29 Sep 2018

The world's biggest art theft: Last Seen

From The Podcast Hour, 12:55 pm on 29 September 2018
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Nearly 30 years ago, thieves posing as police officers broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and made off with 13 artworks in a robbery lasting 81 minutes.

The total value of the heist in today's market? A cool US$500 million making it the biggest art theft of all time. And despite a $10 million reward, no arrests have ever been made, and none of the art's ever been recovered.

'Last Seen' from WBUR Boston and the Boston Globe is presented by Kelly Horan and Jack Rodolico. We play some of Episode 1 called '81 Minutes'.