The INSANE TRUE Story Of Paul Vario's Lufthansa Heist

In the early hours of December 11, 1978, a stolen black van parked near New York's JFK Airport. Some masked men inside waited for a signal. At 3:12 AM, they got the signal, backed the van to the airport's cargo area, and armed with guns, went inside. They left 64 minutes later with $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewels. Despite the decades that have passed, only one person has been imprisoned for this daring crime. How did it all happen? Who were the masterminds behind it? And what led to a trail of murders that happened after the heist? How the Dead Bodies Start Piling Up? We will answer all these questions in this one video so stay tuned till the end.

It all started with a Lufthansa cargo supervisor named Louis Werner. He had a hefty $20,000 gambling debt hanging over his head. To settle the score, Werner approached a bookmaker and wig shop owner named Martin Krugman. You see, Werner knew about the massive piles of untraceable cash that regularly arrived from Germany and were temporarily stashed in the JFK Airport vault. So, what did Werner do? He asked Krugman to scout for individuals who could successfully pull off a heist of epic proportions. Krugman, in turn, passed the tip to a mid-level gangster involved in the drug trade, Henry Hill. Hill, being the resourceful, brought in his mentor, Jimmy "the Gent" Burke. Now, Burke was known for his gang's knack for hijacking and robbing cargo trucks arriving from the airport.
But Burke didn't act alone; he answered Paul Vario, a formidable figure in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was in dire need of quick cash after losing a valuable cocaine shipment to the authorities. So, with Vario's blessing, the audacious Lufthansa heist was given the green light. Can you believe how this intricate web of connections set the stage for one of the most daring robberies in history?


Paul Vario, a high-ranking figure in the Lucchese crime family, played a pivotal role in the 1978 Lufthansa heist. He greenlit James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke's audacious plan, provided money and information, and expected a share of the loot. However, this involvement led to Vario's downfall. According to Henry Hill, a key figure in the heist, the planning occurred at Robert's Lounge, Burke's criminal hangout in Queens. There, they studied warehouse blueprints and gathered insider information. Burke meticulously assembled a crew of criminals, setting the stage for the daring heist. As per official records, Louis Werner, with inside knowledge, tipped off the crew about a substantial cash shipment arriving on December 9. It would stay in cargo storage all weekend, avoiding bank transfers via armored trucks. At the stroke of 3 AM on Monday the 11th, six masked men in a black Ford Econoline 150 van arrived at the Lufthansa cargo warehouse. They swiftly cut the gate padlock, with some of them entering the premises. At gunpoint, they herded employees into the break room, where the night shift manager was coerced into disabling the alarm and opening the double-door storage vault—thanks to their inside source.

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