Grizzard was such a composed and accomplished criminal that when police searched his premises regarding an earlier diamond heist, he welcomed them with a smile despite entertaining guests at the time - a collection of potential buyers for those very diamonds. “The Great Pearl Heist” tells the story of criminal mastermind Joseph Grizzard and his gang, and the Sherlock Holmes figure tasked with catching him, elite Scotland Yard detective Alfred Ward. In 1913, a criminal mastermind engineered the theft of the world’s most expensive strand of pearls - a prize worth around $18 million in today’s dollars.īut by modern standards, the most shocking aspect of the crime was not that it happened, but that the pearls were able to be stolen because they were sent by regular mail. And Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace
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