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History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
It’s a summer night in 1998. Vienna, Austria. And petty thief Daniel Blanchard is about to carry out the heist of a lifetime. Stealing a crown jewel. The last remaining diamond Sisi Star.
His plan? A daring night-time parachute jump.
Daniel is no ordinary thief. His heists are ingenious, meticulously planned; his escapes from the law defy belief. And Daniel knows that if he can get his hands on the star, it will launch him into the criminal big-leagues.
Daniel’s exploits unleash a relentless game of cat-and-mouse, as police track him across continents yet vanishes from their grasp.
What he doesn’t know is that the Sisi Star has a history. A dark history. Its original owner, the legendary Empress Elisabeth of Austria, used it to carve her own legacy of absolute beauty and power. That pursuit drove her to her very limits.
And now Daniel’s fate is fixed to that same star. But how long can Sisi’s star stay lucky for Daniel?
This is A Most Audacious Heist – it’s the story of a master thief, an intercontinental manhunt, and the jewel that changes everything.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
| 0:04.7 | early and ad-free on Amazon music included with Prime. |
| 0:09.2 | Hey there, it's Kathy, sharing a new podcast that I think you will love. |
| 0:13.5 | A most audacious heist is a gripping true crime story filled with ambition, risk, and obsession. |
| 0:20.0 | As it follows the exploits of a 19th century empress |
| 0:23.2 | and a 20th century thief. Their fates are intertwined by the same dazzling treasure, a perfect |
| 0:30.3 | cluster of diamonds, known as the C.C. Star. Hosted by Sarin Jones from the award-winning podcast Black black and blue a most audacious heist is an on the |
| 0:40.9 | edge of your seat story about what happened when the c c star was stolen from a palace in vienna in |
| 0:46.7 | 1998 in the episode we have for you today petty crook daniel blanchard spots the crown jewel |
| 0:54.0 | while on honeymoon with his new |
| 0:56.0 | wife. Daniel instantly becomes obsessed with the idea of stealing it in a daring nighttime parachute jump. |
| 1:03.9 | An international manhunt for Daniel follows, but somehow he manages to elude police. |
| 1:10.1 | An audacious heist is fast-paced and so much fun to listen to. |
| 1:13.7 | And on a personal note, I was thrilled to lend my voice for a small part, |
| 1:17.5 | which you can hear in this episode. |
| 1:19.6 | When you're ready to listen to the rest, |
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| 1:25.0 | The first... wherever you're listening right now. |
| 1:38.1 | It's June 1998, long past midnight. |
| 1:44.0 | And we're in the air, about a mile above Vienna, the Austrian capital. |
| 1:45.0 | In a small plane, a slight man squats on the floor. |
| 1:50.0 | There are no lights, just the red glow from the instruments in the cockpit. |
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