Vault 88: Unlocked
How a locksmith cracked a supposedly impenetrable vault, stole eleven million in cash, and lost it allBy Inspector Vance Sterling
Length59m
About this audiobook
At two a.m. on a November night in 1954, a locksmith knelt before fifty-five inches of solid steel and did what no one thought possible — he opened it with nothing but a modified surgical clamp and nine months of obsessive preparation. Behind the door lay eleven million dollars. The plan was flawless. The escape was clean. And it all unraveled because a night janitor forgot his sandwich on the kitchen table.
THE DURANCE FIFTY-FIVE is the true story of the largest cash vault heist of its era — a crime of extraordinary precision undone by a single ordinary moment.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, True Crime
Length59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - The Durance Fifty-Five
2Chapter 2 - The Sewer and the Vault
3Chapter 3 - The Vault Under Baker Street
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