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

250: The United California Bank Heist

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

Ghost Town

Social Sciences, True Crime, History, Science

3.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A southern California bank with a presidential connection and mob ties is the setting for a dangerous heist.

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A presidential heist, I'm Jason Horton

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I'm Rebecca Leeb

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And this is Ghost Town

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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

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Everyone is confused, the combination is right, the mechanism is working, but the vault still won't open

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