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The Instagram Fugitive
A Dutch fugitive convicted in absentia in 2010 spent nine years on the run — through Spain, Portugal and Greece, on four fake identities, paying in cash, leaving no digital trail. By 2019 he had…
The Unlucky Bike Thief
Copenhagen, 2016. In a city with five times more bicycles than people, a man levers open a low-grade wheel lock on a black Christiania cargo bike — a recognisable, expensive three-wheeled bike, the…
The Snoring Burglar
Cologne, 2014. A burglar forces a kitchen window of an empty apartment, takes a laptop, takes some cash, finishes the job in under an hour. Then he sits down on the homeowner's bed for what he tells…
The Courthouse Robber
Naples, 2016. A man cases a small commercial-looking building across the street from where he is sitting. He sees a counter, clerks behind it, modest cash transactions, people walking in and out with…
The Drug Delivery Pigeons
Bucharest, 2015. A medium-security Romanian prison runs, as part of a sanctioned rehabilitation programme, a small pigeon-keeping loft in one of its exercise yards. The inmates raise the pigeons from…
The Undercover Police Bar
Arnhem, Netherlands, 2019. Two drug dealers get a tip from a colleague: there's a new bar in town where the manager is specifically interested in cocaine. Cash buyer, no questions asked. They drive…
The Cleaning Burglar
North Rhine-Westphalia, 2012. A couple in their fifties leave for a two-week walking holiday in Italy. On day two, a man forces a kitchen window. Climbs in. Has a shower. Changes into the husband's…
The Kebab Dna
Leicester, England, 2012. A man burgles a terraced house. Forces a back door. Lifts a laptop, a games console, some cash. He's been inside about twenty minutes. He's hungry. He opens the fridge. On…
The Snitch Parrot
Calabria, 2010. A small house in a small town. A married couple. An African Grey parrot. A regular visitor named Roberto, who comes round to play cards and stay late. Over many months, the parrot —…
The Locked In Gym Robber
Stockholm, 2010. A former gym member identifies the perfect window: Saturday night to Monday morning. Thirty-six hours of free run at the safe in the manager's office. He climbs onto the roof.…
The Spider Man Burglar
Turin, 2017. A man identifies a third-floor apartment as a burglary target. The owners are away. The doors are locked. So he stands in the street and looks up. He grabs the wrought iron of a…
The Payslip Hold-Up
Berlin, 2009. A man decides to rob a small branch bank in the Tiergarten district. The plan is light. He has not brought a weapon. He has not brought a disguise. He has not brought a getaway driver.…
The Ebay Burglar
Vienna, 2008. A burglar enters an empty first-floor apartment. Lifts a laptop, a camera, stereo equipment, watches, and — for reasons the court papers do not fully explain — the bedroom curtains.…
The Pocket Dial Burglar
Surrey, England, 2014. A man broke into a house. He was, by the standards of his profession, competent — efficient, methodical, prepared. There was just one detail he had not accounted for. The phone…
The Chimney Burglar
Barcelona, 2014. A man stripped naked and climbed into a chimney to rob a clothing store. He got stuck. For two days. The firefighters had to demolish the chimney to get him out.
The Cocaine Wheelchair
A man arrived at Dublin Airport in a wheelchair. He said he couldn't walk. The wheelchair was made of eleven kilograms of compressed cocaine.
The World's Worst Getaway
Three men rob a jewelry store in Marseille. Five getaway methods. All five fail.
Three Crimes, Zero Brain Cells
Three countries. Three criminals. Zero combined IQ. In England, a robber spends 30 seconds fighting a pull door while CCTV records everything. In Gateshead, a man throws a brick at a shop window and…
The Facebook Burglar
In 2012, a burglar broke into a house in the Dutch town of Drachten. He stole valuables. He took electronics. And then, for reasons that defy all logic, he sat down at the victim's computer and…
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Dumb Crimes Europe has published 19 episodes since April 2026, covering topics in Comedy, True Crime.
Dumb Crimes Europe is currently highly active with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 7m.
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