
Masterminds
Masterminds was a true crime documentary television series produced in Canada with truTV. As of February 2011, the program is broadcast on History Television and Global TV in Canada and truTV in the United States. Each 30 minute episode features on...
Masterminds
Masterminds was a true crime documentary television series produced in Canada with truTV. As of February 2011, the program is broadcast on History Television and Global TV in Canada and truTV in the United States. Each 30 minute episode features one true crime story. The profiled crimes generally involve large sums of cash or merchandise and, more important, extremely unique and/or elaborate methods of criminal operation which were never before seen by law enforcement agencies. With a few notable exceptions, most criminals profiled in this series were caught within a couple of years of committing their crime.
Masterminds
Masterminds was a true crime documentary television series produced in Canada with truTV. As of February 2011, the program is broadcast on History Television and Global TV in Canada and truTV in the United States. Each 30 minute episode features on...

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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.
Episode 1: The Anthon Forgeries
The story of master forger Mark Hoffmann, who created numerous falsified documents relating to the f...
Episode 2: The Dunbar Heist
Mark Hoffman fabricates more than 600 American historical documents.
Episode 3: The Knightsbridge Heist
Britain's largest heist in history netted the culprit $90 million in jewels, cash and drugs.
Episode 4: Man Called Hollywood
The criminal acts committed by Scott Scurlock, who robbed 19 Seattle banks between 1992 and 1996
Episode 5: Double Crossed
A woman who managed to con over $185,000 out of the residents of Colorado Springs
Episode 6: The Laguna Niguel Heist
Profile of America's most successful robber Amil Dinsio, who made history in 1972 when he raided the...
Episode 7: A Smuggler Supreme
Profile of Brian O'Dea, who used his job as a fisherman to import marijuana into America during the...
Episode 8: Art Fraud
Two Americans discover the man who pulled off the biggest art fraud in U.K. history.
Episode 9: The Hotel Pierre Heist
On New Years Eve 1972, Bobby Comfort and his gang pulled off the largest hotel safe heist in U.S. hi...
Episode 10: The Perfect Score
Profile of robber William Smarto who hid inside an Illinois bank until closing time and walked away...
Episode 11: Harn
Fraternity brothers use computer trickery to scam the horse-racing world.
Episode 12: A Day at the Races
The criminals who won over $3million by forging winning horse racing tickets on the Breeders' Cup be...
Episode 13: The Stopwatch Heist
How the FBI tracked down notorious robber Paddy Mitchell and his gang of thieves who were capable of...
Episode 14: King of Car Thieves
Investigating the capture of Bill Dhaliwal and his gang of elite car thieves who were responsible fo...
Episode 15: The Riviera Job
Albert Spaggiari's robbery of the Societe Generale bank in Nice in 1976, in which he stole gold, cas...
Episode 16: The Dinner Set Gang
They were the craftiest cat burglars of the 20th Century. For years, Peter Salerno and his partner D...
Episode 17: Safe Landing
An insight into the sophisticated gang of thieves, including a jeweller and a former detective, who...
Episode 18: The Forger's Art
A profile of John Drewe, who was caught in 1997 for dealing in forged paintings that had fooled art...
Episode 19: Fools Gold
A recreation of the Bre-X goldmine scam in Indonesia that swindled thousands of investors out of the...
Episode 20: The Bandit Queen
How Judy Amar baffled Florida police with a string of robberies in mansions that had strict security...
Episode 21: A Gem of a Heist
Episode 1: James Bond Gang
An insight into the James Bond gang, a group of criminals from New York who used customised getaway...
Episode 2: The Dublin Job
Investigating the 1986 theft of £30million of paintings from Russborough House, near Dublin, which w...
Episode 3: Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
A prolific cat-burglar reveals how he scaled high-rises and made off with diamonds and jewelry.
Episode 4: The Friday Night Robber
The crime spree of Carl Gugasian, who organised more than 50 bank robberies - all carried out on Fri...
Episode 5: The Kansas City Diamond Heist
A gang wearing Halloween masks and overalls steals millions of dollars' worth of jewels.
Episode 6: The Silver Bandit
A perfectionistic thief removes victims' silver spoon sets.
Episode 7: The Cairo Caper
A charming rogue steals more than 2,000 ancient artifacts and re-sells them around the world.
Episode 8: Slot Machine Genius
A look at the crime spree of Tommy Lee Carmichael, who stole $2.5million from fruit machines in Las...
Episode 9: The Jewelry Show Job
Registered jeweler Tony Granims and team robbed jewelery stores and baffled the police.
Episode 10: Air America
Cocaine smuggling.
Episode 11: The Memorial Day Heist
Police officer Jerry Clemente was the mastermind behind a bank heist.
Episode 12: The Disappearing Man
A bank clerk steals over a million dollars from the bank he works at and leaves his wife and the sta...
Episode 13: The Superthief
The story of how Jack McClean's crime spree earned him the unofficial title of 'superthief'
Episode 14: The Stander Gang
A profile of South African police chief Andre Stander, who decided on an unlikely change of career w...
Episode 15: Crazy Eddie
An electronics dealer bilks suppliers, employees and government officials of millions of dollars.
Episode 16: The Brinks Matt Robbery
An insight into criminal masterminds and ingenious plots, featuring the Brinks Mat robbery, the bigg...
Episode 17: The Jacksonville Heist
An armored-car driver steals $19 million from a cash depot.
Episode 18: Leader of the Pack
Aaron Rogers recruited childhood friends to help rob credit unions.
Episode 19: The ConRail Boyz
A train-robbery gang uses high-tech equipment.
Episode 20: Hot Wheels
Police and FBI agents trail the mastermind behind a car-theft ring.
Episode 21: Stealing History
Jonathon Tokeley-Parry illegally retrieved more than two thousand Egyptian artifacts and sold them a...
Episode 22: The Phantom Bandit
Gilber Galvan, a master of disguise, robbed over a hundred banks across Canada without leaving a clu...
Episode 23: Making Millions
Counterfeiter Steven Jory flooded the British market with fifty million pounds.
Episode 1: The Air Cargo Millions
An air-freight delivery driver runs a multimillion-dollar air-cargo theft operation with connections...
Episode 2: Halloween Heist
Criminals manage to steal cash and lock guests inside a vault at a bank's Halloween party; an assort...
Episode 3: The Social Register Gang
Uncover the crimes of Raymond Flynn, a sophisticated thief who selected his targets from the social...
Episode 4: Stealing Vegas
A slot machine thief who stole millions of dollars from Las Vegas casinos, overcoming the latest sec...
Episode 5: Maid in the Shade
Carrie Lee Jenkins was the head of a team of thieves posing as maids.
Episode 6: Money Bags
Criminal mastermind Maurizio Percan, who ran a authoparts theft ring that made him $14million is jus...
Episode 7: The Berlin Heist
A tunnel allows a thief to steal millions of dollars in cash and jewelry from a bank.
Episode 8: The Highway Robber
The case of David Brankle, a suburban family man who led a double life as a notorious robber, steali...
Episode 9: The Great Escape
The case of Jeffrey Manchester, who escaped from prison and hid for several months in a toy shop and...
Episode 10: Off the Rack
A New York clothing wholesaler uses his store as a front for one of the most successful burglary rin...
Episode 11: The Art of Double Dealing
Ely Sakhai a New York art dealer who sold multiple forged copies of famous painters' works.
Episode 12: Motorcycle Bandit
How Roni Leibovitz committed 22 band robberies after he was cut out of his wealthy family's will
Episode 13: Cleaning House
The story of Carrie Lee Jenkins, the beautiful mastermind behind a team of thieves, who stole over 5...
Episode 14: The Highway Bandit
Episode 15: Fashion Crime
Clothing wholesaler Peter Cassese.
Episode 16: The Invisible Man
The obsession that led to Stephen Blumberg stealing $40million worth of rare books from libraries
Episode 1: The Museum Heist
Insight into James P Quinn's theft of $1.6million worth of jewellery in the Headley-Whitney Museum,...
Episode 2: It Takes a Thief
Revealing how Paul Mathieson came to lead a band of burglars that travelled America, stealing over $...
Episode 3: Foul Ball
The capture of fraudster Wayne Bray, who was responsible for the largest sporting memorabilia scam i...
Episode 4: The Transylvania Job
Thieves stole over five million dollars worth of sketches and books from the University of Transylva...
Episode 5: Mission Impossible Burglar
Profiling Steven Krueger, whose ability to use rope ladders and grappling hooks to avoid shop alarms...
Episode 6: Money Maker
The story of forger Wesley Weber, who, while still in his 20s, flooded the Canadian economy with $20...
Episode 7: The Copycat Millions
The story of con-man El Sakhai, who made millions dealing in forged paintings in the Asian market
Episode 8: The Graduate
In July 1994, master thief James P. Quinn makes off with over $1.6 million in jewelry from the Headl...
Episode 9: Imposters: Bad Medicine
Dr Gerald Barnes posed as a doctor and ran a Los Angeles clinic - but despite having certificates he...
Episode 10: The Millennium Diamond
The attempted theft of a diamond worth £200million, which was being exhibited at the Millennium Dome
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