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Curcio learned that a big hustle was happening across the US. He wanted in.

Curcio’s heists are enabling him to live the American Dream, but he learns that an even bigger hustle was happening across the US. He wanted in.

Good Form: Anthony Curcio loved the life of crime. The double life. He fancied himself a blue collar Thomas Crown, pursuing pills over Pissarros. His various heists enabled him to live the American Dream, own a house, marry his high school sweetheart and start a family. He was also close to walking away from crime, until he bought that house and learned that an even bigger hustle was happening across the US. He wanted in. From BBC Sounds and Radio 5 Live, Sports Strangest Crimes presents, Friday Night Heists. In episode 03 of 08, host Johnny Marr walks us into the lawless world of real estate, a place where Anthony Curcio could ply his craft. He rode the housing bubble to its zenith, and then was left to fend for himself when it popped.

Sport's Strangest Crimes: Friday Night Heists

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A high-school football star pulls off one of the most creative bank heists in US history.

A high-school football star pulls off one of the most creative bank heists in US history. British icon Jonny Marr takes us on a journey through the life of Anthony Curcio.

Anthony Curcio is the most unexpected person you will ever meet. At first glance, he appears as simply a suburban dad who wears khaki pants, Cactus Jacks, coaches his daughters in basketball, and drives a modest truck.

You soon learn that he was once a high-school football star, with the dream, and, more importantly, the speed, to play professionally. But that's not the interesting part...

How did this once-bright football prospect pull off one of the most creative bank heists in US history? From BBC Sounds and Radio 5 Live, Sports Strangest Crimes presents, Friday Night Heists.

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