Look, I always treated the Gardner investigation as really two separate but interrelated investigations.

You know, you have the first one as the who done it as to who went into the museum and who was involved.

And the second, and in my opinion, more pertinent investigation is where are these paintings today and how do we find them?

And so, you know, right up until the day I retired,

we were continuing to get theories, some of them more bizarre than others. We're looking for hard

facts as to where these paintings are and how we can find them.

Welcome to episode 390 of FBI Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does

through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.

Today we get to speak to once again retired agent

Jeffrey Kelly, who served in the FBI for 28 years. In this episode, he reviews his 22-year

investigation of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist, where two men wearing Boston Police

Department uniforms and introducing themselves as police officers stole 13 masterpieces worth over

$500 million. The artwork has never been recovered. There's a $10 million reward being offered for

information leading to the recovery of the pieces. Jeff is the author of 13 perfect fugitives,

the true crime story of the mob, murder, and the world's largest art heist. It's a behind-the-scenes true story about his

investigation. He provides insights and theories about the infamous theft. During his career,

Jeff was assigned to a violent crime squad in the Boston Division, and as one of the original

members of the art crime team, he managed

numerous high-profiled investigations using sophisticated techniques, veteran interviewing skills,

and good old-fashioned detective work. Jeff is an internationally recognized expert in the

field of fine art and antiquity theft.

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