The perfect crime? $500 million art heist remains unsolved

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Missing masterpieces, the mob, and the FBI. The hunt to recover 13 priceless works of art continues more than 30 years after they were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Geoffrey Kelly joins host Ana Garcia. Check out the book “Thirteen Perfect Fugitives” here: https://a.co/d/0gURQJLB To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A word of warning. This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some strong language.
0:06.6	It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who may find it disturbing.
0:12.7	Hello and welcome to a special edition of True Crime News, the podcast. I'm your host, Anna Garcia.
0:18.2	Everyone in the world of true crime has a story to tell about a case that they've worked
0:21.6	or that they have lived through.
0:23.4	Some are high profile, some you've never heard of, but they're all fascinating.
0:27.9	Today's case is about the world's largest art heist that remains unsolved to this day.
0:34.1	It happened in Boston where the art thieves posed as police officers to gain access.
0:40.2	They cut the paintings right out of the frames.
0:43.4	Our guest is a former FBI agent who worked this case for 22 years.
0:49.0	Jeffrey Kelly, he's written a new book called 13 perfect fugitivesitives, the True Story of the Mob, Murder,
0:57.0	and the World's Largest Art Heist.
0:59.6	Jeff, welcome to the program.
1:01.0	It's so good to see you.
1:02.3	Thank you, Anna.
1:02.9	I'm happy to be here.
1:04.0	I love any case that has anything to do with the mob.
1:08.3	Join the club.
1:09.7	Yeah, I shared with you before we started recording that I used to be a reporter in Atlantic
1:15.1	City at the time when the Philadelphia Atlantic City mob was incredibly active and it was a very
1:23.1	interesting time.
1:25.5	And but when I think of organized crime in this time period, in the more
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