18. The Cursed Gold

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Brinks-MAT robbery is one of the most famous in British history. This week, Iain takes an in-depth look at the heist and asks: how did a group of gangsters manage to break into a high-security warehouse and walk away with solid gold worth £26 million? Plus, he digs into the complex police operation that took investigators from London to Bristol to Tenerife and back again.

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available weekly on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Email us at [email protected].

If you'd like to find out more about John Palmer, one of the Brinks-MAT masterminds, check out Gangster on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0dwnc59

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0:43.9	Top of the morning, everyone. I hope you had a lovely Paddy's Day, another day there.
0:48.5	And that's every single Irish listener I've just switched off. Thank you for that.
0:52.5	We love a bit of Ireland in this house. We've had a lovely Paddy's week.
0:56.6	I do. I feel like it can be a week-long celebration. And then it's like Easter in a week.
1:00.3	Do you know what's annoying that it's not like a National Holiday over here?
1:02.8	Yeah, why? Is it a National holiday in Ireland?
1:04.6	Yeah, it's a Sunday. It's different every year.
1:07.2	Does it not always fall on a Sunday? No, because it's the 17th. Is it actually just the 17th?
1:11.5	Seventh.
1:11.8	The 17th of March.
1:12.4	The 17th of March?
1:13.4	I thought it's because it's such a buzz up.
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