EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 51 MIN
Borrowed Faces: Forty Million in Two Minutes
from Macabrium · host Pretty Wicked | Southern Gothic Media
In August 2009, two men in tailored suits walked into the most exclusive jewelry store on London's most exclusive street, and two minutes later they walked out with forty million pounds in diamonds. No masks. The makeup artist who'd spent four hours disguising them thought they were working on a music video. The man who planned it all was out on police bail for cocaine, still living at his mother's house. Sixteen years on, not a single stone has been recovered. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast Please leave a rating and review. It really does help small podcasts like this one find new ears. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES The Cinemaholic - Michelle Hogg: Where Is the Make-up Artist Now? Chris Dennis Talks Makeup - Charles H. Fox turns into Kryolan Store Jack the Ripper Tour - An Interview With Charles H. Fox CBC News - How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist HuffPost UK - How La Voix Became Embroiled In The UK's Biggest Ever Jewels Heist Hello Magazine - Inside Strictly star La Voix's private life – from tragic loss to 'frightening' diamond heist The Natural Sapphire Company - The Graff Diamond Heist: One of London's Biggest Robberies Art Hostage - Stolen Art Watch: Graff Jewel Heist CBS News - Caught on Tape: Dirty Sexy London Heist France24 - Robbers raid London store in Britain's biggest jewel heist WWD - Graff Robbers Sentenced IDEX Online - First Conviction in Graff Robbery Case The London Daily News - £40 million Graff diamond heist 21 year prison sentence The New Yorker - The Pink Panthers JCK Online - Interview With Director of Documentary About the "Pink Panther" Jewel Thieves CBS News 60 Minutes - The Pink Panthers: Daring heists rake in half-a-billion dollars LCCSA - Graff robbery diamond turns up in Hong Kong pawn shop Professional Jeweller - Stolen Graff jewel turns up in Hong Kong Headspace Group - Laurence Graff: A lifetime with diamonds Bloomberg - Laurence Graff profile ARTnews - Laurence Graff, Top 200 Collector profile Hancocks London - Graff maker profile Thought Economics - A Conversation with Laurence Graff OBE Interview Magazine - Peter M. Brant interviews Laurence Graff Rapaport - The Heart of Graff Graff - House Heritage Graff - London New Bond Street store 🎬 DOCUMENTARY & FURTHER LISTENING Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013, dir. Havana Marking) Little Did You Know podcast (2021), hosted by David McGillivray, episode 12 with Chris Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ier5pYLRE ABC News original 2009 broadcast featuring the bystander cell phone footage VICE short documentary on the Pink Panthers (2014) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In August 2009, two men in tailored suits walked into the most exclusive jewelry store on London's most exclusive street, and two minutes later they walked out with forty million pounds in diamonds. No masks. The makeup artist who'd spent four hours disguising them thought they were working on a music video. The man who planned it all was out on police bail for cocaine, still living at his mother's house. Sixteen years on, not a single stone has been recovered. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast Please leave a rating and review. It really does help small podcasts like this one find new ears. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES The Cinemaholic - Michelle Hogg: Where Is the Make-up Artist Now? Chris Dennis Talks Makeup - Charles H. Fox turns into Kryolan Store Jack the Ripper Tour - An Interview With Charles H. Fox CBC News - How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist HuffPost UK - How La Voix Became Embroiled In The UK's Biggest Ever Jewels Heist Hello Magazine - Inside Strictly star La Voix's private life – from tragic loss to 'frightening' diamond heist The Natural Sapphire Company - The Graff Diamond Heist: One of London's Biggest Robberies Art Hostage - Stolen Art Watch: Graff Jewel Heist CBS News - Caught on Tape: Dirty Sexy London Heist France24 - Robbers raid London store in Britain's biggest jewel heist WWD - Graff Robbers Sentenced IDEX Online - First Conviction in Graff Robbery Case The London Daily News - £40 million Graff diamond heist 21 year prison sentence The New Yorker - The Pink Panthers JCK Online - Interview With Director of Documentary About the "Pink Panther" Jewel Thieves CBS News 60 Minutes - The Pink Panthers: Daring heists rake in half-a-billion dollars LCCSA - Graff robbery diamond turns up in Hong Kong pawn shop Professional Jeweller - Stolen Graff jewel turns up in Hong Kong Headspace Group - Laurence Graff: A lifetime with diamonds Bloomberg - Laurence Graff profile ARTnews - Laurence Graff, Top 200 Collector profile Hancocks London - Graff maker profile Thought Economics - A Conversation with Laurence Graff OBE Interview Magazine - Peter M. Brant interviews Laurence Graff Rapaport - The Heart of Graff Graff - House Heritage Graff - London New Bond Street store 🎬 DOCUMENTARY & FURTHER LISTENING Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013, dir. Havana Marking) Little Did You Know podcast (2021), hosted by David McGillivray, episode 12 with Chris Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ier5pYLRE ABC News original 2009 broadcast featuring the bystander cell phone footage VICE short documentary on the Pink Panthers (2014) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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