A man who stole around $100,000 (£70,000) of incredibly expensive bourbon whisky from his workplace only spent 30 days in prison for his crime, and could have got away with it but for an anonymous tip to the police.
Gilbert 'Toby' Curtsinger's story, as well as two other compelling tales of theft, are told in the new hit Netflix show Heist. You can watch the trailer below:
Curtsinger - described as 'The Bourbon King' - managed to get away with the rare and limited edition bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon - some of which were worth $1,000 (£715) per bottle - over the course of several years, and was turning a good profit.
After Buffalo Trace - where Curtsinger worked for 26 years - got wise to the theft, they interviewed 100 members of staff at the distillery in Kentucky, but no one came forward.
As Curtsinger puts it: "If you had an opportunity to steal if you worked in a bank with a vault wide open and nobody seeing you, are you going to do it if you don't get caught?"
That's what the show aims to understand. Why do people commit huge acts of high-stakes thievery, and how do they - and their families - deal with it once they get caught?
Two years after the investigation began, a $10,000 (£7,000) reward was offered for information.
It worked. Someone came forward, and Curtsinger's home was raided.
Once inside, the police discovered a large amount of stolen whisky, as well as a stash of illegal steroids.
The whisky they discovered - incidentally - wasn't from the distillery that Toby worked at, but Wild Turkey.
Of the 10 people - including Curtsinger's wife and dad - who were charged for the theft, only Curtsinger received jail time.
He was sentenced to 15 years, but was released after a month of 'shock probation' because he was a first time offender who didn't pose a threat to society.
In the Netflix docuseries, he explains his crimes, and the officer who investigated the case shares his thoughts on this bizarre heist.
Over the length of his seven-year crime spree, he enlisted a team of people - allegedly including members of his softball team - to help spirit the bourbon away.
He even continued on after the police investigation until his arrest in 2015.
So, why did he do it?
Well, you'll have to watch the show to get the full story, but the show's executive producer Derek Doneen explained he thinks people are so interested in rooting for the bad guys.
He said: "Our guiding light from day one was to tell the stories from the perspective of the people who pulled them off, and to sort of understand the humanity behind it.
"You're gonna have the fun of the crime, the planning, the execution, and the getaway. There's this wish fulfilment and that for the audience, I think, and we wanted to lean into that."
As for Toby's case, he said: "It's so fascinating to see how they interviewed 100 people at the distillery and got nothing, but this guy just keeps going.
"He's sort of brazen in his in sort of his thinking that he's got the weight of the sheriff's department, national attention and pressure to solve this case and he's still finding ways to go out and lift more bourbon."
Doneen also believes that despite the fact he only received a short sentence for his crimes, as Curtsinger lost not only his job, but the trust of his family as well.
He continued: "Maybe he pulled the short straw - he had a great career and now he's painting houses.
"Especially the effect it had on his kids, they are really still struggling with it. [In the show] You can see how emotional his kid is during that interview. We interviewed him for three hours and he was struggling to keep his composure throughout most of it because it's still so raw for him.
"This is his dad, you know?
"You can say, 'oh, well, at the end of all, that he only had to go to jail for 30 days,' but at what cost to his family and to the rest of his life?"
Heist is available to watch on Netflix now.
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