To Catch a Book Thief (Crimes of Old New York)
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 12
Episode description
In 1931, a trio of thieves stole a rare book by Edgar Allan Poe worth more than half a million dollars from the New York Public Library. To bring them to justice, the library called in G. William Bergquist, an investigator who specialized in recovering stolen books.