55: The Great Thanksgiving Wine Heist | True Crime Sleep Stories
Update: 2025-11-24
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On a quiet Thanksgiving night in 2013, while Seattle slept off its turkey dinners, two ordinary plumbers executed the the most audacious wine theft in Pacific Northwest history. Over 13 meticulous hours, Samuel Harris and Luke Thesing cut through walls, disabled cameras, and walked away with more than $648,000 worth of rare Bordeaux, California Cabernets, and priceless collectibles, only to be undone by a city tow truck and their own explosive overconfidence.
This is the true story of the spiral notebook titled “The Plan,” spray-painted security lenses, gas lines sliced, and the single camera they never saw. It’s a caper so perfectly planned and hilariously botched it feels scripted, except every detail actually happened.
Pour yourself a (legally purchased) glass, dim the lights, and let me walk you through the night two men tried to steal Thanksgiving… and almost burned down half of SoDo trying to cover it up.
Sweet dreams, and Happy Thanksgiving.
Cheers! ❤️
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This is the true story of the spiral notebook titled “The Plan,” spray-painted security lenses, gas lines sliced, and the single camera they never saw. It’s a caper so perfectly planned and hilariously botched it feels scripted, except every detail actually happened.
Pour yourself a (legally purchased) glass, dim the lights, and let me walk you through the night two men tried to steal Thanksgiving… and almost burned down half of SoDo trying to cover it up.
Sweet dreams, and Happy Thanksgiving.
Cheers! ❤️
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON!
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for creepy stories to help you drift off to sleep: https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
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Thank You for Listening
If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and recommend True Crime Sleep Stories to your fellow true crime enthusiasts. Follow along for more dark and mysterious tales to ease you into your evening. And as always, stay curious and stay safe.
--- --- --- ---
Buy The Books:
True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3Z8jx5L
True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 2: https://amzn.to/4kAthhj
True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 3:https://amzn.to/3H9xfPQ
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Support the show by joining Patreon https://www.patreon.com/KelliBrink
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