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EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 2H 34M

The British Safe Blower Hired To KILL Pablo Escobar | Dave Tomkins

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Dave Tomkins lived a life that sounds like it was written for a crime film.Known as The Great Safe Blower, Dave was a flamboyant British criminal from Basingstoke whose reputation in the underworld took him far beyond safes, vaults and robberies.Thanks to our Sponsors: Bradburys Group: https://bradburysgroup.com/our-divisions/private-client-security-investigations-and-risk-management-support/Wayne Diggins: https://waynediggins.exp.uk.comIn this episode of The Terry Stone Connection, Dave sits down with Terry to talk about his extraordinary life, from his early days as a safe blower, to becoming connected with serious underworld figures, to ending up on the battlefields of Angola as a mercenary fighting communist-backed guerrillas.And then there’s the story that sounds almost impossible to believe…Dave Tomkins claims he was hired to kill Pablo Escobar.This is a wild journey through crime, danger, war, survival and the kind of old-school underworld stories you simply don’t hear anymore.Raw, outrageous and unbelievable, this is the Dave Tomkins story.Watch now and let us know in the comments: is this one of the craziest lives we’ve ever had on the podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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