250: The United California Bank Heist

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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A southern California bank with a presidential connection and mob ties is the setting for a dangerous heist. History's Greatest Heist: https://play.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-heists-with-pierce-brosnan/season-1/episode-5 More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3l0DuLa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.0	A presidential heist, I'm Jason Horton
1:00.0	I'm Rebecca Leeb
1:01.0	And this is Ghost Town
1:17.0	It's Monday, March 27th, 1972, and the United California Bank is opening in the sleepy town of Laguna, Nagel
1:25.0	The bank manager goes to the vault trying to unlock its heavy door
1:29.0	But it's jammed with a screwdriver and will not open
1:32.0	20 minutes later, a technician from the vault manufacturer arrived to try and open the door
1:37.0	Everyone is confused, the combination is right, the mechanism is working, but the vault still won't open
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