The Murwillumbah Heist
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The Murwillumbah Heist
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November 24th, 1978. Bank employees, locksmiths, vault experts and finally council workers in Murwillumbah spend nine hours trying to open a bank vault. When they finally broke through, Chief Inspector Frank Charleton looked around the empty space and said three words: "They got the lot."
One point seven million dollars. Vanished. Taken by professionals who used an electromagnetic drill, a medical cystoscope, and surgical precision to crack a vault that was supposed to be impregnable. Right across from a pub. One hundred metres from the police station.
Forty-six years later, it's still unsolved. Australia's perfect crime.
This week on Strewth, the podcast exploring Australia's most baffling mysteries, we examine the robbery, the suspects and the enduring legend of the Murwillumbah Heist.
Sources:
- Sydney Morning Herald, "Bank Robbers 'Got the Lot' - $1.7m Haul," November 25, 1978
- Tweed Regional Museum, Murwillumbah - Permanent collection
- Kidd, Robert "Bertie," memoirs (2022)
- Bullamakanka, "Murwillumbah Bank Job" (1979)
Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay
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