The famous Boston art has been the subject of a new podcast of real crime | showbiz

LOS ANGELES, July 22 – Art lovers and drug addicts of real crime have a new podcast to hope for, as the next series Last Seen plans to unravel On March 18, 1990, robbers in police uniform tied up security guards at the museum and stole 13 works of art worth 500 million US dollars, including three Rembrandts. , a Vermeer, a Manet and sketches of Degas, in 81 minutes.

Despite a reward that started at $ 1 million and now stands at $ 10 million, no one has been charged for the crime and not a single job has been recovered. At the museum, visitors can still see the empty frames left behind.

Boston Public Radio Station WBUR and the Boston Globe join forces on the weekly podcast Last Seen presented by WBUR producers and reporters Kelly Horan and Jack Rodolico. It will include contributions from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Kurkjian, whose book Master Thieves is devoted to the burglary of the notorious art.

Starting the night of burglary, the podcast will study patterns and scenarios. covering some of the potential suspects, including a crowd associate who ran a local auto repair shop, Whitey Bulger and IRA, and "two wannabe rock 'n rollers."

It will also provide unprecedented access to key players in the case, including the night watchman who let in the robbers, the Gardner Museum's chief investigator for the past 12 years, and Myles Connor, "perpetual thief, suspect, rock-star and member of Mensa."

Seen will be launched on September 17th, with new weekly episodes every Monday. More details on www.wbur.org/lastseen . – AFP