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Speaker 1: Somewhere in the mountains of Greece, the country's most wanted

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Speaker 1: man is on the run. We hear a barraja shots.

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Speaker 2: Bang bang bang.

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Speaker 1: He's robbed at least fifteen banks, kidnapped two multimillionaires, and

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Speaker 1: he's escaped prison five times on foot, twice by helicopter.

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Speaker 1: And even though this dude carries a machine gun, he's

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Speaker 1: never actually shot anyone. His name is Vasilis Palio Costas,

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Speaker 1: and to many Greeks he's a hero.

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Speaker 2: As they say. Costas has given a lot of money

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Speaker 2: to poor people like he hate see the car from

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Speaker 2: a village and return it with a bag of cash

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Speaker 2: on the sea.

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Speaker 1: For fourteen years, this modern day robin Hood has been

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Speaker 1: evading authorities and charming villagers.

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Speaker 3: If I would not say anything, but if he is alive,

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Speaker 3: he must be living well.

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Speaker 1: Now we're hunting for the man behind the legend, traveling

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Speaker 1: to remote corners of Greece, tracking down his accomplices, and

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Speaker 1: working our way into his inner circle.

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Speaker 2: If somebody was running from the law, would they come here?

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Speaker 1: Do you think yes?

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Speaker 2: Because it's a place without the police. Yeah, I'm feel

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Speaker 2: a bit nervous now.

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Speaker 1: This is the story of Greece's most famous outlaw. It's

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Speaker 1: the story of a corrupt system he's fighting against and

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Speaker 1: running from.

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Speaker 2: They say, no matter what happens, you'll never find them.

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Speaker 1: I'm Miles Gray. Listen to The Good Thief starting July

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