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Sep 2018
35m 11s

Episode 1: '81 Minutes'

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In 1990, two thieves stole 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. We take a closer look at what happened that night. 
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Sep 2018
Episode 2: 'Inside Job?'
<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> 
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Episode 3: 'Not A Bunch Of Jamokes'
<p>Was the heist planned in the belly of Boston's criminal underworld operating out of a Dorchester auto body shop?</p> 
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Oct 2018
Episode 4: 'Two Bad Men'
<p>Were George Reissfelder and David Turner involved in the Gardner heist?</p> 
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