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Known as the most significant art theft in history, the 1990 art heist of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum still haunts historians. Now some 30 years …

James Marks, a Lynn mobster, was killed in 1991. Now investigators think his murder could be connected to the Gardner Museum Heist.

Gentile died in in September, insisting to the very end that he had nothing to do with the Gardner heist — in spite of evidence to the contrary. Now, detectives outside of Boston are finding new clues in a long unsolved underworld murder that puts Gentile in the company of a group of mobsters long suspected of involvement in the crime — just months after it happened and decades earlier than originally thought.

The more we learn about great art and its creators, the more mysteries we uncover. Sometimes, these mysteries are more convoluted and salacious than any

A Netflix four-part documentary is shining a light on the unsolved infamous half a billion dollar heist of artwork from a Boston museum. This is a Robbery recounts the story of the worlds biggest art theft, which saw 13 paintings, estimated to be worth $500million, taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on 18 March 1990. Two thieves disguised as Boston police officers talked their way into the museum at 1:20am, handcuffed and blindfolded security with duct tape before snatch...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. The True Story of Separating fact from fiction in Netflixs latest true crime thriller By Laura Martin 07/04/2021 The perfect heist is the subject of many a great movie, but one of the biggest thefts in the art world took place for real more than 30 years ago. Unlike Hollywood’s versions, which tend to wrap up with a neat how-and-why explainer (thanks, Danny Ocean), this one remains a whodunnit...