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Host Nick Ledger dissects audacious diamond heists in modern history, from vault infiltrations to daylight robberies and the shadowy networks that make stolen gems disappear. Each episode examines meticulous planning, bold execution, and security failures behind crimes targeting the world's most coveted stones. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

A lively history of the 'First Fleet' which took convicts from Britain to Australia in 1787; Sydney's early years as 'an open-air prison'; and the colonisation of New South Wales. The story of modern Australia begins in 18th-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was rife, and the gaols were bursting. From this situation was born the Sydney experiment, with criminals perceived to be damaging British society transported to Sydney, an 'open air prison with walls 14,000 miles thick'.

Step into the intriguing world of A Thief in the Night, a captivating collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, first published in 1905. This third and final installment in the beloved Raffles series follows the charming gentleman thief A. J. Raffles as he orchestrates daring burglaries across late Victorian England. Although Raffles met his end during the Second Boer War at the conclusion of The Black Mask, his loyal companion and chronicler, Bunny Manders, unveils thrilling escapades that had previously remained untold, revealing the depths of their criminal partnership.

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski gathered up tens of thousands of documents from Nazi buildings in Berlin and, later, public archives and private synagogues in France and moved them all, illicitly, to New York. In The Archive Thief, Lisa Moses Leff reconstructs Szajkowski's story in all its ambiguity. Born into poverty in Russian Poland, Szajkowski first made his name in Paris as a communist journalist.

Experience the gripping tale of redemption in "The Autobiography of a Thief" by Hutchins Hapgood. This podcast explores the life of a thief who seeks to reform and change his ways, offering a powerful narrative of crime and transformation.

American companies, whole towns, have been eviscerated by Chinese cyberattacks. But their stories remain untold, even as the stakes get higher and the targets more reckless. To Catch a Thief is a first-of-its-kind, documentary look at China’s rise to cyber supremacy. This podcast charts the evolution of China’s state-sponsored hackers, from their beginnings as “the most polite, mediocre hackers in cyberspace” to the “apex predator” that now haunts America’s critical infrastructure. Host Nicole Perlroth, bestselling author and former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage ...

Brave heroes to some, oppressive villains to others, the police have always been a polarising institution. ‘Good Cop. Bad Cop.’ tells the stories of figures & events from real and fictional worlds of law enforcement. We're trying to understand what it really means to be a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ cop.

America like most countries had its share of hustlers and con men throughout history. This podcast is about a true stories of numerous men who scammed Americans out of millions of dollars.

Artist/activists Nick Fracaro and Gabriele Schafer tell the story of their three years living in the “tipi on the hill,” by way of their radical alternative theater work leading up to it, their 40+ year creative partnership, and reflections on a life lived together at the intersection of art, culture, politics, and spirituality.In the middle of the night in 1990, Nick and Gabriele covertly erected a replica of a Lakota tipi in the center of New York City’s longest-existing homeless encampment known as The Hill. The tipi was dedicated on the centenary of the Wounded Knee Massacre “in ...