#41: The Great Train Robbery

 

In 1963 a criminal gang managed to stop a Royal Mail train, steal £2 million pounds in cash (£55 million in today's money), and escape. It took them just 15 minutes.

Today we tell the story of this infamous robbery, and the hunt to find the men who did it.

• The train carrying all the money
• Why was it carrying so much money?
• The story of the robbery
• The hunt for the suspects
• The discovery of the farm
• The Monopoly piece and the fingerprints
• The arrest of the suspects
• Who were the robbers?
• The escape from jail
• Ronnie Biggs in Brazil
• The victim of the robbery
• The Great Train Robbery in popular culture

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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-great-train-robbery

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