One of the newest dead on target crime podcasts gathering buzz does n’t postulate a murder or kidnapping — instead , it investigate one of the most infamous art heists in history . Last Seen , a collaboration betweenWBURandThe Boston Globe , looks at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft , a case that has move unsolved for 28 years .
Thestory beginson March 18 , 1990 , when two stealer posing as policeman infiltrated the Boston art museum and stole 13 paintings off the walls . The works are from such master artists as Rembrandt , Vermeer , and Manet , and are estimated to have a cumulative economic value exceeding $ 600 million .
The scope of the rip-off alone would have made it historically significant , but the story became even more interesting after the crime was committed . The case never moved onwards , despite a drawn - out investigating and a$10 millionreward for the takings of the stolen slice . That did n’t stand for there were n’t suspects : Two unidentified world were identified , but they were killed shortly after the theft , and concord to the popular possibility , information regarding the location of the stolen artworks died with them .
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum pillowcase is still filled with mysteries , but the fresh podcast calculate to make the story a little clearer . host by WBUR producers and reporters Kelly Horan and Jack Rodolico , and with contributions from Stephen Kurkjian , who spent years cover the rip-off forThe Boston Globe , Last Seenfollows the saga from the nighttime the criminal offence was committed to today . It features interview with investigator who mould on the case and masses who were utilise by the museum in the other 1990s , some of whom have never before agreed to speak publicly on the topic .
The first episode ofLast Seendebuted onWBURSeptember 17 , and the series will admit 10 episodes in total .
