The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Ft. Josh Gondelman

This week, writer and comedian Josh Gondelman joins the show to cover a story from his hometown of Boston: the still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. In 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers entered the museum in the middle of the night and carried out what remains the largest property theft in history, stealing 13 paintings valued at approximately $500 million.

Despite several mob-affiliated suspects over the years, the stolen works were never recovered, and the case eventually went cold.

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/theft

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-clue-emerges-in-the-gardner-museum-art-heist-saga-180979651/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-things-know-about-isabella-stewart-gardner-art-heist-180977448/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/28/metro/whodunit-gardner-museum-heist-remains-unsolved-decades-later-with-long-list-suspects-most-them-dead/

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