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337 - Heist! The $600 Million Gardner Museum Robbery

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Uh Rick Abbots Is Still Wearing Tie-Dye T-Shirts

In 2012 federal prosecutors grilled abbots about why he was detected by the motion sensors on the first floor when the thieves were not. Investigators wonder if he was testing the door to make sure it didn't set off a crazy alarm before he then opened it again later for the fake officers. Some of the guys at these parties were fellow gardener employees and they often apparently openly talked about how inadequate the security system was. charlie hill retired artan antiquities investigator with scotland yard believes that the art is in ireland right now. A bunch of organized crime guys mainly the fbi got close to figuring out where the artwork was allegedly and who stole it in 2003.

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