Three men spent months tunneling beneath a busy Marietta street to blow through a bank vault floor undetected. What was initially dismissed as a comical failure soon revealed itself to be a meticulously planned heist with a much larger haul, with a trail of clues pointing to a criminal mastermind.
In 1974, a quiet Monday morning in Marietta, Ga., turned chaotic when a bank vault revealed a tunnel, a blast site, and a daring robbery straight out of a movie. Robbery, Inc. Episode 1: An Explosive Story unearths the mystery of the Cobb Exchange Bank heist and introduces the legend of a master thief whose true identity is just beginning to unfold.
In April 1974, a group of thieves tunneled beneath Roswell Street in Marietta, Georgia, and blasted their way into the Cobb Exchange Bank vault—only to be mocked for escaping with just $1,000. But as investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a far bigger mystery and the story of a career bank robber whose daring heists and prison escapes made him a legend. This is Robbery, Inc. from Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Marietta Daily Journal.
"The interstates changed America," Jeff Hullinger writes. "Rural and urban, reshaped for all times." And while it's been a while since U.S. Route 301 was relevant for cross-country travel, Jeff pays a visit there; finding what remains "a hub of traveler activity."
Violence haunts 1915 Atlanta and so does the golem a group of girls creates. A dark, lyrical blend of historical fiction and magical realism, The Curators examines an underexplored event in American history through unlikely eyes. All of Atlanta is obsessed with the two-year-long trial and subsequent lynching of Jewish factory superintendent Leo Frank in 1915. None more so than thirteen-year-old Ana Wulff and her friends, who take history into their own hands—quite literally—when they use dirt from Ana’s garden to build and animate a golem in Frank’s image.
The Waymores' life is like a classic country song. There's lovin', leavin', regrets, and triumph. The Waymores join the Peach Jam Podcast to discuss working with a legendary producer, giving their life to music, and why they live in Marietta and not in Nashville.
Peach Jam Podcast features stories and songs recorded live in our GPB studios from a variety of incredibly talented and diverse bands and artists who call the Peach State home.
