{"podcast":{"title":"Terry Stone Connection","slug":"terry-stone-connection-6614044","podcast_index_feed_id":6614044,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/650332104809430011021e63","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/terry-stone-connection","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/650332104809430011021e63/1762350994369-c03b895d-3e62-441c-9d65-7daa887e5966.jpeg","author":"Terry Stone Connection","episode_count":217,"summary":"The Terry Stone Connection Podcast delivers a unique insight into the nefarious underworld hosted by true crime actor-producer, Terry Stone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T04:17:42.648616+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/terry-stone-connection-6614044"},"episode":{"title":"The British Safe Blower Hired To KILL Pablo Escobar | Dave Tomkins","slug":"the-british-safe-blower-hired-to-kill-pablo-escobar-dave-tomkins","published_at":"2026-05-22T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/terry-stone-connection-6614044/the-british-safe-blower-hired-to-kill-pablo-escobar-dave-tomkins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/terry-stone-connection-6614044","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-crimnal-connection-podcast/episodes/the-british-safe-blower-hired-to-kill-pablo-escobar-dave-tom","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/650332104809430011021e63/e/6a106ec4294da705c3a49172/media.mp3","summary":"Dave Tomkins lived a life that sounds like it was written for a crime film. Known as The Great Safe Blower , Dave was a flamboyant British criminal from Basingstoke whose reputation in the underworld took him far beyond safes, vaults and robberies. Thanks to our Sponsors: Bradburys Group: https://bradburysgroup.com/our-divisions/private-client-security-investigations-and-risk-management-support/ Wayne Diggins: https://waynediggins.exp.uk.com In this episode of The Terry Stone Connection , Dave sits down with Terry to talk about his extraordinary life, from his early days as a safe blower, to becoming connected with serious underworld figures, to ending up on the battlefields of Angola as a mercenary fighting communist-backed guerrillas. And then there’s the story that sounds almost impossible to believe… Dave Tomkins claims he was hired to kill Pablo Escobar . This is a wild journey through crime, danger, war, survival and the kind of old-school underworld stories you simply don’t hear anymore. Raw, outrageous and unbelievable, this is the Dave Tomkins story. Watch now and let us know in the comments: is this one of the craziest lives we’ve ever had on the podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Dave Tomkins lived a life that sounds like it was written for a crime film. Known as The Great Safe Blower , Dave was a flamboyant British criminal from B…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/terry-stone-connection-6614044/episodes/the-british-safe-blower-hired-to-kill-pablo-escobar-dave-tomkins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/terry-stone-connection-6614044/the-british-safe-blower-hired-to-kill-pablo-escobar-dave-tomkins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}