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5 HITMEN ($75,000 + CAR ALLOWANCE + GAS CARD)
In October 2013, Chinese real estate developer Tan Youhui hired a hitman (Hitman #1) for $280,000 to eliminate his business rival, Mr....
Apr 33 min read


INTO THIN AIR ($165,000 – $215,000+)
On November 24, 1971, a man in a suit bought a one-way ticket to Seattle from Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland. After takeoff, he...
Mar 303 min read


PLAYIN’ HOOKY ($120,000+)
In 1965, six teenaged boys decided to play hooky. They ‘borrowed’ a fisherman’s boat and set sail from Tonga to Fiji. However, after...
Mar 282 min read


BARGAIN BIN BONANZA ($120,000+)
In 1989 at a Pennsylvania flea market, a man wandered the aisles, when an old painting caught his eye. The artwork itself wasn’t much to...
Mar 282 min read


HOLD THE MAYO ($86,000 - $92,000 + CAR)
Lulu Lakatos was a pro. And, in 2009, posing as a gem expert named "Anna," she orchestrated a daring £4.2 million diamond heist at...
Mar 263 min read


ALL THE STOPS ($165,000 – $215,000+)
Pipe organs are massive, complex instruments with rows of pipes that produce different sounds. The knobs or levers that control which...
Mar 253 min read


OVER REACT MUCH ($165,000 – $215,000+)
The cities of Modena and Bologna had been rivals for generations, their feud simmering through decades of political and territorial...
Mar 253 min read


WONDER DOG ($120,000+)
In August 1923, the Brazier family from Silverton, Oregon took a road trip to visit relatives in Wolcott, Indiana. Their vacation took an...
Mar 192 min read


BITE THE BULLET ($132,500 - $200,000+)
"Bite the bullet" – we’ve all heard it, but where did the term originate? Back in the days before anesthetics, injured soldiers had to...
Mar 192 min read
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