5 Hidden Treasures That Are Still Waiting to Be Found

3. The Lufthansa Heist – $5 Million in Cash That Vanished

In 1978, a crew of criminals pulled off the largest cash robbery in American history at the time—stealing approximately $5 million in cash and nearly $1 million in jewelry from a Lufthansa cargo terminal at New York’s JFK Airport [citation:unknown]. The heist was masterminded by Jimmy Burke and famously depicted in the movie Goodfellas. But most of the money was never recovered. Burke allegedly buried some of it, gave stacks to associates who quickly blew through it, and the rest simply disappeared. Henry Hill, the informant who later testified against the crew, claimed some of the money was buried in a cemetery in Brooklyn—but if it’s still there, no one’s ever found it.