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Masterminds - Season 1

Series: Masterminds
3.8
(18)
Episodes
8
Rating
NR
Year
2006
Language
English

About

Masterminds tells real crime stories about amazing deceptions that brilliant criminals use to pull off seemingly impossible crimes. This new half-hour series combines the mystery of a "whodunit" with the thrill of a "howdunit," revealing the extraordinary world of elite bank robbers, escape artists, impersonators, kidnappers, murderers and frauds.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 8

1. Fools Gold

22m

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

2. The Cairo Caper

22m

There is some doubt that Jonathan Tokeley-Parry was the swashbuckling, British Army cavalry officer he claimed to be. But there is no doubt that he was the world's most successful smuggler of priceless Egyptian antiquities.

3. The Bandit Queen

22m

Florida police are baffled by a string of robberies in mansions with impenetrable security systems. Find out how Judy Amar was able to pull of these high-profile heists on her own.

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