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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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