Episode 1: '81 Minutes'

<p>On the night of the heist, security guard Rick Abath made the critical mistake of letting the thieves into the museum. In this episode, we ask if it was indeed a mistake.</p> 

<p>Was the heist planned in the belly of Boston's criminal underworld operating out of a Dorchester auto body shop?</p> 

<p>Were George Reissfelder and David Turner involved in the Gardner heist?</p> 

In 1990, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston was the site of a major art heist, where two thieves disguised as police officers gained entry and stole 13 pieces of art valued at around $500 million. Among the stolen works was "The Concert" by Vermeer, one of only 34 know ... Show More

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 dollar reward for whoever finds it. “This is A Robbery: The World’s Greatest Ar ... Show More

On March 18, 1990, the largest art heist in history at that point was carried out and to this day, none of the 13 paintings that were stolen have been found. With most suspects dead and no tracked attempt at selling the paintings, this case remains unsolved. This episode goes int ... Show More

In 1991 a man was found dead in the trunk of his car. He’d been brutally slain, and despite obvious foul play, leads were hard to come by — until his name began popping up in another investigation. One that was unraveling the threads of an art heist unlike anything the world had ... Show More

In this episode we’re stepping into the world of art theft. According to the CIA it’s one of the top criminal enterprises in the world. A case was in the headlines recently after two British brothers admitted to raiding a museum in Switzerland and making off with iconic Chinese M ... Show More