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Apple TV is launching Nocturne, a thriller series based on Lars Kepler's novel "The Sandman," starring Liev Schreiber as a former soldier-turned-detective and Stephen Graham as a serial killer terrorizing a small Pennsylvania town. The series premieres October 30 with two episodes, followed by weekly releases through December 25.
A former Vienna police officer and a Loomis employee committed Austria's largest armed robbery in 2013, stealing nearly three million euros to fund an orphanage in Africa—not for personal enrichment but as an act of Robin Hood-style charity. Both Gabriel and Tamara, shaped by trauma and exposure to extreme poverty abroad, were driven by what psychologists call "helper syndrome," a compulsive need to aid others that became so consuming they rationalized the crime as victimless and morally justified. Though sentenced to eight years in prison, they continued their pattern of giving to fellow inmates and, after release, to their communities, with Gabriel still pursuing his dream of building Blue Sky Village despite recognizing the robbery as an unforgivable mistake that cost him his family and freedom.
# Summary On January 13, 2006, seven thieves staged a bank robbery at Banco Río in San Isidro, Argentina, that captivated the nation as police and media surrounded the building for hours—all while the gang quietly escaped through a tunnel dug from underground storm drains, having emptied 143 safe-deposit boxes of nearly $20 million in cash and valuables. Mastermind Fernando Araujo spent years planning the perfect heist, recruiting an engineer to construct the tunnel, a negotiator to distract police, and specialists to crack the boxes, designing every detail to be a flawless work of art that would leave no evidence. The gang was eventually caught through an impulsive betrayal by one member's wife, but have since become folk heroes in Argentina, publishing books, consulting on films, and openly discussing their crime as a masterpiece now that the statute of limitations has expired.
A California woman drugged her husband during their divorce proceedings, restrained him while he slept, severed his penis, and disposed of it in a garbage disposal before calling 911 and telling police he "deserved it." The case illustrates an extreme act of domestic violence committed during a contentious marital separation.