That story is real — or at least based on a real incident tied to the Bank of England in the 1800s.
In 1836, a sewer worker discovered something that should have been impossible — a forgotten drain that led straight into the Bank of England’s gold vault.He could have taken anything. He took nothing.Instead, he wrote anonymous letters to the bank’s directors, telling them he had already visited the vault twice at night without being detected. … Read more