THE DARK SIDE OF BOSTON TOUR - THE ITALIAN BRINKS JOB? 1950

So this here is the old Brinks building:

You can kind of see the top of it in the upper right hand corner of the picture. It was a shame we weren't closer but this was the best picture I could get.

The date January 17, 1950  the crime of the century happens.  The Brinks building on Prince Street was robbed, $1.2 million dollars in cash as well as $1.6 million in checks and securities.  They say it was gang members...but according to our tour guide it actually ended up being 11 workers who worked at the building and had been planning the robbery for a year.  And they did this very meticulously by observing the employees daily routine from a building across the street.  As well as removing lock cylinders of many doors and had locksmiths make keys.  They also went into the building several times after hours to memorize the layout and practiced their entrance and escape.  They also reviewed the plans of the security system inside the Brinks building. 

So it took 6 years and it cost the FBI over $2 million dollars to solve the case by rounding up every suspect they could find when the only evidence was rope, adhesive tape, one hat and a witness observing a getaway car.

So one day one of the members involved in this heist confessed to the robbery after he was being held facing unrelated criminal charges and I guess he cracked and started singing like a little bird.  So on January 11, 1956 11 men were indicted and arrested for this huge heist.

I tell you what I'm always intrigued by these crimes that people pull off...granted these men were caught but look at all the detail they put into it.  These people are not stupid and you would think that they could use their brains for useful things in a career or something?  But then again...most people like this who has these talents will never get a chance to land a fantastic job because they will be looked over because of the fact they do not have a college degree.  Goes to show you that just because a person does not have a college degree...does not mean they are less intelligent than a person who does have one.  In many cases, the person without the degree is really the intelligent one.

Well....until next time!