The Great Train Robbery: Britain's Most Audacious Heist

On August 8, 1963, a gang of 15 thieves stopped the Glasgow-to-London Royal Mail train and stole £2.6 million (equivalent to about £50 million today).

THE GANG: Led by Bruce Reynolds, the gang included Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, and Ronnie Biggs.

THE EXECUTION: They tampered with the trackside signal system and forced driver Jack Mills to stop the train. Mills was struck with an iron bar, suffering permanent injury. The gang formed a human chain to unload 120 mailbags.

THE HIDEOUT: At Leatherslade Farm, the gang split the money and played Monopoly with real cash. But they failed to burn the farm as planned.

THE MISTAKE: Police found the farm five days later with fingerprints on the Monopoly board.

THE ESCAPES: Ronnie Biggs escaped to Brazil and became a celebrity fugitive, eventually returning to the UK voluntarily in 2001. He died in 2013.

Only £400,000 of £2.6 million was ever recovered.

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