Nut Jobs: Cracking California's Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist

True Crime

Gold winner of the Best Documentary Podcast and Best Serialised Podcast Trophies at the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards

Winner of the Best Podcast Trophy at the 2020 Mumbrella Publish Awards

Bronze winner of the Best True Crime Podcast at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards

It's the $10 million heist you've never heard of. In a matter of months, dozens of truckloads disappeared from American highways. But what were they carrying? Nuts. Marc Fennell takes you into a rabbit-hole of crime syndicates, stolen identities and private investigators that will change the way you think about food forever. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in the heart of California but this journey will take you to Italy; the Spanish coast; deep under the earth; and even into space.

Ep. 1: The Heist

No one saw it coming. It was one of the most outlandish and complex heists that struck one of the most important agricultural districts in the world.

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Ep. 2: Target Practice

Marc is embedded with private investigators to better understand the scene of the crime, how the crimes go down and get closer to understanding who the criminals are.

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Ep. 3: Harvested

We meet one of the first victims of the heists & the small town police tasked with the job of tackling the crime.

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Ep. 4: Sex, Lies and Soda Spies

Why are nuts so valuable? What made them worth organised crime's attention? And when (and how) did Nuts go from making us fat to being a superfood?

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Ep. 5: All Leaves Link to the Heart

An ex-LAPD cop has a tip for Marc as he asks, where do the nuts that escape the USA go? Perhaps the answer lies in the Mafia’s home country, Italy.

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Ep. 6: Triggered

As high-tech and complex as the heists were, there was one factor the same in all of them: duped truckers. Marc finally tracks one of the drivers down.

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Ep. 7: The Invisible

Marc meets some of the workers in the nut fields and starts to understand why crime exists in this state of stark contrasts.

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Ep. 8: Snowmelt

One of the biggest threats to nuts is also its saviour. Back home finally, Marc digests all we have learned.

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