The 1978 Lufthansa Heist

2024/9/22

Everything Everywhere Daily

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The 1978 Lufthansa heist was a meticulously planned robbery involving an inside man, Lewis Werner, who leaked crucial security details to a group led by Jimmy Burke. The crew executed the heist flawlessly, making off with $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewelry from the Lufthansa cargo facility at JFK Airport.

The heist was planned at Robert's Lounge in Queens.
The robbers used inside information to bypass security measures.
The robbery took 64 minutes and no shots were fired.

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On December 11, 1978, one of the most audacious heists in history took place at JFK Airport in New York City.

A small group of thieves executed an almost perfect crime and walked away with 6 million dollars in cash and jewelry.

While the actual robbery went off without a hitch, it was after the crime that things fell apart and eventually left a trail of bodies strewn across New York.

Learn more about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist, how they pulled it off, and its bloody results on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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