Ep. 30: Sugar and Blood: The Gardner Museum Heist

How would someone go about stealing almost $50 million in art from a central Boston museum? How could they even get away with it? Well, thieves in 1990 somehow did, and the things they stole have been missing ever since. Come listen as Emma pulls a Shannon and shares the story of the most expensive art heist in the world from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! Somehow she makes Shannon cry! 

Sources: 

The Mother Source on the Museum

The Mother Source on the Theft

The Gardner Museum

Boston Magazine infographic of the theft

FBI website of the theft

Time Magazine anniversary article

The Guardian article on the FBI’s suspects found

Netflix limited series: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist