Gardner Museum Heist: Mobsters & Missing Masterpieces

0:00The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist back in 1990 remains the biggest artheft ever with 13 pieces now worth over 500 million dollars still missing two guys posing as cops walked in during the early morning hours of March 18th handcuffed the guards and snatch masterpieces like remears the concert and Rembrandt's Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee from the Dutch Room the FBI figured out who did it back in 2013 but never named names publicly now retired agent named Jeff Kelly who ran the case for over 20 years drops the details in his new book pointing to Boston mob guys like Bobby Denati and George Ricefelder as the main players those empty gold frames still hang on the walls today a stark reminder in a museum meant to stay frozen in time just as its founder Isabella Stewart Gardner wanted she passed in 1924 leaving strict rules to keep everything unchanged which makes the violation hit even harder violence derailed the probe with suspects like Donatee stabbed to death in his car trunk

1:03and Ricefelder dying suspiciously after hiding a stolen man a painting leads to mob bosses the IRA even a yacht sting in France all fizzled slowed by thin resources and distracting old surveillance footage Kelly's revelations challenged old theories and spotlight ties to a doorchester auto shop but without hard proof or the art the case drags on leaving everyone wondering if it was ever an inside job or just bad luck in the chase from your city powered by AI this is Canada News Today