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18,000 FEET ($130,000 – $140,000+)
On March 24, 1944, Flight Sergeant Nicholas Stephen Alkemade, a rear gunner aboard a Lancaster bomber, was returning from a bombing...
Jun 24, 20252 min read
COSTLY TYPO ($130,000 – $140,000+)
In 2006, a Japanese trader at Mizuho Securities meant to sell one share of a job recruitment company for 610,000 yen (about $5,000 USD)....
Jun 24, 20252 min read
CHERRY POPSICLE STICK ($110,000+)
The job was super-clean. In 2008, thieves cut through the roof of a Waltham, Massachusetts jewelry store. No alarms tripped. No prints....
Jun 23, 20252 min read
THE G.O.A.T. ($110,000 – $120,000+)
In 1953, an enterprising door-to-door salesman named Joe Girard began selling Chevrolets at a small dealership in Detroit. He wasn’t just...
Jun 10, 20252 min read
LIGHTNING STRIKES
In 1969, just seconds after liftoff, Apollo 12, NASA’s second moon-landing mission, was struck by lightning – twice. Alarms blared. The...
Jun 6, 20253 min read
BITCOIN GRAVEYARD ($75,000 + CAR ALLOWANCE + GAS CARD)
In 2013, James Howells, an IT worker from Newport, Wales, accidentally threw away a hard drive during a routine cleanup. But this wasn’t...
Jun 5, 20253 min read
$77 LIE | $205,000 – $280,000 (USD)
In 2008, an Australian man named Marcus Einfeld, a former judge of the Federal Court, received a $77 speeding ticket. Rather than simply...
Jun 4, 20253 min read
KOREAN HOUDINI | $180,000 – $265,000 (USD)
In one of South Korea’s most baffling prison escapes, 50-year-old Choi Gap Bok left guards speechless and sparked a nationwide manhunt...
May 30, 20253 min read
WHAT A SURPRISE ($65,000 – $75,000)
In July 2000, 13-year-old Cody Clawson got separated from his Boy Scout group while hiking near Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming. No...
May 23, 20252 min read
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