a DNA profile are all that remain of a night that a small Iowa town has never stopped trying to understand. MURDERED: The Moore Family Anyone with family records from Montgomery County, Iowa, from 1912 or the surrounding years is asked to contact the State Historical Society of Iowa at 515-281-5111. That number again is 515-281-5111. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

On 31 March 1922, six people were killed at the remote Hinterkaifeck farm in rural Bavaria, Germany: farmer Andreas Gruber, his wife, his widowed daughter, two young grandchildren, and a maid who had arrived only that day. The case has never been solved across more than a century of investigation, and the identity of whoever appeared to have lived on the farm both before and after the killings remains unknown. Bavarian authorities hold an open case file but have named no suspect in any official proceeding. Anyone with information about the Gruber family or the history of Hinterkaifeck farm near Waidhofen, Bavaria, is asked to contact the Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt in Munich, Germany, at +49 89 1212 0. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ada1b464281670f07a0e590 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com. This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.