LUFTHANSA HEIST Ep. 3 | “The Heist”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In the early morning hours of December 11, 1978, six masked men carry out a masterful robbery of the High Value Room at the Lufthansa cargo building at JFK Airport. The robbers are from Jimmy Burke’s crew, and the heist is even bigger than they expected. They walk out with more than five million dollars in cash and jewels, and earn a place in the record books. Join Black Barrel+ for bingeable seasons with no commercials : blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. This show is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please visit AirwaveMedia.com to check out other great podcasts like Ben Franklin’s World, Once Upon A Crime, and many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the middle of the night, in the lunch room of the Laftanza Airlines cargo building,
0:18.2	the minutes ticked by in silence.
0:21.2	All the workers on duty were in the room, and they were all handcuffed, except one, the
0:26.5	cargo agent.
0:28.0	These hands were tied with a rope, and as scary as that was, one of the workers lay on
0:33.2	the floor bleeding from a head wound.
0:36.5	More than likely, they all stared at the clock.
0:39.4	They'd been sitting there alone for 13 minutes as they waited for the time to reach 4.30
0:45.1	a.m.
0:46.6	When it finally did, the cargo agent stood up and wiggled out of the rope that bound
0:51.4	his hands.
0:52.9	He took a few careful steps toward the door and leaned outside.
0:57.4	He checked left and right, and when he was sure the coast was clear, he went to a phone
1:02.6	and dialed the port authority police.
1:05.8	The agent was shaken by the ordeal of the past 90 minutes, and he told the dispatcher that
1:10.8	he needed an ambulance.
1:12.8	He worked at the Laftanza cargo office at JFK Airport, and there had been an armed robbery.
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