In this episode, we take you step by step through the Gardner Heist, from the minute Richard Abath opened the door to let in the thieves, to Gardner director Anne Hawley and the Boston police discovering the scene of the crime

We also introduce our bizarre and notorious cast of characters, including a Lynchian art detective with a prosthetic nose, a rock and roller with a knack for art theft, and the infamous Italian mob scene in Boston. Thanks for listening!

“Face this world. Learn its ways, watch it, be careful of too hasty guesses at its meaning. In the end you will find clues to it all.” - The Time Machine, H.G. Wells

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Some references for this episode:

The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft, Ulrich Boser

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/theft

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/about/theft-story

This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist

https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/latest-news/today-in-security/2020/september/security-history-arming-the-ira/

https://www.essentialvermeer.com/fakes_thefts_school_of_delft_lost_sp/vermeer_theft_03.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/03/26/FBI-drives-stake-into-heart-of-Patriarca-crime-family/6489638427600/

https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/10/26/david-houghton

The Gardner Heist Part II: A Cast of Characters