The Lufthansa Heist, Henry Hill
The Lufthansa Heist, Henry Hill
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The Lufthansa Heist
Behind the Six-million Dollar Cash Haul That Shook the World

Author: Henry Hill, Daniel Simone

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 13 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/01/2015

Synopsis

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.

About Henry Hill

The late Henry Hill entered the Federal Witness Protection Program in 1980 and assisted the government in building cases against forty-six top Mafia associates. He collaborated with author Nick Pileggi on the book Wiseguy, which became a New York Times bestseller, and a film directed by Martin Scorsese. Until he died in 2012, Hill toured the country lecturing high school students not to emulate his past life and career.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nena on February 10, 2019

Audiobook: I thought this book was quite engaging. I did not particularly care much for the author's writing style in alternating the chapters between being narrated by Henry Hill and then whoever happened to be telling the story from their POV but this aside, I thought the story captivating right f......more

Goodreads review by 3 no 7 on October 07, 2015

This book was interesting and educational. The whole narrative was full of stupidity and violence.If I hadn't known that this book was based on "fact" and was written by one of the co-conspirators, I would have thought that this book was just too absurd; as a crime novel, no one would have published......more

Goodreads review by Rbarfuss on September 01, 2015

The best place I could think to classify this is as historical fiction. The basic facts are true, but the author has done a good job of weaving the unknowable's - the might have been, could have been's, etc. - into an entertaining narrative. I could've lived without the language, but I get that it's......more

Goodreads review by Bill on October 03, 2015

This is an extraordinary book with true to life characters, believable dialogues, and very sophisticated writing. Entertaining, enjoyable, and informative. I strongly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Vakaris on March 27, 2021

all reviews in one place: night mode reading ; skaitom nakties rezimu About the Book: A heist you’ll be familiar with if you watched the Goodfellas, told by one of the organizers – Henry Hill. It starts at the need for such a heist, such a job, and goes through all of the phases of making such......more

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