He was an average property manager by day and a notorious cat burglar at night.
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Property manager
Bill Mason’s Work during day time.
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Dr. Armand Hammer
He climbed the entire 15 floors of the _____ apartment building's exterior with all of his strength, where he discovered the balcony door to be unlocked.
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£120 million
Mason stole about ____ in jewelry over the course of 20 years
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Mason stole about £120 million in jewelry over the course of ___ years
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Johnny "Tarzan" Weissmuller
Mason even preyed on the rich and famous, including _____, an Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer and actor.
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Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
Mason's memoir _____, which was published in 2003, details how he eventually got caught in a sting operation.
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Peter Scott
From 1950 to 1998, ____, a Northern Irish cat thief, commits approximately 150 burglaries before being apprehended in 1952.
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1950 to 1998
From_____, Peter Scott, a Northern Irish cat thief, commits approximately 150 burglaries before being apprehended in 1952.
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Sophia Loren
In 1960, Peter Scott stole a $260,000 necklace belonging to actress _____.
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Ignacio del Rio
From 2004 to 2006, _____, a skilled Spanish thief, admits to more over 1,000 burglaries perpetrated in Los Angeles over a two-year period, stealing $2 million in jewelry and a $10 million Degas painting.
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1966
For football fans in England, ____ will always be remembered as the only time their team ever won the World Cup.
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Bobby Moore
_____, the captain of England, nearly had to hold a replica trophy in celebration because the renowned Jules Rimet Trophy had been stolen four months prior to the tournament's start.
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Edward Betchley
______, a small-time criminal, was apprehended during an attempt to entrap the sender, but the trophy was never produced.
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David Corbett
The missing cup wasn't discovered _____ discovered a package buried beneath the hedge outside his home in Upper Norwood, south London.
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melted down
The original trophy would have been worth very little if it had been _____, which is the only way a gang could have gotten rid of it.
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£254,000
The original was replaced with a replica, which sold for _____ in 1997 at auction.
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1997
The original was replaced with a replica, which sold for £254,000 in ____at auction.
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Jack Roland Murphy
On October 9, 1964, surfing champion _____ infiltrates the American Museum of Natural History's Gems and Minerals Hall and steals J.P. Morgan's jewel collection.
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October 9, 1964
On ____, surfing champion Jack Roland Murphy infiltrates the American Museum of Natural History's Gems and Minerals Hall and steals J.P. Morgan's jewel collection.
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Jules Rimet Trophy
On December 19, 1983, The ______ is thieved yet again, this time from Rio de Janeiro's Brazilian Football Confederation. It has never been found.
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December 19, 1983
On _____, The Jules Rimet Trophy is thieved yet again, this time from Rio de Janeiro's Brazilian Football Confederation. It has never been found.
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Formula One
On December 4, 2014, Seven men break into the Red Bull Racing offices in England with a van and steal sixty ____ trophy.
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December 4, 2014
On ____, Seven men break into the Red Bull Racing offices in England with a van and steal sixty Formula One trophy.
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