Daring Capers

The 1978 theft of goods worth $8 million from a Kennedy airport air-cargo terminal. Also: a 1972 theft of deposit boxes worth $10 million from a New York City hotel.

Chonicling the exploits of Albert Spaggiari, a successful bank robber, who spent two months tunnelling under the streets of France to penetrate the vaults of the Societe Genrale bank of Nice.

The escape of German fighter ace Franz Von Werra from the Swanwick prison camp in England during World War II.

A 1997 theft of $18.8 million from an armored car in Florida by a security courier.

The 1963 “Great Train Robbery” in which an estimated $5 million was stolen, and all but one of the bandits was captured.

A 1990 theft of art treasures worth $200 million from a Boston museum. Also: Murph the Surf, the flamboyant thief who stole the Star of India sapphire.

“Murph the Surf” and the theft of the Star of India from the American Museum of Natural History.

Modeling himself on the gentleman thief played by Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief," cat burglar Blane David Norhal's criminal career spanned more than a decade. In that time he robbed only from the rich and famous, including the homes of Ivana Trump and Bruce Springsteen, taking only the finest stirling silver.

A clever and nimble cat burglar scales high-rise buildings to target wealthy celebrities.

In the early morning hours of January 2, 1972, a gang of five men wearing masks and tuxedos entered the lobby of Manhattan's lavish Pierre Hotel, hand-cuffed nineteen guests and employees, and in less than 2 and a half hours emptied its safe deposit boxes of an estimated $10 million in precious gems and cash. Only $750,000 of the loot was ever recovered.