#41: The Great Train Robbery

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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




Key vocabulary: Robbery, Equivalent, Thefts, Miss a trick,
Fantastic, Royal Mail, Cash, Whole load, Circulation, Grabbed,
Harsh, Tied up, Carriage, Detach, Track, Rear, Routine, Gang,
Robbers, Overpowered, Embankment, Accomplices, Fellow, Getaway, A
matter of, Thieves, Alerted, On the hunt for, Robbery, Squad,
Underground, Associates, Infamous, Tip-off, Coming and going,
Abnormal, Deserted, Be onto something, Wipe sth down,
Fingerprints, Clues, Track down, Tracking, Consisted, Motley
crew, Threaten, The muscle, Man inside, Get away with something,
Passed away, Sentence, Most certainly, Escapee, Fled, Plastic
surgery, Extradition, Treaty, Deport, Tried, Caipirinhas,
Deteriorated, Longed to, CommittedServe, Compassionate, Grounds,
Romanticised, Victim, Iron bar, Severe, Victimless, Theft,
Eclipsed, Pop culture, Lyrics, Manhunt, Inspire



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


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