Masterminds

Masterminds

2003 4 Seasons 70 Episodes ⭐ 9.0 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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Anthon Forgeries

The story of master forger Mark Hoffmann, who created numerous falsified documents relating to the founding of the Mormo

EP 2

The Dunbar Heist

Mark Hoffman fabricates more than 600 American historical documents.

EP 3

The Knightsbridge Heist

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

EP 4

Man Called Hollywood

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

EP 5

Double Crossed

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

EP 6

The Laguna Niguel Heist

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

EP 7

A Smuggler Supreme

Profile of Brian O'Dea, who used his job as a fisherman to import marijuana into America during the 1980s, making himsel

EP 8

Art Fraud

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

EP 9

The Hotel Pierre Heist

On New Years Eve 1972, Bobby Comfort and his gang pulled off the largest hotel safe heist in U.S. history. It happened a

EP 10

The Perfect Score

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

EP 11

Harn

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

EP 12

A Day at the Races

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

EP 13

The Stopwatch Heist

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

EP 14

King of Car Thieves

Investigating the capture of Bill Dhaliwal and his gang of elite car thieves who were responsible for stealing high qual

EP 15

The Riviera Job

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

EP 16

The Dinner Set Gang

They were the craftiest cat burglars of the 20th Century. For years, Peter Salerno and his partner Dominick Latella plag

EP 17

Safe Landing

An insight into the sophisticated gang of thieves, including a jeweller and a former detective, who stole more than $6mi

EP 18

The Forger's Art

A profile of John Drewe, who was caught in 1997 for dealing in forged paintings that had fooled art experts across the w

EP 19

Fools Gold

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

EP 20

The Bandit Queen

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

EP 21

A Gem of a Heist

EP 1

James Bond Gang

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

EP 2

The Dublin Job

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

EP 3

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

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

EP 4

The Friday Night Robber

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

EP 5

The Kansas City Diamond Heist

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

EP 6

The Silver Bandit

A perfectionistic thief removes victims' silver spoon sets.

EP 7

The Cairo Caper

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

EP 8

Slot Machine Genius

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

EP 9

The Jewelry Show Job

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

EP 10

Air America

Cocaine smuggling.

EP 11

The Memorial Day Heist

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

EP 12

The Disappearing Man

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

EP 13

The Superthief

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

EP 14

The Stander Gang

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

EP 15

Crazy Eddie

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

EP 16

The Brinks Matt Robbery

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

EP 17

The Jacksonville Heist

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

EP 18

Leader of the Pack

Aaron Rogers recruited childhood friends to help rob credit unions.

EP 19

The ConRail Boyz

A train-robbery gang uses high-tech equipment.

EP 20

Hot Wheels

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

EP 21

Stealing History

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

EP 22

The Phantom Bandit

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

EP 23

Making Millions

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

EP 1

The Air Cargo Millions

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

EP 2

Halloween Heist

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

EP 3

The Social Register Gang

Uncover the crimes of Raymond Flynn, a sophisticated thief who selected his targets from the social register, a director

EP 4

Stealing Vegas

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

EP 5

Maid in the Shade

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

EP 6

Money Bags

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

EP 7

The Berlin Heist

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

EP 8

The Highway Robber

The case of David Brankle, a suburban family man who led a double life as a notorious robber, stealing millions of dolla

EP 9

The Great Escape

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

EP 10

Off the Rack

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

EP 11

The Art of Double Dealing

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

EP 12

Motorcycle Bandit

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

EP 13

Cleaning House

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

EP 14

The Highway Bandit

EP 15

Fashion Crime

Clothing wholesaler Peter Cassese.

EP 16

The Invisible Man

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

EP 1

The Museum Heist

Insight into James P Quinn's theft of $1.6million worth of jewellery in the Headley-Whitney Museum, Kentucky, revealing

EP 2

It Takes a Thief

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

EP 3

Foul Ball

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

EP 4

The Transylvania Job

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

EP 5

Mission Impossible Burglar

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

EP 6

Money Maker

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

EP 7

The Copycat Millions

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

EP 8

The Graduate

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

EP 9

Imposters: Bad Medicine

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

EP 10

The Millennium Diamond

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

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