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Masterminds — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Masterminds — Series Details

Masterminds — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: The Anthon Forgeries (2003-07-16) — The story of master forger Mark Hoffmann, who created numerous falsified documents relating to the founding of the Mormon church, and fooled experts all over the world
• E2: The Dunbar Heist (2003-07-16) — Mark Hoffman fabricates more than 600 American historical documents.
• E3: The Knightsbridge Heist (2003-09-29) — Britain's largest heist in history netted the culprit $90 million in jewels, cash and drugs.
• E4: Man Called Hollywood (2003-10-06) — The criminal acts committed by Scott Scurlock, who robbed 19 Seattle banks between 1992 and 1996
• E5: Double Crossed (2003-11-03) — A woman who managed to con over $185,000 out of the residents of Colorado Springs
• E6: The Laguna Niguel Heist (2003-11-17) — Profile of America's most successful robber Amil Dinsio, who made history in 1972 when he raided the richest bank in the US
• E7: A Smuggler Supreme (2003-11-24) — Profile of Brian O'Dea, who used his job as a fisherman to import marijuana into America during the 1980s, making himself $200million in the process
• E8: Art Fraud (2003-12-08) — Two Americans discover the man who pulled off the biggest art fraud in U.K. history.
• E9: The Hotel Pierre Heist (2003-12-15) — 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 numb
• E10: The Perfect Score (2003-12-22) — Profile of robber William Smarto who hid inside an Illinois bank until closing time and walked away with over $1,000,000 in loot
• E11: Harn (2004-01-19) — Fraternity brothers use computer trickery to scam the horse-racing world.
• E12: A Day at the Races (2004-02-14) — The criminals who won over $3million by forging winning horse racing tickets on the Breeders' Cup before being caught
• E13: The Stopwatch Heist (2004-02-20) — How the FBI tracked down notorious robber Paddy Mitchell and his gang of thieves who were capable of carrying out heists within 90 seconds
• E14: King of Car Thieves (2004-03-06) — Investigating the capture of Bill Dhaliwal and his gang of elite car thieves who were responsible for stealing high quality cars and selling them to unsuspecting buyers
• E15: The Riviera Job (2004-03-26) — Albert Spaggiari's robbery of the Societe Generale bank in Nice in 1976, in which he stole gold, cash and gems worth millions
• E16: The Dinner Set Gang (2004-04-23) — They were the craftiest cat burglars of the 20th Century. For years, Peter Salerno and his partner Dominick Latella plagued the wealthy along the East Coast. In the summer, they st
• E17: Safe Landing (2004-04-16) — An insight into the sophisticated gang of thieves, including a jeweller and a former detective, who stole more than $6million in cash and gems over a 10 year period
• E18: The Forger's Art (2004-04-25) — A profile of John Drewe, who was caught in 1997 for dealing in forged paintings that had fooled art experts across the world and earned him millions
• E19: Fools Gold (2004-05-05) — A recreation of the Bre-X goldmine scam in Indonesia that swindled thousands of investors out of their life savings.
• E20: The Bandit Queen (2004-05-19) — How Judy Amar baffled Florida police with a string of robberies in mansions that had strict security measures
• E21: A Gem of a Heist (2004-05-22)

Season 2

• E1: James Bond Gang (2004-08-04) — An insight into the James Bond gang, a group of criminals from New York who used customised getaway vehicles in their heists during the 1980s
• E2: The Dublin Job (2004-08-18) — Investigating the 1986 theft of £30million of paintings from Russborough House, near Dublin, which was carried out by crime boss Martin Cahill
• E3: Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief (2004-09-07) — A prolific cat-burglar reveals how he scaled high-rises and made off with diamonds and jewelry.
• E4: The Friday Night Robber (2004-09-28) — The crime spree of Carl Gugasian, who organised more than 50 bank robberies – all carried out on Fridays – and evaded capture for 30 years
• E5: The Kansas City Diamond Heist (2004-10-05) — A gang wearing Halloween masks and overalls steals millions of dollars' worth of jewels.
• E6: The Silver Bandit (2004-10-12) — A perfectionistic thief removes victims' silver spoon sets.
• E7: The Cairo Caper (2004-10-19) — A charming rogue steals more than 2,000 ancient artifacts and re-sells them around the world.
• E8: Slot Machine Genius (2004-10-26) — A look at the crime spree of Tommy Lee Carmichael, who stole $2.5million from fruit machines in Las Vegas
• E9: The Jewelry Show Job (2004-11-02) — Registered jeweler Tony Granims and team robbed jewelery stores and baffled the police.
• E10: Air America (2004-11-16) — Cocaine smuggling.
• E11: The Memorial Day Heist (2004-11-30) — Police officer Jerry Clemente was the mastermind behind a bank heist.
• E12: The Disappearing Man (2004-12-21) — A bank clerk steals over a million dollars from the bank he works at and leaves his wife and the state.
• E13: The Superthief (2005-01-18) — The story of how Jack McClean's crime spree earned him the unofficial title of 'superthief'
• E14: The Stander Gang (2005-02-08) — A profile of South African police chief Andre Stander, who decided on an unlikely change of career when he became a bank robber
• E15: Crazy Eddie (2005-02-22) — An electronics dealer bilks suppliers, employees and government officials of millions of dollars.
• E16: The Brinks Matt Robbery (2005-03-08) — An insight into criminal masterminds and ingenious plots, featuring the Brinks Mat robbery, the biggest heist in British history
• E17: The Jacksonville Heist (2005-04-18) — An armored-car driver steals $19 million from a cash depot.
• E18: Leader of the Pack (2005-03-22) — Aaron Rogers recruited childhood friends to help rob credit unions.
• E19: The ConRail Boyz (2005-04-05) — A train-robbery gang uses high-tech equipment.
• E20: Hot Wheels (2005-04-12) — Police and FBI agents trail the mastermind behind a car-theft ring.
• E21: Stealing History (2005-04-12) — Jonathon Tokeley-Parry illegally retrieved more than two thousand Egyptian artifacts and sold them around the world.
• E22: The Phantom Bandit (2005-04-25) — Gilber Galvan, a master of disguise, robbed over a hundred banks across Canada without leaving a clue as to his true identity.
• E23: Making Millions (2005-04-26) — Counterfeiter Steven Jory flooded the British market with fifty million pounds.

Season 3

• E1: The Air Cargo Millions (2005-07-12) — An air-freight delivery driver runs a multimillion-dollar air-cargo theft operation with connections around the globe.
• E2: Halloween Heist (2005-08-30) — Criminals manage to steal cash and lock guests inside a vault at a bank's Halloween party; an assortment of odd tools assist with bank robberies.
• E3: The Social Register Gang (2005-09-20) — Uncover the crimes of Raymond Flynn, a sophisticated thief who selected his targets from the social register, a directory of America's wealthiest people
• E4: Stealing Vegas (2005-10-04) — A slot machine thief who stole millions of dollars from Las Vegas casinos, overcoming the latest security technology
• E5: Maid in the Shade (2005-10-11) — Carrie Lee Jenkins was the head of a team of thieves posing as maids.
• E6: Money Bags (2005-11-08) — Criminal mastermind Maurizio Percan, who ran a authoparts theft ring that made him $14million is just 3 years
• E7: The Berlin Heist (2005-11-15) — A tunnel allows a thief to steal millions of dollars in cash and jewelry from a bank.
• E8: The Highway Robber (2005-12-13) — The case of David Brankle, a suburban family man who led a double life as a notorious robber, stealing millions of dollars in the course of 50 heists
• E9: The Great Escape (2005-12-20) — The case of Jeffrey Manchester, who escaped from prison and hid for several months in a toy shop and started a new life by stealing stock
• E10: Off the Rack (2006-01-24) — A New York clothing wholesaler uses his store as a front for one of the most successful burglary rings in American history.
• E11: The Art of Double Dealing (2006-02-14) — Ely Sakhai a New York art dealer who sold multiple forged copies of famous painters' works.
• E12: Motorcycle Bandit (2006-02-21) — How Roni Leibovitz committed 22 band robberies after he was cut out of his wealthy family's will
• E13: Cleaning House (2006-05-09) — The story of Carrie Lee Jenkins, the beautiful mastermind behind a team of thieves, who stole over 5 million dollars
• E14: The Highway Bandit (2006-05-12)
• E15: Fashion Crime (2006-05-15) — Clothing wholesaler Peter Cassese.
• E16: The Invisible Man (2006-05-18) — The obsession that led to Stephen Blumberg stealing $40million worth of rare books from libraries

Season 4

• E1: The Museum Heist (2006-07-06) — Insight into James P Quinn's theft of $1.6million worth of jewellery in the Headley-Whitney Museum, Kentucky, revealing whether the police were able to catch him
• E2: It Takes a Thief (2006-07-07) — Revealing how Paul Mathieson came to lead a band of burglars that travelled America, stealing over $10million worth of loot
• E3: Foul Ball (2006-07-08) — The capture of fraudster Wayne Bray, who was responsible for the largest sporting memorabilia scam in American history
• E4: The Transylvania Job (2006-07-10) — Thieves stole over five million dollars worth of sketches and books from the University of Transylvania's rare book collection.
• E5: Mission Impossible Burglar (2006-07-11) — Profiling Steven Krueger, whose ability to use rope ladders and grappling hooks to avoid shop alarms saw the papers dub him the 'Mission Impossible Thief'
• E6: Money Maker (2006-07-12) — The story of forger Wesley Weber, who, while still in his 20s, flooded the Canadian economy with $20million in counterfeit notes
• E7: The Copycat Millions (2006-11-14) — The story of con-man El Sakhai, who made millions dealing in forged paintings in the Asian market
• E8: The Graduate (2006-12-05) — In July 1994, master thief James P. Quinn makes off with over $1.6 million in jewelry from the Headley-Whitney museum in Lexington, Ky.
• E9: Imposters: Bad Medicine (2007-03-24) — Dr Gerald Barnes posed as a doctor and ran a Los Angeles clinic – but despite having certificates he never actually attended medical school
• E10: The Millennium Diamond (2007-05-05) — The attempted theft of a diamond worth £200million, which was being exhibited at the Millennium Dome

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Masterminds have? 4 season(s) with 70 episodes.

Where can I watch Masterminds? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.