Neil McCauley Was A Consummate Professional CriminalNeil McCauley was born in Polk, Iowa, on February 2, 1914. Adamson knew Neil McCauley wouldn’t give up a life of crime when he exited the prison gates and landed in Chicago. For hours, the night of the burglary passed without sighting Neil McCauley. Neil McCauley’s Meeting With Chuck Adamson Over CoffeeYet the department store robbery abortion wasn’t the only real-life Neil McCauley story to make it into Heat. After reading about Neil McCauley, learn the astonishing real story of the Lufthansa heist only hinted at in Goodfellas.