This week, we’re taking you to London for one of the wildest burglaries in history — the Hatton Garden Heist. Over Easter weekend in 2015, millions in gold, diamonds, and cash vanished from a high-security vault in the heart of the UK’s jewelry district. But the biggest twist? The masterminds weren’t slick young criminals — they were men in their 60s and 70s, later nicknamed “The Bad Grandpas.” We’ll walk you through how they planned it, how they pulled it off, and how their old-school habits and egos brought it all crashing down.

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The Hatton Garden Heist Sources

1. Hatton Garden raid 'largest in English history' - BBC News Nov 23, 2015

2. Hatton Garden: Who were the jewelery heist raiders? - BBC News March 15, 2019

3. The Infamous Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Heist - Tavex Bullion

4. Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company goes into liquidation after £10m jewelery robbery, Sept 1, 2015

5.  How the real Hatton Garden robbery played out | The Week

6. London police did not respond to the alarm during the Hatton Garden jewel heist | Newstalk April 10, 2015

7. Hatton Garden ringleader Terry Perkins missed 4 appointments before death | Daily Mail Online March 18, 2019

8. How the real Hatton Garden robbery played out - Page 2 | The Week

9. Hatton Garden theft: Full timeline of one of the biggest jewel raids in history Jan 14, 2016

10. Video appears to show London diamond-district heist gang

11. Hatton Garden heist: Three men convicted over raid on London safe boxes Jan 14, 2016

12. Hatton Garden heist: Why did gem robbers only open 72 out of 999 security boxes in vault? April 11, 2015

13. ​​The Infamous Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Heist - Tavex Bullion

14. Hatton Garden heist CCTV: Watch dramatic moment £60m gem raiders are caught on camera - The Mirror

15. Hatton Garden jewelery heist: Final three guilty over £14m burglary - BBC News

16.  Hatton Garden jewel heist trial begins | CNN November 23, 2015

17. Britain's Biggest Heist Case Is On Trial: NPR ,November 28, 2015

18. Hatton Garden raid 'was doomed to fail' - BBC News

19. Hatton Garden heist: The target, the plan, the job, the gear and the investigation behind the biggest burglary in English legal history January 14, 2016

20. The Hatton Garden Heist (2015): The Elderly Gang's Audacious Raid on London's 2015

21. Heist at the museum: Hatton Garden vault (and hole in the wall) to be tourist attraction

22. Final Hatton Garden raider Michael 'Basil' Seed jailed March 15, 2019

23. Ringleader of Hatton Garden jewel heist gang jailed for 10 years March 16, 2019

24. Holborn fire 'could have been deliberately started by burglars responsible for Hatton Garden jewel raid' | London Evening Standard April 9, 2015

25. Hatton Garden 'Master' Quit After Failed Attempt | UK News Nov 24, 2015

26. Hatton Garden heist: how much was stolen and where are they now? May 16, 2024

27. What happened to the Hatton Garden burglars? – Overview & Analysis | 

28. Hatton Garden gang ringleaders ordered to pay £27.5m Jan 30, 2018

29. Hatton Garden robber ‘Basil’ wins reduction in £6m confiscation order 

30. Hatton Garden raid has 'ruined lives and livelihoods' - BBC News May 7, 2015

31. Heist investigation: London police didn’t respond to burglar alarm | CNN

32. Hatton Garden heist: Former Met chief calls police 'utterly incompetent' as CCTV emerges | The Independent April 12, 2015