The Hatton Garden Heist
How did a gang of elderly thieves pull off Britain’s most daring vault robbery?
4.7 (36)
53 mins
Explore the audacious London vault burglary carried out by a group of elderly career criminals who stunned authorities with their precision and planning. Uncover how months of surveillance, insider knowledge, and one critical mistake led to the downfall of Britain’s most infamous modern heist crew.
Ep 1:
The Vault, The Shaft, and The Master
A 76-year-old mastermind and his aging crew spend three years plotting a blind-spot breach into London's most 'impregnable' vault, targeting an unguarded Easter weekend.
Ep 2:
Two Nights, Fourteen Million, One Cabinet
Over two grueling nights, the pensioner gang drills through Cold War concrete, hits a jammed steel cabinet, and gambles everything on returning to finish the job.
Ep 3:
Cameras Never Sleep: Catching the Wheezers
Flush with fourteen million pounds, the crew boasts in pubs and buries loot in cemeteries—unaware ANPR cameras and their own phones have already sealed their fate.
Ep 4:
The Ghost Named Basil
One accomplice vanishes without a trace—no phone, no car, no name—until a distinctive limp and a hidden gold smelter finally expose the elusive 'Basil.'
Discussions (5)
Landon
Level 6 · 3 mo agoBasil pocketed specific stones while the others grabbed everything blindly. He knew exactly which boxes to hit. Someone on the inside gave him that info and nobody ever found out who.
Reginald
Level 8 · 3 mo agoCalling them analog criminals is too kind, they were just reckless
Emerson
Level 6 · 3 mo agoSo Basil literally walked through the front door with a KEY he shouldn't have had and nobody ever fully explained how he got it. That detail just slides right past and nobody talks about it enough.
