The Escape of Europe’s Smartest Criminal
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Have you ever wondered how a group of thieves stole more than $40 million from a bank vault without ever firing a single shot? In this video, we uncover the true story of the 1976 Société Générale bank heist in Nice, France, where Albert Spaggiari and his team spent months tunneling through the city’s sewers before breaking into the bank’s vault through its concrete walls. Stay to the end to discover exactly how the tunnel was built, how the robbery was carried out, and why it became known as one of the greatest bank heists in history.
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00:00 The $40M Bank Heist
00:41 Who was Albert Spaggiari?
01:32 Discovering the Sewer Route
02:42 Building the “Sewer Rats” Crew
03:19 Two Months of Digging
04:30 An Unexpected Obstacle
06:24 The Greatest Bank Heist in History
06:53 Inside the $40 Million Vault
07:35 The Locked Vault Escape Trick
08:12 The Police Investigation Begins
08:45 Albert Spaggiari’s Arrest
11:34 Albert Spaggiari’s Escape
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Script: Ewan Cunningham
Animation: Guillaume Bouché, Ewan Cunningham
Character Modeling: Allayar Utegenov
Narrator: Spencer Pearman
French Narration: Thibaut Florent, Jonathan Escure, Pierre Adrien Lascazes, Chloe Espenel
Music used in this video is licensed from Artlist and Epidemic Sound.
#AlbertSpaggiari #BankHeist #HistoryUncovered
Have you ever wondered how a group of thieves stole more than $40 million from a bank vault without ever firing a single shot? In this video, we uncover the true story of the 1976 Société Générale bank heist in Nice, France, where Albert Spaggiari and his team spent months tunneling through the city’s sewers before breaking into the bank’s vault through its concrete walls. Stay to the end to discover exactly how the tunnel was built, how the robbery was carried out, and why it became known as one of the greatest bank heists in history.
Short on time? Feel free to use the chapter links below to skip ahead in this video.
00:00 The $40M Bank Heist
00:41 Who was Albert Spaggiari?
01:32 Discovering the Sewer Route
02:42 Building the “Sewer Rats” Crew
03:19 Two Months of Digging
04:30 An Unexpected Obstacle
06:24 The Greatest Bank Heist in History
06:53 Inside the $40 Million Vault
07:35 The Locked Vault Escape Trick
08:12 The Police Investigation Begins
08:45 Albert Spaggiari’s Arrest
11:34 Albert Spaggiari’s Escape
Thanks for watching this Primal Space video. If you enjoyed it, let me know in the comments below, and don't forget to subscribe so you can see more videos like this!
Support Primal Space by becoming a Patron!
https://www.patreon.com/primalspace
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/thePrimalSpace
References:
https://primalnebula.com/the-great-bank-heist-of-nice/
Script: Ewan Cunningham
Animation: Guillaume Bouché, Ewan Cunningham
Character Modeling: Allayar Utegenov
Narrator: Spencer Pearman
French Narration: Thibaut Florent, Jonathan Escure, Pierre Adrien Lascazes, Chloe Espenel
Music used in this video is licensed from Artlist and Epidemic Sound.
#AlbertSpaggiari #BankHeist #HistoryUncovered
