Welcome to you can't make this up, a companion podcast for Netflix original true crime stories.

I'm Rebecca Lervoy, your host. Each episode we take a close up look at a true crime narrative, documentary, or series, and I talk to the people who made them, diving deep into the backstories and getting answers to questions raised by what we just watched.

Today we're covering the four-part docueries, This is a robbery, the

world's biggest art heist. I talk with Colin Barnacle, the series director and executive

producer. A note to listeners. This episode contains spoilers, so make sure to watch the entire series and then listen on.

In 1990, two men dressed as cops conned their way into a Boston museum and stole a fortune in art.

The stolen works are estimated to be worth over half a billion dollars today,

and there's a $10 million reward for whoever finds them. This is a robbery,

the world's biggest art heist, goes deep into the leads, dead ends,

lucky breaks, and speculation surrounding this notorious crime that remains unsolved over 30 years later.

Isabella's Duicana Museum was a at least delight.

Millions of dollars worth of artwork.

Rembranch, DeGah, Vermeer, St. Patty's Day 1990.

Two men dressed as police officers show up at the door.

And they say very dramatically, gentlemen, this is a robbery.

There's no shortage of possible suspects.

Boston was so wild west.

The two front-runners will the Italian Italian mob or the Irish mob.

Hey, how you doing?

The mafia knew that having a stolen masterpiece

is a get out of jail free card.

The feds will deal with you.

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