33: The Sherlock Holmes Heist

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, Iain looks at the unbelievable true story of a bank heist that was inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Red Headed League’. This story includes an outlandish break-in, an intercepted radio frequency, and even a potential royal scandal.

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0:05.2	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
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0:16.3	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
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0:44.2	Big it up, big it up, big it up, big it up. Welcome. Big it up, big it up, big it up. You
0:51.5	always talk, because you were like, is Laura going to talk? It's probably, it's probably Laura should say something first, but I didn't say anything.
0:56.2	And then Ian always fills the silence.
0:57.9	I'm like, how is he going to, what's going to say?
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