The most prolific art thief in modern history nabs masterpieces totaling an estimated $2 billion
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🗓️ 24 November 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: How one man stole art masterworks worth an estimated $2 billion. While a thief by trade, averaging a heist once every 12 days, the man’s motive was not monetary but instead was an obsession with the unobtainable works that he kept for himself in his mother’s attic.
Michael Finkel joins host Ana Garcia.
Check out Michael’s book, “The Art Thief A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611687/the-art-thief-by-michael-finkel/
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| 1:01.4 | This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some strong language. |
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| 1:12.6 | Hello and welcome to a special edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast. |
| 1:16.3 | I'm your host Anna Garcia. |
| 1:18.0 | Everyone in the world of True Crime has a story to tell about a case they have worked on |
| 1:22.4 | or lived through. Some are high profile. Some you have never heard of, but they are all fascinating. Today's case is about the most prolific art thief in modern history. From the mid-1990s to his arrest in 2001, |
| 1:35.9 | Stefan Brightweiser stole 230 works of art from museums throughout Europe worth about $2 billion. |
| 1:45.0 | His motivation, though was not money. |
| 1:47.6 | Stefan was obsessed with the art and kept his collection of stolen art |
| 1:52.2 | and his mother's house for his own personal |
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