Season 1 is about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist: In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two thieves posing as police officers were admitted into the Gardner Museum in Boston. In 81 minutes they stole 13 pieces of artwork, among the paintings stripped from their frames were works by Vermeer, Degas, and Rembrandt.
Season 2 tackles other angles of art crime. We chat w/ owners of an antique store who found a famous stolen painting, we discuss a stolen da Vinci with Turbo, and we dig into Gardner heist minutia.
Season 3 is back to the Gardner!
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Season 1 is about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist: In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two thieves posing as police officers were admitted into the Gardner Museum in Boston. In 81 minutes they stole 13 pieces of artwork, among the paintings stripped from their frames were works by Vermeer, Degas, and Rembrandt.
Season 2 tackles other angles of art crime. We chat w/ owners of an antique store who found a famous stolen painting, we discuss a stolen da Vinci with Turbo, and we dig into Gardner heist minutia.
Season 3 is back to the Gardner!
In this new episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak about the jewel heist at the Louvre in October of 2025.
This episode was researched by Kathleen Studer.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Louvre_robbery
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7nrlkg0zxo
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/europe/louvre-heist-lift-maker-scli-intl
https://abcnews.go.com/International/thieves-robbed-louvre-minutes-minute-minute-breakdown-daring/story?id=126719610
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/style/france-louvre-heist-worrying-escalation-intl-hnk
https://time.com/7326868/louvre-robbery-museum-crown-jewels/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/10/24/robbery-coins-french-museum-louvre-heist/86872594007/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/louvre-transfers-jewels-bank-france-after-heist-rtl-reports-2025-10-25/
https://apnews.com/article/louvre-jewels-heist-ap-photo-thibault-camus-06a43f6e6b46689754e7f57929d0151d
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/lifestyle/infamous-jewel-thief-slams-louvre-robbers-as-idiots-and-reveals-shocking-way-they-could-have-smuggled-gems-out-of-paris/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d6e2wv884o
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20251024-dna-leads-and-video-trail-drive-search-for-stolen-louvre-crown-jewels
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/style/louvre-heist-which-jewels-stolen-intl-hnk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Crown_Jewels
https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/sun-gold-and-diamonds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgk0y97v0go
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/26/europe/louvre-robbery-france-arrests-intl
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Empty Frames
Season 1 is about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist: In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two thieves posing as police officers were admitted into the Gardner Museum in Boston. In 81 minutes they stole 13 pieces of artwork, among the paintings stripped from their frames were works by Vermeer, Degas, and Rembrandt.
Season 2 tackles other angles of art crime. We chat w/ owners of an antique store who found a famous stolen painting, we discuss a stolen da Vinci with Turbo, and we dig into Gardner heist minutia.
Season 3 is back to the Gardner!
