The Monk: Episode 330
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Today, we hear the story of his trip to London with Art 'The Brain' Rachel and how they were suspected of stealing the incredibly valuable Marlborough Diamond from a high-end jeweller in a stunningly simple operation.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Scalise#Marlborough_diamond_robbery
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_2514000/2514065.stm
- https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/lost-treasure-the-graff-jewels-and-the-marlborough-diamond-8beb3ceb3c29
- https://luxurylondon.co.uk/style/watches-and-jewellery/jewellery/the-graff-jewellery-heist-and-the-40-year-search-for-the-marlborough-diamond/
- https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mob-diamonds-marlborough-diamong-art-rachel/5684614/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graff_(jewellers)
- https://luxurylondon.co.uk/style/watches-and-jewellery/jewellery/the-graff-jewellery-heist-and-the-40-year-search-for-the-marlborough-diamond/
- https://www.nationalcrimesyndicate.com/day-1980-marlborough-diamond-heist-took-place/
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, Patrick from the podcast True Crime Obsessed here. |
| 0:06.1 | We're so excited to tell you that the Obsessed Network has helped publish the audiobook of |
| 0:10.7 | Motor Spirit written by Jared Cobak. |
| 0:13.8 | Let's go back to 1969 when Evil was lurking in California. |
| 0:18.4 | He called himself Zodiac, a murderer, a ghost haunting the San Francisco Bay area. |
| 0:24.6 | In Motor Spirit, we descend into the California underworld, down in the depths of Zodiac, |
| 0:29.9 | telling the story of the Zodiac murders in a way that's never been done before. |
| 0:34.1 | Returning to original sources like newspapers and police reports and small press publications |
| 0:39.1 | with extensive literary analysis of Zodiac's letters, Motor Spirit offers a history that |
| 0:45.0 | decodes the mystery. |
| 0:46.8 | We find a Zodiac who embodies the chaos and catastrophes of the American Promised Land. |
| 0:52.3 | It's the portrait of a killer of a place and of a state of mind. |
| 0:56.6 | Motor Spirit is now available on Audible, voiced by if Jenny a ball. |
| 1:01.3 | So if you're looking for your next great True Crime Listen, we hope you'll check it out. |
| 1:06.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 330 of the UK True Crime Podcast. |
| 1:20.7 | I'm Adam. |
| 1:22.6 | Thank you for taking the time to listen to my podcast, which as you know is greatly appreciated. |
| 1:28.2 | And this week a huge thank you to listener Gemma Gold for researching and writing this episode. |
| 1:34.8 | Thank you so much Gemma. |
| 1:37.3 | This week's story is from Central London, as we delve into the murky world of organized crime |
| 1:43.8 | and dual heists. |
| 1:45.8 | Before we begin, no, we kick it off with one and the only. |
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