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  • The Lufthansa Heist

  • Behind the Six-million Dollar Cash Haul That Shook the World
  • By: Henry Hill, Daniel Simone
  • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
  • Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (562 ratings)

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The Lufthansa Heist

By: Henry Hill, Daniel Simone
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Publisher's summary

On December 11th, 1978, a daring armed robbery rocked Kennedy Airport, resulting in the largest unrecovered cash haul in world history, totaling six million dollars. The perpetrators were never apprehended and thirteen people connected to the crime were murdered in homicides that, like the crime itself, remain unsolved to this day. The burglary has fascinated the public for years, dominating headlines around the globe due to the story's unending ravel of mysteries that baffled the authorities. One of the organizers of the sensational burglary, Henry Hill, who passed away in 2012, in collaboration with Daniel Simone, has penned an unprecedented "tell-all" about the robbery with never-before-unveiled details, particulars only known to an insider. In 2013, this infamous criminal act again flared up in the national news when five reputed gangsters were charged in connection to the robbery. This latest twist lends the project an extraordinary sense of timing, and the legal proceedings of the newly arrested suspects will unfold over the next year, continuing to keep the Lufthansa topic in the news.

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Goodfellas all over again

Good book good story but nothing new from wise guy or goodfellas. if you enjoyed that you'll like this but don't look for anything different.

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very good

I liked the story telling. I liked the guy who narrated, he put everything into his performance. I liked the overall story.

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great tale with superb narration

historical story remains fascinating after all these years. narrator does excellent job with accents, making the story easy to follow.

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disappointing

stay away, not factual, tries to be something it clearly isn't. atrocious unnecessary references abound.

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Um there isn’t 38 or 45 magnums

Like some other reviewers, I too think there’s embellishments going on here. Also, there aren’t 38 or 45 magnum guns. You would think a “Goodfella” would know that.

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Chapter 44 repeated

This was an annoying addition to a good audiobook. Seems like a pretty amateur oversight that should have been fixed by now.

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Very well done

A great story that was well researched and very well put together. The narrator steals the show though. Absolutely awesome!

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Great True Crime Mafia Tale

This book was extremely entertaining and had tons of details behind one of the most famous robberies in history. If you’re interested in true crime, or the mafia, you should like this book.

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Probably a bit embellished, but…

The narrator’s zealous delivery and impressions gave this a Hollywood feel in the first place, and if you’ve watched Goodfellas at all, it’s next-to-impossible not to think that there is certainly some embellishment going on with the author, and, of course, Henry Hill, who has been declared a fiction writer and interviewee more than a few times during much of the last 15 years of his life. Nevertheless, this is a very entertaining read, and if you can just enjoy the story without trying to pick apart what’s fact and what’s fiction, you will definitely enjoy it.

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More story than documentary

It was a good story, but if you’re looking for a documentary style listen I would look elsewhere. Otherwise a good listen in general.

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