The Four-Inch Doorstop That Vanished $430,000 Without a Trace

Bank Robbery Stories · Jul 23, 2026 · 20m

The Four-Inch Doorstop That Vanished $430,000 Without a Trace

Detective curiosity: a fifteen-year-old paperboy noticed a four-inch yellow rubber doorstop at 5:47 AM and three hours later $430,000 in bearer certificates had disappeared from a locked, alarmed vault with no signs of forced entry - so how did money that requires no name or signature vanish without a trace? What single error and an unlikely badge would unravel three years of planning?

In this episode, hear the sequence of events from first sighting to discovery and the forensic clues that pointed investigators toward a ventilation…