Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of Aug. 10, supported by your subscriptions .

In August 1975, one of the most notorious crimes in Rhode Island history unfolded in Providence, as a gang of thieves broke into a vault inside Hudson Fur Storage, making off with millions of dollars in cash, precious stones, jewelry and other valuables. What made the robbery so brazen was whom the crooks were robbing: Mafia members and their associates, who stored their stolen loot inside the Bonded Vault Co. Was it really an inside job sanctioned by mob boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca? Fifty years later, The Journal's Tom Mooney looks back on the heist, its long and costly trial and its enduring hold on the public imagination.

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