Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Murder podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa.

Hi, Mandy. How are you? I'm doing well. How are you? Good. We have a big birthday this week in our house. My daughter turns 13 next weekend, a teenager.

Oh, my goodness. Can you believe that just like from the time we've known each other? It's such a bizarre. It's like a, it's like a different person. Like it is wild to think about. Yeah. I think she was, what was she five or six whenever I first met you?

I think like four and a half because she and my son are four and a half years apart. Isn't that wild?

Yeah. Yeah. Oh my gosh. No. It's just, it seems like just yesterday. It is crazy to think that she is going to

be celebrating her 13th birthday. What a big milestone birthday. I'm so excited for her. I know everybody loves turning 13. It's like very exciting. I mean, it's not once you get older, you realize it wasn't. But it is at the time. It is. Yeah. But I'm like, okay, what do you want to do? Let's do something. She's like, I just want to sleep all day. I'm like, oh my gosh, you're my child. Yeah. So I'm still trying to get something out of her to do, you know, something, but she's like, I really, like, please don't do anything big for me. So I'm like, all right, I'm trying to like respect her wishes, but not be like, not do anything for her birthday, but like let's find something in in the middle but it's fun she did ask for no hugs that day so that was like

i'm like why are you? not do anything for her birthday, but like, let's find something in the middle. But it's fun.

She did ask for no hugs that day. So that was like, I'm like, why are you trying to hurt me on

your birthday? Like you're definitely hurting. Oh, how to turn tables. So yeah, that is exciting to be

like low key birthday, but like also excited.

So we'll see how it goes. But yeah, 13. Can't believe it. And she's like so much taller than you, Mandy. I just realized now she's like 5.8. Thank you for bringing that up. Yeah. Like how? I just don't even, I'm just like whenever I see her near people now, I'm like, she's taller than everyone. I mean, like in a good way, I like being taller than everyone, but it's funny.

I'm like, well, you're almost taller than me,

and now I feel a little competitive. I'm like, no, you're not going to, you're not going to grow out, you know, outgrow me. We can't do this. This can't be our relationship. I have to be taller than you. But we'll see what happens. Well, I'm jealous. I'm jealous of a 13-year-old.

Yeah. As you should be. Just going. All right. So we will get into the story for this week.

The first couple of episodes that we did this year were a little heavy and tragic. So this week,

we're going to lighten things up a little bit with a different type of story. And it's the type where

nobody dies.

Yay.

Yay.

Except for everybody who died a little bit inside when $200 million worth of rare and even

one-of-a-kind artwork was stolen from a prestigious Boston Art Museum.

Now, we've talked about a couple of different heists on the podcast, but nothing quite like this one.

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