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History Daily

The Return of The Scream

History Daily

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4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

May 7, 1994. Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.


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0:00.0

It's early morning on February 12th, 1994, outside the National Art Gallery in Oslo, Norway.

0:15.0

Snow falls softly onto the face of 18-year-old William Ozheim,

0:19.0

as he stops walking and stares up at the arch second floor window of the grand brick building.

0:25.0

William silences the timer on his wristwatch.

0:28.0

The moment he's been worrying about for weeks has arrived.

0:31.0

He signals to his accomplice to get the ladder from the roof of their car which is parked on the street nearby.

0:37.0

Together the two men placed the ladder against the window and then William begins to climb.

0:42.0

His hands tremble, adrenaline, surfers, and then William begins to climb. His hands tremble, adrenaline

0:44.8

surging through him. William's heart beats faster and faster. But in the

0:49.1

falling snow the rungs of the ladder are becoming slippery.

0:53.0

William is not 8 feet above the ground when he slips.

0:57.0

The soft snow breaks his fall and William is unhurt.

1:00.0

His accomplice scow silently at him though, so William quickly gets to his feet and starts climbing again.

1:06.0

This time he reaches the top.

1:08.0

William checks his watch again.

1:10.0

Despite his fall, he's still on schedule, and if all goes to plan the next action will be perfectly timed with the arrival of the cleaners at the back of the building.

1:20.0

From his jacket pocket William pulls out a small hammer and breaks the window in front of him.

1:25.8

No alarm sound.

1:27.8

Just as expected, the cleaners have switched off the security system.

1:31.8

Careful not to cut himself on the glass,

1:34.5

William climbs through and into the gallery.

1:37.5

Inside, the room is dark, and at first,

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