285: The Most Infamous American Museum Heist
Seven Deadly Sinners
Rachael O'Brien
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as Boston police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and disappeared into history carrying over $500 million worth of stolen art. Paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Edgar Degas vanished without a trace in what remains the largest unsolved art heist in modern history.
This week on Seven Deadly Sinners, we dive into the suspects, mafia connections, bungled investigations, and chilling theories surrounding the infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft. Who pulled it off? Where is the missing artwork now? And how does a crime this massive stay unsolved for decades?
Some masterpieces are priceless. Some secrets are deadly.
SHOW NOTES:
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/
https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-heist
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
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