Talk:Lufthansa heist
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[edit] Plagiarism
So does http://everyravlik.blogspot.com/2006/10/ten-greatest-robberies-of-all-time.html steal from this page or vice-versa? Afabbro 14:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Aftermath
the way the aftermath reads gives the impression Frank James Burke's death was related to the crime and happened shortly there after. but in wiki's page on frank it says he was 26 when he was killed....8 years after, and apparantly unrelated to, lufthansa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_James_Burke
[edit] Heist not actually in Goodfellas
Actually, the Heist was *not* depicted in the film Goodfellas, only alluded to. The only thing that happens is that Henry Hill hears about it on the radio.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0101243/maindetails However, the films the Big Heist and Ten Million Dollar Heist did depict the event.
- That's a good catch, they only talk about the planning and aftermath in the movie. I think I combined a re-enactment of the heist I saw on the history channel with the movie :) --Fxer 20:24, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 5 million at an airport?
Seems like a lot to me. Was there a bank there? An explanation would be appreciated. =) Lantoka 05:32, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- The money was in the high value terminal/warehouse of the airport. For instance, all the paper money that needs to be destroyed or otherwise returned to the national mints (san fransisco, DC, philadelphia etc..), say when the new $20 were printed and old $20s removed from circulation, has to get there somehow, airports are generally reguarded as more secure than a Greyhound ;) In this specific heist I'm not sure where the money came from, but I believe it was mostly used, circulated non-sequential bills that were impossible to trace. --Fxer 08:23, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
No, it was money being exchanged in West Germany, being held there overnight, and according to Ernest Volkman and John Cummings it was actually closer to $8 million, Hill says $6 million.
[edit] No good sources here?
There's gotta be something better than three movie reviews and a conspiracy website. Where'd this material come from? Tychocat 11:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not terribly encyclopediac
"A wiry man in a black ski mask pulled his mask over his face as the blood began to pour from Whalen's wound." I'll second that we need some sources here.
- Agreed, theres a couple repetitions here also, I'm going to delete some.
[edit] Cancerous Contradiction
This article states that Jimmy Conway (Burke) died of Stomach cancer, but the article on Jimmy Burke states that he died of lung cancer. At http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=98 and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/trivia and http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/lucchese2/1.html it's said that he died of lung cancer. Still, other sites from a Google search will say stomach cancer, however, it seems lung cancer is more popular. I don't have any solid reference material to verify one or the other, but am merely pointing out the contradiction. I see now that the article on Henry Hill also shows stomach cancer as cause of Jimmy Conway's death. GravityIsForSuckers 05:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What Happened to the money
The article says only a fraction of the heist money was recovered, what happened to the rest? I assume Jimmy stashed it in an undisclosed location? Monkeyspearfish 12:36, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- From what I remember of a History Channel show on the topic, the mafia probably ended up keeping/spending most of the money. The mafias network would make it easy for all the money to disappear, flowing upstream to the bosses at the top, seeing as it was mostly untraceable used bills anyway. --Fxer 16:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
