#056: September 17th, 2018

Eighty-one minutes. Thirteen irreplaceable artworks. Two thieves.

Last Seen is the story of the greatest unsolved art heist ever: the 1990 robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Rembrandt. Manet. Vermeer. Degas. Their works taken, cut from frames or snatched off the wall, never to be seen again.

The stolen works were valued at an estimated half a billion dollars. Just for context, in the first Ocean’s Eleven movie, they stole $160 million. That’s the scale we’re talking about here. Beyond fiction.

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The podcast walks you through everything that’s known about the theft, including interviews with the security guards who were present, and dives into all the theories on who, how, and why.

Plus, if you need another incentive to listen, there’s a $10 million reward for solving this crime. You never know what might strike a chord.

Have a listen and let us know what you think,

Stephen and EvanYour Podcast Delivery crew

“For people who find it hard to imagine the gravity of this, [...] what if Beethoven’s 5th symphony could never be heard again, or if Louis Armstrong’s work could never be heard again, or if Hamlet could never be played again.”’

- Episode 1 - 81 Minutes