Through dramatizations, news footage and interviews with witnesses and law enforcement officials, Daring Capers takes you down the moral low road into the enticingly dangerous, devilish world of the criminal.
An unlikely gang of thieves cracks an impenetrable fortress to pull off the crime of the century. Disappearing with their millions, they confound police and capture the imagination of the entire country.
2 -90 Second Bandits 26 min
Canada’s most famous gang of robbers set their sights South of the Border. They take millions from U.S. banks and lead police on a chase that lasts ten long years.
3 -Cops And Robbers 25 min
Police officers and criminals inhabit the same dark world of scams and schemes. But what happens when the line blurs between the cops… and the robbers?
4 -The Knightsbridge Heist 26 min
An Italian playboy commits the world’s largest armed robbery, triggering a world-class game of cat-and-mouse.
5 -Berlin Tunnel Gangsters 26 min
In Germany, an elaborate bank robbery ends in a standoff with police. The lives of 15 hostages hang in the balance. But as investigators would quickly learn, nothing is, as it seems…
6 -Hesse Jewels 25 min
In WWII Germany, U.S. Army officers break through a castle wall to plunder a royal treasure. For the thieves, it was the dream of a lifetime. But to U.S. authorities, recovering the treasure was a matter of national honor.
7 -Earl Spencers's Best Man 26 min
Two British businessmen with ties to the crown are victimized by gem thieves in New York City. But as Scotland Yard and the NYPD would learn, nothing about this crime is what it seems…
8 -Queen of Jewels 26 min
A cunning jewel thief leads police on a chase that spans the globe and lasts a decade. Authorities all over the world seem powerless as they pursue a brilliant woman they come to know as “the Queen of Jewels”.
9 -The Pilfering Professor 26 min
A criminal conspiracy threatens to wipe out England’s cultural heritage – one robbery at a time. Police struggle to catch an obsessed thief as artifacts worth millions disappear into London’s underworld.
10 -Tunnel 57 26 min
In the early 1960’s, the Berlin wall separates families, friends, and lovers. For a young student from the west and his fiancée in the east, cold war politics become intensely personal.
Through dramatizations, news footage and interviews with witnesses and law enforcement officials, Daring Capers takes you down the moral low road into the enticingly dangerous, devilish world of the criminal.