The Man Behind The Great Train Robbery

On August 8, 1963, a train going from Glasgow to London was ambushed on the Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire by a group of 15 robbers who rigged the track signals to stop the train in a remote location. The robbers didn't have guns, but they did beat up the train driver before running away with over 2.

6 million British Pounds (equivalent to $61 million USD today). They fled to a hideout, which police would later find and collect evidence from to prosecute most of the gang.

However, the money was never recovered. Ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in prison, including Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" Biggs, who later escaped, and Bruce "Napoleon" Reynolds, who went on to work as a consultant for the movie "Buster," which was released in 1988 and published "The Autobiography of a Thief: The Man Behind The Great Train Robbery" in 1995