They say there’s honor among thieves, but these heists prove that’s mostly just a myth. From botched getaways and amateur slip-ups to the chilling, unintended consequences of a “simple” job, we’re cracking open the files on crimes that went sideways.
Research links below!
Argon – “The Goiânia Incident: Lessons from a Radiological Disaster”
History – “The True Story Behind Brazil’s Radioactive Emergency”
Britannica – “Goiânia accident”
PubMed – “The Goiânia incident, the semiotics of danger, and the next 10,000 years”
IAEA – “Goiânia’s Legacy Two Decades On”
Hibakusha Worldwide – “Goiânia, Brazil”
All That’s Interesting – “Inside David Ghantt’s Infamous Loomis Fargo Heist In October 1997”
Levine Museum of the New South – “Loomis Fargo and Company”
WCNC Charlotte – “25 years later: The Loomis Fargo heist”
CNN – “Suspect in $22 million armored-car heist arrested”