Masterminds

All Episodes 2003 - 2007

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  • 2003-07-16T04:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 2d 21h 30m (70 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Masterminds was a true crime documentary television series produced in Canada with truTV. As of February 2011, the program is broadcast on History Television and Global TV in Canada and truTV in the United States. Each 30 minute episode features one true crime story. The profiled crimes generally involve large sums of cash or merchandise and, more important, extremely unique and/or elaborate methods of criminal operation which were never before seen by law enforcement agencies. With a few notable exceptions, most criminals profiled in this series were caught within a couple of years of committing their crime.

70 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-07-16T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Anthon Forgeries

Series Premiere

1x01 The Anthon Forgeries

  • 2003-07-16T04:00:00Z1h

The story of master forger Mark Hoffmann, who created numerous falsified documents relating to the founding of the Mormon church, and fooled experts all over the world

2003-07-16T04:00:00Z

1x02 The Dunbar Heist

1x02 The Dunbar Heist

  • 2003-07-16T04:00:00Z1h

Mark Hoffman fabricates more than 600 American historical documents.

2003-09-29T04:00:00Z

1x03 The Knightsbridge Heist

1x03 The Knightsbridge Heist

  • 2003-09-29T04:00:00Z1h

Britain's largest heist in history netted the culprit $90 million in jewels, cash and drugs.

2003-10-06T04:00:00Z

1x04 Man Called Hollywood

1x04 Man Called Hollywood

  • 2003-10-06T04:00:00Z1h

The criminal acts committed by Scott Scurlock, who robbed 19 Seattle banks between 1992 and 1996

2003-11-03T05:00:00Z

1x05 Double Crossed

1x05 Double Crossed

  • 2003-11-03T05:00:00Z1h

A woman who managed to con over $185,000 out of the residents of Colorado Springs

2003-11-17T05:00:00Z

1x06 The Laguna Niguel Heist

1x06 The Laguna Niguel Heist

  • 2003-11-17T05:00:00Z1h

Profile of America's most successful robber Amil Dinsio, who made history in 1972 when he raided the richest bank in the US

2003-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x07 A Smuggler Supreme

1x07 A Smuggler Supreme

  • 2003-11-24T05:00:00Z1h

Profile of Brian O'Dea, who used his job as a fisherman to import marijuana into America during the 1980s, making himself $200million in the process

2003-12-08T05:00:00Z

1x08 Art Fraud

1x08 Art Fraud

  • 2003-12-08T05:00:00Z1h

Two Americans discover the man who pulled off the biggest art fraud in U.K. history.

2003-12-15T05:00:00Z

1x09 The Hotel Pierre Heist

1x09 The Hotel Pierre Heist

  • 2003-12-15T05:00:00Z1h

On New Years Eve 1972, Bobby Comfort and his gang pulled off the largest hotel safe heist in U.S. history. It happened at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. After rehearsing a number of scenarios and planning their getaway, Comfort and his gang swooped into the hotel at 4am on New Years Eve. After two and a half hours, they greeted the New Year with more than $10 million dollars in cash and jewels.

2003-12-22T05:00:00Z

1x10 The Perfect Score

1x10 The Perfect Score

  • 2003-12-22T05:00:00Z1h

Profile of robber William Smarto who hid inside an Illinois bank until closing time and walked away with over $1,000,000 in loot

2004-01-19T05:00:00Z

1x11 Harn

1x11 Harn

  • 2004-01-19T05:00:00Z1h

Fraternity brothers use computer trickery to scam the horse-racing world.

2004-02-14T05:00:00Z

1x12 A Day at the Races

1x12 A Day at the Races

  • 2004-02-14T05:00:00Z1h

The criminals who won over $3million by forging winning horse racing tickets on the Breeders' Cup before being caught

2004-02-20T05:00:00Z

1x13 The Stopwatch Heist

1x13 The Stopwatch Heist

  • 2004-02-20T05:00:00Z1h

How the FBI tracked down notorious robber Paddy Mitchell and his gang of thieves who were capable of carrying out heists within 90 seconds

2004-03-06T05:00:00Z

1x14 King of Car Thieves

1x14 King of Car Thieves

  • 2004-03-06T05:00:00Z1h

Investigating the capture of Bill Dhaliwal and his gang of elite car thieves who were responsible for stealing high quality cars and selling them to unsuspecting buyers

2004-03-26T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Riviera Job

1x15 The Riviera Job

  • 2004-03-26T05:00:00Z1h

Albert Spaggiari's robbery of the Societe Generale bank in Nice in 1976, in which he stole gold, cash and gems worth millions

2004-04-23T04:00:00Z

1x16 The Dinner Set Gang

1x16 The Dinner Set Gang

  • 2004-04-23T04:00:00Z1h

They were the craftiest cat burglars of the 20th Century. For years, Peter Salerno and his partner Dominick Latella plagued the wealthy along the East Coast. In the summer, they struck homes in the ritzy suburbs of New York and Connecticut. When winter came, they trailed their prey to Palm Beach, . There, waterfront properties gave them a great advantage in avoiding police patrolling the roads by approaching their target homes by boat. Over the years they made millions pilfering from the elite of society. The heirs to multimillion dollar businesses such as DuPont, Macy's, Gimbles, the Vat 69 whiskey distillery and others were easy targets for the duo. Salerno and Latella were at the top of their game, and one of the keys to their success was a technique that other thieves would consider suicide. They broke in and carried out their robberies at a time when they knew security alarms would be inactive - while the families were at home having dinner.

2004-04-16T04:00:00Z

1x17 Safe Landing

1x17 Safe Landing

  • 2004-04-16T04:00:00Z1h

An insight into the sophisticated gang of thieves, including a jeweller and a former detective, who stole more than $6million in cash and gems over a 10 year period

2004-04-25T04:00:00Z

1x18 The Forger's Art

1x18 The Forger's Art

  • 2004-04-25T04:00:00Z1h

A profile of John Drewe, who was caught in 1997 for dealing in forged paintings that had fooled art experts across the world and earned him millions

2004-05-05T04:00:00Z

1x19 Fools Gold

1x19 Fools Gold

  • 2004-05-05T04:00:00Z1h

A recreation of the Bre-X goldmine scam in Indonesia that swindled thousands of investors out of their life savings.

2004-05-19T04:00:00Z

1x20 The Bandit Queen

1x20 The Bandit Queen

  • 2004-05-19T04:00:00Z1h

How Judy Amar baffled Florida police with a string of robberies in mansions that had strict security measures

2004-05-22T04:00:00Z

1x21 A Gem of a Heist

1x21 A Gem of a Heist

  • 2004-05-22T04:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2004-08-04T04:00:00Z

2x01 James Bond Gang

Season Premiere

2x01 James Bond Gang

  • 2004-08-04T04:00:00Z1h

An insight into the James Bond gang, a group of criminals from New York who used customised getaway vehicles in their heists during the 1980s

2004-08-18T04:00:00Z

2x02 The Dublin Job

2x02 The Dublin Job

  • 2004-08-18T04:00:00Z1h

Investigating the 1986 theft of £30million of paintings from Russborough House, near Dublin, which was carried out by crime boss Martin Cahill

A prolific cat-burglar reveals how he scaled high-rises and made off with diamonds and jewelry.

2004-09-28T04:00:00Z

2x04 The Friday Night Robber

2x04 The Friday Night Robber

  • 2004-09-28T04:00:00Z1h

The crime spree of Carl Gugasian, who organised more than 50 bank robberies - all carried out on Fridays - and evaded capture for 30 years

A gang wearing Halloween masks and overalls steals millions of dollars' worth of jewels.

2004-10-12T04:00:00Z

2x06 The Silver Bandit

2x06 The Silver Bandit

  • 2004-10-12T04:00:00Z30m

A perfectionistic thief removes victims' silver spoon sets.

2004-10-19T04:00:00Z

2x07 The Cairo Caper

2x07 The Cairo Caper

  • 2004-10-19T04:00:00Z1h

A charming rogue steals more than 2,000 ancient artifacts and re-sells them around the world.

2004-10-26T04:00:00Z

2x08 Slot Machine Genius

2x08 Slot Machine Genius

  • 2004-10-26T04:00:00Z1h

A look at the crime spree of Tommy Lee Carmichael, who stole $2.5million from fruit machines in Las Vegas

2004-11-02T05:00:00Z

2x09 The Jewelry Show Job

2x09 The Jewelry Show Job

  • 2004-11-02T05:00:00Z1h

Registered jeweler Tony Granims and team robbed jewelery stores and baffled the police.

2004-11-16T05:00:00Z

2x10 Air America

2x10 Air America

  • 2004-11-16T05:00:00Z1h

Cocaine smuggling.

2004-11-30T05:00:00Z

2x11 The Memorial Day Heist

2x11 The Memorial Day Heist

  • 2004-11-30T05:00:00Z1h

Police officer Jerry Clemente was the mastermind behind a bank heist.

2004-12-21T05:00:00Z

2x12 The Disappearing Man

2x12 The Disappearing Man

  • 2004-12-21T05:00:00Z1h

A bank clerk steals over a million dollars from the bank he works at and leaves his wife and the state.

2005-01-18T05:00:00Z

2x13 The Superthief

2x13 The Superthief

  • 2005-01-18T05:00:00Z1h

The story of how Jack McClean's crime spree earned him the unofficial title of 'superthief'

2005-02-08T05:00:00Z

2x14 The Stander Gang

2x14 The Stander Gang

  • 2005-02-08T05:00:00Z1h

A profile of South African police chief Andre Stander, who decided on an unlikely change of career when he became a bank robber

2005-02-22T05:00:00Z

2x15 Crazy Eddie

2x15 Crazy Eddie

  • 2005-02-22T05:00:00Z1h

An electronics dealer bilks suppliers, employees and government officials of millions of dollars.

2005-03-08T05:00:00Z

2x16 The Brinks Matt Robbery

2x16 The Brinks Matt Robbery

  • 2005-03-08T05:00:00Z1h

An insight into criminal masterminds and ingenious plots, featuring the Brinks Mat robbery, the biggest heist in British history

2005-04-18T04:00:00Z

2x17 The Jacksonville Heist

2x17 The Jacksonville Heist

  • 2005-04-18T04:00:00Z1h

An armored-car driver steals $19 million from a cash depot.

2005-03-22T05:00:00Z

2x18 Leader of the Pack

2x18 Leader of the Pack

  • 2005-03-22T05:00:00Z1h

Aaron Rogers recruited childhood friends to help rob credit unions.

2005-04-05T04:00:00Z

2x19 The ConRail Boyz

2x19 The ConRail Boyz

  • 2005-04-05T04:00:00Z1h

A train-robbery gang uses high-tech equipment.

2005-04-12T04:00:00Z

2x20 Hot Wheels

2x20 Hot Wheels

  • 2005-04-12T04:00:00Z1h

Police and FBI agents trail the mastermind behind a car-theft ring.

2005-04-12T04:00:00Z

2x21 Stealing History

2x21 Stealing History

  • 2005-04-12T04:00:00Z1h

Jonathon Tokeley-Parry illegally retrieved more than two thousand Egyptian artifacts and sold them around the world.

2005-04-25T04:00:00Z

2x22 The Phantom Bandit

2x22 The Phantom Bandit

  • 2005-04-25T04:00:00Z1h

Gilber Galvan, a master of disguise, robbed over a hundred banks across Canada without leaving a clue as to his true identity.

2005-04-26T04:00:00Z

2x23 Making Millions

2x23 Making Millions

  • 2005-04-26T04:00:00Z1h

Counterfeiter Steven Jory flooded the British market with fifty million pounds.

Season Premiere

2005-07-12T04:00:00Z

3x01 The Air Cargo Millions

Season Premiere

3x01 The Air Cargo Millions

  • 2005-07-12T04:00:00Z1h

An air-freight delivery driver runs a multimillion-dollar air-cargo theft operation with connections around the globe.

2005-08-30T04:00:00Z

3x02 Halloween Heist

3x02 Halloween Heist

  • 2005-08-30T04:00:00Z1h

Criminals manage to steal cash and lock guests inside a vault at a bank's Halloween party; an assortment of odd tools assist with bank robberies.

2005-09-20T04:00:00Z

3x03 The Social Register Gang

3x03 The Social Register Gang

  • 2005-09-20T04:00:00Z1h

Uncover the crimes of Raymond Flynn, a sophisticated thief who selected his targets from the social register, a directory of America's wealthiest people

2005-10-04T04:00:00Z

3x04 Stealing Vegas

3x04 Stealing Vegas

  • 2005-10-04T04:00:00Z1h

A slot machine thief who stole millions of dollars from Las Vegas casinos, overcoming the latest security technology

2005-10-11T04:00:00Z

3x05 Maid in the Shade

3x05 Maid in the Shade

  • 2005-10-11T04:00:00Z1h

Carrie Lee Jenkins was the head of a team of thieves posing as maids.

2005-11-08T05:00:00Z

3x06 Money Bags

3x06 Money Bags

  • 2005-11-08T05:00:00Z1h

Criminal mastermind Maurizio Percan, who ran a authoparts theft ring that made him $14million is just 3 years

2005-11-15T05:00:00Z

3x07 The Berlin Heist

3x07 The Berlin Heist

  • 2005-11-15T05:00:00Z1h

A tunnel allows a thief to steal millions of dollars in cash and jewelry from a bank.

2005-12-13T05:00:00Z

3x08 The Highway Robber

3x08 The Highway Robber

  • 2005-12-13T05:00:00Z1h

The case of David Brankle, a suburban family man who led a double life as a notorious robber, stealing millions of dollars in the course of 50 heists

2005-12-20T05:00:00Z

3x09 The Great Escape

3x09 The Great Escape

  • 2005-12-20T05:00:00Z1h

The case of Jeffrey Manchester, who escaped from prison and hid for several months in a toy shop and started a new life by stealing stock

2006-01-24T05:00:00Z

3x10 Off the Rack

3x10 Off the Rack

  • 2006-01-24T05:00:00Z1h

A New York clothing wholesaler uses his store as a front for one of the most successful burglary rings in American history.

2006-02-14T05:00:00Z

3x11 The Art of Double Dealing

3x11 The Art of Double Dealing

  • 2006-02-14T05:00:00Z1h

Ely Sakhai a New York art dealer who sold multiple forged copies of famous painters' works.

2006-02-21T05:00:00Z

3x12 Motorcycle Bandit

3x12 Motorcycle Bandit

  • 2006-02-21T05:00:00Z1h

How Roni Leibovitz committed 22 band robberies after he was cut out of his wealthy family's will

2006-05-09T04:00:00Z

3x13 Cleaning House

3x13 Cleaning House

  • 2006-05-09T04:00:00Z1h

The story of Carrie Lee Jenkins, the beautiful mastermind behind a team of thieves, who stole over 5 million dollars

2006-05-12T04:00:00Z

3x14 The Highway Bandit

3x14 The Highway Bandit

  • 2006-05-12T04:00:00Z1h

2006-05-15T04:00:00Z

3x15 Fashion Crime

3x15 Fashion Crime

  • 2006-05-15T04:00:00Z1h

Clothing wholesaler Peter Cassese.

2006-05-18T04:00:00Z

3x16 The Invisible Man

3x16 The Invisible Man

  • 2006-05-18T04:00:00Z1h

The obsession that led to Stephen Blumberg stealing $40million worth of rare books from libraries

Season Premiere

2006-07-06T04:00:00Z

4x01 The Museum Heist

Season Premiere

4x01 The Museum Heist

  • 2006-07-06T04:00:00Z1h

Insight into James P Quinn's theft of $1.6million worth of jewellery in the Headley-Whitney Museum, Kentucky, revealing whether the police were able to catch him

2006-07-07T04:00:00Z

4x02 It Takes a Thief

4x02 It Takes a Thief

  • 2006-07-07T04:00:00Z1h

Revealing how Paul Mathieson came to lead a band of burglars that travelled America, stealing over $10million worth of loot

2006-07-08T04:00:00Z

4x03 Foul Ball

4x03 Foul Ball

  • 2006-07-08T04:00:00Z1h

The capture of fraudster Wayne Bray, who was responsible for the largest sporting memorabilia scam in American history

2006-07-10T04:00:00Z

4x04 The Transylvania Job

4x04 The Transylvania Job

  • 2006-07-10T04:00:00Z1h

Thieves stole over five million dollars worth of sketches and books from the University of Transylvania's rare book collection.

4x05 Mission Impossible Burglar

  • 2006-07-11T04:00:00Z1h

Profiling Steven Krueger, whose ability to use rope ladders and grappling hooks to avoid shop alarms saw the papers dub him the 'Mission Impossible Thief'

2006-07-12T04:00:00Z

4x06 Money Maker

4x06 Money Maker

  • 2006-07-12T04:00:00Z1h

The story of forger Wesley Weber, who, while still in his 20s, flooded the Canadian economy with $20million in counterfeit notes

2006-11-14T05:00:00Z

4x07 The Copycat Millions

4x07 The Copycat Millions

  • 2006-11-14T05:00:00Z1h

The story of con-man El Sakhai, who made millions dealing in forged paintings in the Asian market

2006-12-05T05:00:00Z

4x08 The Graduate

4x08 The Graduate

  • 2006-12-05T05:00:00Z1h

In July 1994, master thief James P. Quinn makes off with over $1.6 million in jewelry from the Headley-Whitney museum in Lexington, Ky.

2007-03-24T04:00:00Z

4x09 Imposters: Bad Medicine

4x09 Imposters: Bad Medicine

  • 2007-03-24T04:00:00Z1h

Dr Gerald Barnes posed as a doctor and ran a Los Angeles clinic - but despite having certificates he never actually attended medical school

2007-05-05T04:00:00Z

4x10 The Millennium Diamond

4x10 The Millennium Diamond

  • 2007-05-05T04:00:00Z1h

The attempted theft of a diamond worth £200million, which was being exhibited at the Millennium Dome

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