Masterminds - Season 1 - Eps 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. history. It happened at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. After rehearsing a number of scenarios and planning their getaway, Comfort and his gang swooped into the hotel at 4am on New Years Eve. After two and a half hours, they greeted the New Year with more than $10 million dollars in cash and jewels.
About Masterminds
Title: Masterminds
First Air Date: 2003-07-16
Last Air Date: 2007-05-05
Status: Ended
Rating: 10/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 70
Network: History
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
