20. The Brink's Job: Boston’s Perfect Crime

EPISODE 20 IS BOSTON HEIST SEASON!

In 1950, a crew of masked men pulled off what was then the largest cash robbery in U.S. history — right in Boston’s North End. Dressed in Navy peacoats and Halloween masks, they stormed the Brink’s armored car depot and vanished into the night with nearly $3 million. No alarms. No witnesses. No fingerprints. It was called “the perfect crime” — until one slip-up cracked it wide open.

In this episode, the gang digs into the planning, execution, and dramatic unraveling of the infamous Brink’s Heist. Who were the men behind the masks? Was it really the mob pulling the strings? And how did one man known only as “Specs” ultimately doom the whole operation?

We’re breaking down the crime, the cover-up, and the final-hour arrests that made this case legendary — just as the statute of limitations was about to run out.

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Sources:

• Edgar B. Herwick III, The Brink’s Heist: How A Guy Called “Specs” Spoiled The Perfect Crime, GBH News, January 22, 2016.

• The Great Brink’s Robbery of 1950: Not Quite The Perfect Crime, New England Historical Society.

• The Brink’s Job, FBI.gov – Official Case History from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

• Crime: The Big Payoff, TIME Magazine, January 23, 1956.