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- A Boston museum with
over a billion dollars
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in priceless paintings:
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the site of one of the
largest art thefts in history.
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- The Vermeer is one
of the most valuable
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paintings in the world.
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[tense music]
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- Despite
security precautions,
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the thieves walk right in.
[buzzer buzzes]
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- This could have
been Fort Knox.
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But you let the people in,
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then it really doesn't matter
how much security you have.
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- The brazen theft is only
the start of the story.
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Soon, there are
multiple suspects
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and a trail of dead bodies.
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- His throat was
slashed so deep
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that he was nearly decapitated.
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- Now that's a message.
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- And above all,
one burning question:
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will the invaluable paintings
ever be found?
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- The paintings could be here,
the paintings could be there.
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What happened to the paintings?
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- The masterminds
behind every great heist
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see what most people don't...
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♪ ♪
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Risking everything to pull
off the score of a lifetime.
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It takes a bold plan...
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♪ ♪
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The right team...
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and the skill to stay
one step ahead of the law.
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♪ ♪
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[suspenseful music]
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♪ ♪
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[energetic music]
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♪ ♪
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- [chuckles]
It's the 1980s,
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and as art prices skyrocket,
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professional thieves
turned from robbing banks
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to robbing museums.
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Boston's Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum
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is one-of-a-kind.
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A gem of a target, thanks
to its peerless collection
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of old masters.
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When it opens in 1903,
the Gardner boasts
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the largest private collection
of art in America.
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♪ ♪
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- Isabella Stewart Gardner
is a force of nature.
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She's five feet tall,
shock of red hair.
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She was someone
who used her wealth
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to create something to leave
to the city of Boston.
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♪ ♪
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- She built, in my opinion,
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one of the most beautiful
museums
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that this world has ever seen.
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- Nothing can prepare you,
really,
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for the experience
of walking into the Gardener.
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It is a riot, a visual feast.
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[suspenseful music]
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♪ ♪
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- That museum is jam-packed
with very expensive artwork,
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priceless artwork.
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She had the Vermeer,
which is one of
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what, 31 or 32 in the world?
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- Vermeer's "Concert."
What an amazing painting.
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- You have various Rembrandts.
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- "Christ on the Sea
of Galilee."
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- A museum like no other.
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You'd find something new
every time.
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♪ ♪
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[upbeat music]
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- When Isabella Stewart
Gardner dies in 1923,
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her will
establishes an endowment
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to keep the museum open
exactly how she left it.
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- The will stipulates
that no paintings
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should be taken away,
and nothing added either.
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- She was not going
to lose this museum
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to some future generation
that had terrible taste
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or a bad vision or didn't share
her love for it,
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so she wrote a will
that stipulates that
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nothing can be removed
or even moved.
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- Unfortunately,
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Gardner's will
also prevents the museum
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from making necessary upgrades
to its security systems.
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- But without her leadership
it began to fray,
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and I think security
was one of the things
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that was fraying badly.
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- By 1981, the museum security
is so outmoded
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that one East Boston mob crew
can't resist an easy score.
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- The museum had classical
music concerts twice a week.
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They were going to set off
smoke bombs at the recital...
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[classical music being played]
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Cause all sorts of havoc,
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and then steal
what they wanted to steal.
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[alarm wailing]
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Well, they got caught
by the FBI.
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But now the idea
of the museum was vulnerable,
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that gets known.
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- After this close call,
the museum decides
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to finally make
several security improvements.
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[suspenseful music]
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- One of them was
a motion detector system.
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They put sensors
in the doorways
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of each of the galleries.
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- And there is a
dot matrix printout
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of all of their movements
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that's being fed through a
printer in the guard station.
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[dot matrix printer whines]
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- High-tech solutions
are only as good
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as the people who use them,
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so the board establishes
new security protocols
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for the guards.
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- There would be two
night shift guards on duty.
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One would be
walking through the museum
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going floor to floor,
checking the rooms
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to make sure there were
no issues or disturbances.
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The other guard would
be at the guard desk,
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and monitoring the systems
by the Palace Road door.
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- Now under the desk,
there's a button
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that he could push
and alert to the police.
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[suspenseful music]
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- The Palace Road door
leads directly
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into a last line of defense
for the guards.
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- There's a man trap.
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When you have those visitors,
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you can let them
in the first door.
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And then when that door shuts,
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they're kind of
locked in there, right?
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They can leave, but
they can't get in the museum.
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- Despite the new systems,
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a new pair of professional
thieves spot a weakness.
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They picked the perfect date
for a fresh heist attempt...
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March 17, 1990.
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[rowdy upbeat music]
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- March 17 is a holy holiday
in Boston.
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St. Patrick's Day.
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♪ ♪
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- [chuckling] It's a
boozy riot across the city.
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♪ ♪
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[suspenseful music]
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- The first few hours of
the St. Patrick's night shift
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start like any other.
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The two guards take turns
patrolling the museum.
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- It's these two young men
in their early 20s
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who are guarding the museum.
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Rick Abath, a Berklee College
of Music school dropout,
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with long ringlet
rockstar hair,
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and Randy Heston,
who is also a music student.
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He likes the night shift,
he says,
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because it gives him a chance
to practice his trombone.
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- So Randy takes the desk.
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His job is to sit at the desk,
monitor cameras.
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Rick does his first rounds.
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♪ ♪
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- All the lights were out in
the museum during third shift,
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and you would walk around
with a flashlight.
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♪ ♪
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- During the second rounds
that Rick does,
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a fire alarm goes off.
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[bell ringing]
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No smoke condition,
nothing that indicates a fire.
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They turn it off.
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[alarm falls silent]
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- What we understand is that
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Rick Abath
goes to the Palace Road door
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and opens it and closes it
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and comes back into
the museum.
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♪ ♪
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- So we're talking about
March 18, 1990.
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Early morning hours of the--
past midnight, 1:00.
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It's a little bit rainy,
misty.
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Not too cold.
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- And that's when
two individuals
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walk up
to the Palace Road door...
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♪ ♪
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Ring the doorbell.
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[tense musical crescendo]
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[suspenseful music]
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- The two thieves have
a clear, detailed plan.
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They start
by approaching the museum
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wearing stolen
police uniforms.
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The only question is
will their disguises work?
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- So there they are,
outside the door.
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There's a closed circuit
TV camera
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shining right down on them.
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Inside the museum
less than 30 feet away
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and Rick sees these two men
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announcing themselves
police officers.
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"We're here
to investigate a disturbance."
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"What disturbance?
There's no disturbance here."
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- The policy
at the Gardner Museum is
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nobody gets in the museum
after it's closed.
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Even if it's Boston Police
or law enforcement,
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what you're supposed to do
is call Boston Police.
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- Rick Abath is familiar
with the protocol,
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but he chooses
not to follow it.
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He lets the two men
inside the first door.
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Thanks to the man trap,
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he has one more chance
to look them over.
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- Rick, he was very trusting
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and a good-hearted person.
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He decided it'd be OK
to let them in.
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[buzzer buzzes]
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And unfortunately,
it went totally wrong.
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[tense music]
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- Instead of
following protocol,
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Rick buzzes them in
and the heist is on.
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- This could have
been Fort Knox.
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But you let the people in,
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then it really doesn't matter
how much security you have.
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- By letting those two men
into the museum,
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Rick Abath unleashed the
greatest art heist in history.
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♪ ♪
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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- March 18, 1:24 a.m.
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Two thieves
posing as policemen
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make it through
the first security door
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at the Gardner Museum.
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- He saw the uniforms
and just assumed
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that they
were telling the truth.
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- Guard Rick Abath
has one last opportunity
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to stop them
getting any farther.
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Instead, he buzzes them in.
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- Then Rick says to them,
"There's nothing going on."
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[dramatic tense music]
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They ask,
"Who else is in the museum?"
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"There's one other guard."
"Call him down."
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And Rick has a two-way radio.
He calls down Randy.
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- As that second guard comes
to the guard desk,
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the individuals claiming
to be Boston police officers
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tell the guard at the desk,
"Can I see your ID?
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And at that point,
the alleged officers say,
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"There's a warrant out
for your arrest."
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- And Rick says,
"Mo, no, no, no, no, no.
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I'm not wanted for anything."
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By stepping away,
he is going to be out of reach
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from hitting the alarm bell.
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The one security alarm bell
the museum has
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to the outside world.
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- And at that point,
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they place handcuffs
on the first guard.
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The other guard who came down
to the first floor,
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they tell him to get up
against the wall.
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- And Randy's going,
"Oh, my God.
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What is going on?
What did Rick do?"
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But then no sooner
is he wondering this,
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then he's being handcuffed.
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- That's when the
one bad guy declared,
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"Gentlemen, this is a robbery."
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- The fake police take control
of the real guards
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and tell them what will happen
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if they tell the cops anything
about the robbery,
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and it's not pretty.
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- Tells them, "We now know who
you are and where you live.
261
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"Keep quiet, cooperate,
and don't ever say anything
262
00:11:53,751 --> 00:11:56,876
or we're going
to come hunt you down."
263
00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,710
- They proceed
to tape their eyes
264
00:11:58,793 --> 00:12:01,835
so they can't see where they're
going and then they're moved.
265
00:12:01,918 --> 00:12:03,543
Both led down to the basement.
266
00:12:03,626 --> 00:12:09,751
♪ ♪
267
00:12:09,876 --> 00:12:12,210
- At that moment,
those guards didn't know
268
00:12:12,335 --> 00:12:14,126
if they were going to live
or die.
269
00:12:14,251 --> 00:12:16,085
- With the guards
under control,
270
00:12:16,210 --> 00:12:20,210
the men now have free reign
of the entire museum.
271
00:12:20,335 --> 00:12:22,210
But their movements
are still being tracked
272
00:12:22,335 --> 00:12:25,501
by the motion detectors
throughout the building.
273
00:12:25,626 --> 00:12:29,460
- The dot matrix printer
that is tracking movement
274
00:12:29,585 --> 00:12:34,251
through the galleries
shows exactly where they went,
275
00:12:34,376 --> 00:12:36,710
for how long,
and what they did there.
276
00:12:36,793 --> 00:12:38,668
It's the closest thing,
I think,
277
00:12:38,751 --> 00:12:40,251
to sort of peeking
through a keyhole
278
00:12:40,376 --> 00:12:43,210
and watching
the whole thing unfold.
279
00:12:43,335 --> 00:12:46,085
- The two thieves
head to the second floor
280
00:12:46,210 --> 00:12:49,501
filled with masterpieces
of the Dutch Golden Age.
281
00:12:49,585 --> 00:12:51,210
They start with a painting
282
00:12:51,293 --> 00:12:54,251
worth an estimated
$100 million,
283
00:12:54,418 --> 00:12:59,001
Rembrandt's "Christ in the
Storm on the Sea of Galilee."
284
00:12:59,085 --> 00:13:01,043
- It's an enormous painting
on which we see Christ
285
00:13:01,126 --> 00:13:03,418
and the Apostles at sea
in a storm.
286
00:13:03,543 --> 00:13:05,668
♪ ♪
287
00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:07,793
And the apostles look like
288
00:13:07,918 --> 00:13:10,085
they're staring death
in the face
289
00:13:10,210 --> 00:13:14,251
and Christ alone
is just serene among them.
290
00:13:14,376 --> 00:13:16,418
And if you look very closely,
there's Rembrandt.
291
00:13:16,543 --> 00:13:17,751
He's painted himself in it.
292
00:13:17,918 --> 00:13:19,543
So it's a remarkable painting.
293
00:13:19,668 --> 00:13:23,001
It's full of movement and fury
and it's his only seascape,
294
00:13:23,085 --> 00:13:24,876
so it is one of a kind.
295
00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,793
♪ ♪
296
00:13:26,918 --> 00:13:29,835
The way they take it is brutal.
297
00:13:29,918 --> 00:13:32,168
[abrasive dissonant music]
298
00:13:32,251 --> 00:13:34,751
They slash it from
its rosewood stretcher.
299
00:13:34,918 --> 00:13:38,376
[dramatic music]
300
00:13:38,501 --> 00:13:41,710
They slash it
right out of the frame.
301
00:13:41,835 --> 00:13:43,876
- They did
the same butcher job
302
00:13:44,001 --> 00:13:46,710
to the prize of the room,
Vermeer's "Concert."
303
00:13:46,835 --> 00:13:50,376
- So they're really
wreaking havoc inside the room.
304
00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:53,126
♪ ♪
305
00:13:53,251 --> 00:13:55,793
- What they did
to priceless art was violent.
306
00:13:55,918 --> 00:13:57,918
[jazz music]
[glass shatters]
307
00:13:57,918 --> 00:13:59,960
- There's broken glass
and splinters everywhere.
308
00:14:00,085 --> 00:14:02,418
- They take
a Rembrandt etching.
309
00:14:02,585 --> 00:14:04,085
It's about the size
of postage stamp,
310
00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,876
but it's in a very
elaborate frame.
311
00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:08,960
And we know that
they spend the time
312
00:14:09,085 --> 00:14:11,876
unscrewing every screw
on that frame.
313
00:14:12,001 --> 00:14:16,376
Requires a special tool.
314
00:14:16,501 --> 00:14:19,626
- If you're stealing millions
of dollars' worth of paintings,
315
00:14:19,751 --> 00:14:21,085
you would imagine
time would be of the essence.
316
00:14:21,210 --> 00:14:24,210
That you wouldn't be spending
time unscrewing this item
317
00:14:24,293 --> 00:14:26,918
and taking it out of the frame
when frankly,
318
00:14:27,043 --> 00:14:28,460
you probably could have
put it in your pocket.
319
00:14:28,585 --> 00:14:30,918
- And they took one more thing
from the Dutch room,
320
00:14:31,085 --> 00:14:34,043
which doesn't fit
with the theme of that room.
321
00:14:34,126 --> 00:14:37,751
A 12th century Chinese gu,
or beaker.
322
00:14:37,918 --> 00:14:41,751
- It's an ancient Chinese vase
that they decided to take.
323
00:14:41,918 --> 00:14:43,585
You'd think you could just
grab that off the table,
324
00:14:43,710 --> 00:14:45,876
but that was actually
screwed to the table.
325
00:14:46,001 --> 00:14:48,251
So somebody wasted
significant time
326
00:14:48,376 --> 00:14:50,626
getting that gu, which, again,
327
00:14:50,751 --> 00:14:54,876
is not close to being
in the top 300 items of value
328
00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,293
in that museum.
329
00:14:56,418 --> 00:14:59,876
♪ ♪
330
00:15:00,001 --> 00:15:03,501
- There seems to be no pattern
to the items they're taking.
331
00:15:03,585 --> 00:15:06,043
They aren't the most valuable,
nor the easiest to carry.
332
00:15:06,126 --> 00:15:07,501
The violent way the thieves
333
00:15:07,585 --> 00:15:09,168
cut the paintings
from the frames...
334
00:15:09,251 --> 00:15:10,543
[scoffing chuckle]
335
00:15:10,668 --> 00:15:13,876
Suggest they don't understand
the true value of the art.
336
00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:16,460
[dramatic music]
337
00:15:16,585 --> 00:15:18,001
- In the Short Gallery,
338
00:15:18,085 --> 00:15:21,585
they take five
equestrian sketches by Degas.
339
00:15:21,751 --> 00:15:22,876
Not his usual fare.
340
00:15:23,001 --> 00:15:25,876
- It just seemed like, "Oh,
those look like nice drawings.
341
00:15:26,043 --> 00:15:27,460
Let's take those, too."
342
00:15:27,585 --> 00:15:29,668
♪ ♪
343
00:15:29,793 --> 00:15:34,835
- And they also tried to
take a silk Napoleonic flag.
344
00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,251
- But they couldn't get
that banner out of its frame.
345
00:15:38,376 --> 00:15:40,793
But they take the finial...
346
00:15:40,918 --> 00:15:44,001
the eagle-shaped finial
at the top of the flagpole.
347
00:15:44,126 --> 00:15:46,251
[tense music]
348
00:15:46,418 --> 00:15:48,543
- They take the final painting
of the heist
349
00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:52,001
from an entirely different
part of the museum.
350
00:15:52,126 --> 00:15:55,835
- There's a painting taken
from the Blue Room,
351
00:15:55,918 --> 00:15:57,335
which is on the first floor.
352
00:15:57,418 --> 00:16:00,126
And that is Manet's
"Chez Tortoni."
353
00:16:00,251 --> 00:16:02,710
It's a portrait of a man
wearing a top hat.
354
00:16:02,835 --> 00:16:04,876
He has brown eyes and
he's kind of looking at you
355
00:16:05,043 --> 00:16:07,085
in this beguiling way.
356
00:16:07,251 --> 00:16:09,043
- And what's interesting
is that
357
00:16:09,126 --> 00:16:10,376
there's no motion detected
358
00:16:10,501 --> 00:16:12,418
in that room
during the robbery.
359
00:16:12,585 --> 00:16:14,710
- While they may not know
a lot about the art
360
00:16:14,835 --> 00:16:16,960
they're stealing,
they do seem to know a lot
361
00:16:17,085 --> 00:16:19,376
about the museum's
security setup.
362
00:16:19,501 --> 00:16:22,168
- The bad guys,
when they left,
363
00:16:22,293 --> 00:16:24,668
they saw the
motion detector transcript
364
00:16:24,793 --> 00:16:27,210
was being printed out
at the guard's desk
365
00:16:27,335 --> 00:16:30,043
and they ripped that out
to steal the transcript
366
00:16:30,168 --> 00:16:32,793
of where they had been,
how they had done it.
367
00:16:32,918 --> 00:16:34,418
- Now what they didn't realize
368
00:16:34,543 --> 00:16:38,376
is that the computer hard drive
kept a record
369
00:16:38,543 --> 00:16:39,960
of what was on that printout.
370
00:16:40,085 --> 00:16:41,251
So while they took the paper,
371
00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:43,376
we were able
to determine after,
372
00:16:43,501 --> 00:16:45,210
by using the hard drive
of the computer,
373
00:16:45,376 --> 00:16:46,793
where they had been.
374
00:16:46,918 --> 00:16:49,543
[VCR clicking]
375
00:16:49,668 --> 00:16:51,543
Then the thieves go
into the security office
376
00:16:51,626 --> 00:16:54,876
and take the videotape
from that evening.
377
00:16:55,043 --> 00:16:57,460
So obviously,
we couldn't see
378
00:16:57,585 --> 00:16:59,835
what the security cameras
showed during the robbery.
379
00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:02,501
♪ ♪
380
00:17:02,626 --> 00:17:05,126
One leaves first,
and a few minutes later,
381
00:17:05,251 --> 00:17:07,460
the second leave,
and that's it.
382
00:17:07,585 --> 00:17:09,335
They get in the car,
presumably, drive away.
383
00:17:09,418 --> 00:17:11,043
And those paintings
or individuals
384
00:17:11,168 --> 00:17:12,793
are never seen
or heard from again.
385
00:17:12,918 --> 00:17:15,585
- What we know is that
the thieves were in the museum
386
00:17:15,710 --> 00:17:18,585
for 81 minutes,
which is an astonishing length
387
00:17:18,751 --> 00:17:20,376
of time for a heist.
388
00:17:20,501 --> 00:17:23,335
Most heists are smash-and-grab.
389
00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:25,710
You know, three minutes tops.
390
00:17:25,876 --> 00:17:27,210
It makes me wonder...
391
00:17:27,293 --> 00:17:29,001
[laughing]
Why didn't they take more?
392
00:17:29,126 --> 00:17:31,210
- In those 81 minutes,
393
00:17:31,376 --> 00:17:34,210
the thieves take
13 priceless pieces of art
394
00:17:34,293 --> 00:17:37,251
and vanish into thin air.
395
00:17:37,376 --> 00:17:41,418
The museum sits quiet
for the next five hours.
396
00:17:41,543 --> 00:17:45,460
♪ ♪
397
00:17:45,585 --> 00:17:50,460
- So it's the morning
of Sunday, March 18.
398
00:17:50,585 --> 00:17:53,043
The guards for the next shift
show up.
399
00:17:53,126 --> 00:17:59,668
♪ ♪
400
00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:02,293
- The day shift comes
and realize there's a problem.
401
00:18:02,418 --> 00:18:04,418
The guards aren't here.
402
00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:06,168
[dramatic music]
403
00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:08,501
♪ ♪
404
00:18:08,585 --> 00:18:11,168
- We've reached
a new frontier here
405
00:18:11,251 --> 00:18:12,751
in the annals of art crime.
406
00:18:12,876 --> 00:18:16,460
♪ ♪
407
00:18:16,585 --> 00:18:18,043
I mean, this is brazen.
This is big.
408
00:18:18,126 --> 00:18:19,585
♪ ♪
409
00:18:23,751 --> 00:18:25,001
[dramatic music]
410
00:18:25,085 --> 00:18:26,543
- At 7:45 Sunday morning,
411
00:18:26,710 --> 00:18:29,418
the day shift arrives
at the Gardner Museum.
412
00:18:29,543 --> 00:18:32,751
Normally, the night guards
buzz them in.
413
00:18:32,876 --> 00:18:34,793
Not today.
414
00:18:34,918 --> 00:18:37,543
[tense music]
415
00:18:37,626 --> 00:18:39,460
♪ ♪
416
00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:43,376
As soon as they step inside,
they know something's wrong.
417
00:18:43,501 --> 00:18:45,668
After they enter
the Dutch room,
418
00:18:45,793 --> 00:18:47,876
they call the police.
419
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:52,168
- Boston police come.
They sweep the museum.
420
00:18:52,251 --> 00:18:55,876
- They find a scene
of destruction.
421
00:18:56,001 --> 00:18:58,710
It's very clear that
this has been a very brazen
422
00:18:58,876 --> 00:19:02,043
and very violent robbery.
423
00:19:02,210 --> 00:19:05,835
- Investigators are alarmed
by the destruction they see
424
00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,710
and the art they don't.
425
00:19:07,793 --> 00:19:10,876
- They took all of the
Rembrandts off the walls.
426
00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,085
- It's a half a billion
up to a billion dollars' worth
427
00:19:14,251 --> 00:19:15,876
of paintings.
428
00:19:16,001 --> 00:19:19,376
- One of them, mercifully,
was not stolen.
429
00:19:19,543 --> 00:19:23,501
It's a large self-portrait
of Rembrandt at the age of 23
430
00:19:23,585 --> 00:19:28,460
that was off the wall and
turned away from the doorway.
431
00:19:28,585 --> 00:19:31,543
- It was worth many, many
times more than the etching.
432
00:19:31,668 --> 00:19:33,043
It seems like
they took it off the wall
433
00:19:33,126 --> 00:19:35,043
and then forgot about it.
434
00:19:35,168 --> 00:19:37,460
- Ten minutes
after they arrive,
435
00:19:37,585 --> 00:19:39,418
the police
locate the missing guards.
436
00:19:39,585 --> 00:19:41,710
- They find the two guards
437
00:19:41,835 --> 00:19:45,668
gagged and bound
in the basement of the museum.
438
00:19:45,793 --> 00:19:48,626
- Each is handcuffed about
50 feet away from each other,
439
00:19:48,751 --> 00:19:50,543
and their heads
are duct taped.
440
00:19:50,626 --> 00:19:52,210
They're duct taped this way,
441
00:19:52,376 --> 00:19:55,251
they're duct taped
around their eyes.
442
00:19:55,376 --> 00:19:57,543
- So of course,
that was traumatic for them.
443
00:19:57,626 --> 00:20:00,376
- Relieved that both guards
were alive,
444
00:20:00,543 --> 00:20:02,626
authorities immediately
work with them
445
00:20:02,751 --> 00:20:04,751
to build a description
of the suspects.
446
00:20:04,918 --> 00:20:06,710
- What these thieves
looked like
447
00:20:06,835 --> 00:20:09,668
depended on the memory of the
two men who had seen them.
448
00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:11,918
- They believe they had
Boston Police uniforms.
449
00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:14,085
One was, I think,
shorter and stocky.
450
00:20:14,210 --> 00:20:17,251
- Dark eyes, dark hair,
olive skin.
451
00:20:17,376 --> 00:20:20,543
- One was thinner, wiry.
One had glasses on.
452
00:20:20,668 --> 00:20:24,085
- The other has kind of
a bowl cut and dark eyes.
453
00:20:24,210 --> 00:20:25,918
- Both of them had mustaches,
454
00:20:26,085 --> 00:20:28,335
but they kept on
pressing the mustache down,
455
00:20:28,418 --> 00:20:30,126
so it gives a belief
that they were false.
456
00:20:30,251 --> 00:20:33,043
- That's about all.
457
00:20:33,126 --> 00:20:36,376
- Even more important
than what they looked like
458
00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:38,460
is how well they seemed
to know the museum's
459
00:20:38,585 --> 00:20:40,460
new security features.
460
00:20:40,585 --> 00:20:43,251
- They had gotten the guards
away from the panic button.
461
00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:45,751
- And they knew where
the cellar door was.
462
00:20:45,876 --> 00:20:48,751
- They know where
to get the videotape
463
00:20:48,876 --> 00:20:50,668
in the security
director's office,
464
00:20:50,751 --> 00:20:53,210
and they know
to take the printout.
465
00:20:53,293 --> 00:20:54,710
- In this case,
it could be an inside job.
466
00:20:54,876 --> 00:20:57,668
- As news of the robbery
shocks the art world
467
00:20:57,751 --> 00:20:59,710
and tips start coming in,
468
00:20:59,835 --> 00:21:03,835
the FBI focuses on
the most obvious possibility.
469
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,335
This was an inside job.
470
00:21:05,418 --> 00:21:07,710
♪ ♪
471
00:21:07,793 --> 00:21:09,501
The FBI
takes particular interest
472
00:21:09,626 --> 00:21:11,335
in the security guard
473
00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:13,918
who made one too many mistakes
that night,
474
00:21:14,085 --> 00:21:16,751
Rick Abath.
475
00:21:16,918 --> 00:21:21,168
- Rick Abath is a 23-year-old
music school dropout
476
00:21:21,251 --> 00:21:23,501
who loves the Grateful Dead
477
00:21:23,585 --> 00:21:26,293
and jamming with his band,
Ukiah.
478
00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:29,210
- He was just a cool,
mellow guy.
479
00:21:29,293 --> 00:21:34,376
Nothing about Rick said
to me that he was subversive
480
00:21:34,543 --> 00:21:36,001
or he was up to no good.
481
00:21:36,126 --> 00:21:38,710
- I think that a lot of the
speculation in this case
482
00:21:38,835 --> 00:21:42,918
about Rick Abath's motives
and guilt
483
00:21:43,085 --> 00:21:45,376
revolve around that one act
of opening the door
484
00:21:45,501 --> 00:21:47,376
and closing the door
485
00:21:47,460 --> 00:21:49,793
and coming back inside
before the heist.
486
00:21:50,793 --> 00:21:52,668
That's a weird thing to do.
487
00:21:52,751 --> 00:21:54,585
- Why are you checking
the outside door?
488
00:21:54,710 --> 00:21:56,626
Because you can see it.
There's a window right there.
489
00:21:56,751 --> 00:21:58,626
You can just look
and see if it's ajar.
490
00:21:58,751 --> 00:22:01,210
- Is he just making sure
the door is locked,
491
00:22:01,335 --> 00:22:05,210
or is he signaling bad guys
that it's safe to come in?
492
00:22:05,335 --> 00:22:09,293
- There's one more thing that
makes Rick a prime suspect.
493
00:22:09,418 --> 00:22:11,501
- One of the masterpieces,
the Manet,
494
00:22:11,626 --> 00:22:15,835
is stolen from that
first floor Blue Room.
495
00:22:15,918 --> 00:22:19,626
- Based on the printout
from security,
496
00:22:19,751 --> 00:22:22,876
the thieves footsteps
are never found downstairs
497
00:22:23,001 --> 00:22:25,335
in the Blue Room where
the "Chez Tortoni" is taken,
498
00:22:25,418 --> 00:22:30,043
and the empty frame is left on
the security director's chair,
499
00:22:30,168 --> 00:22:33,543
which seems like a little
bit of a--you know.
500
00:22:33,626 --> 00:22:35,835
It's a little bit of a slap,
maybe.
501
00:22:35,918 --> 00:22:37,668
- Despite the
lingering questions,
502
00:22:37,751 --> 00:22:41,335
the FBI'S investigation
can't find any evidence
503
00:22:41,418 --> 00:22:43,710
tying Rick Abath to the crime.
504
00:22:43,835 --> 00:22:45,543
- I worked the case
for six years.
505
00:22:45,710 --> 00:22:47,585
There was never enough evidence
to charge anybody.
506
00:22:47,710 --> 00:22:49,876
Whether a guard,
an insider,
507
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,918
never enough to pull
the trigger on an indictment.
508
00:22:54,085 --> 00:22:56,918
- Rick Abath is now a dead-end
for investigators,
509
00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:58,210
the first of many.
510
00:22:58,376 --> 00:22:59,668
Over the next several months,
511
00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:02,626
the FBI looks into
every clue they unearth,
512
00:23:02,751 --> 00:23:06,251
including a tip that the art
thieves have ties to the mob.
513
00:23:06,376 --> 00:23:07,585
[chuckles]
514
00:23:07,751 --> 00:23:09,918
More than a year
after the heist,
515
00:23:10,085 --> 00:23:11,210
they get a fresh lead
516
00:23:11,335 --> 00:23:13,710
from the Massachusetts State
Police who've been monitoring
517
00:23:13,835 --> 00:23:17,960
a crooked car shop
called TRC Auto.
518
00:23:18,085 --> 00:23:21,710
[suspenseful music]
519
00:23:21,835 --> 00:23:25,835
- TRC Auto is owned
by Carmello Merlino...
520
00:23:25,918 --> 00:23:28,418
♪ ♪
521
00:23:28,543 --> 00:23:32,626
An Italian mob guy
who has a crew of criminals.
522
00:23:32,751 --> 00:23:34,710
They're heavy hitters,
these guys.
523
00:23:34,835 --> 00:23:36,501
You need a criminal?
524
00:23:36,626 --> 00:23:38,376
You go there,
you can get yourself a criminal
525
00:23:38,501 --> 00:23:40,251
to steal anything you want.
526
00:23:40,376 --> 00:23:42,335
- The Massachusetts
State Police
527
00:23:42,418 --> 00:23:46,001
have been keeping eyes on
these guys for quite some time
528
00:23:46,126 --> 00:23:50,168
for, amongst other things,
drugs, stolen items,
529
00:23:50,293 --> 00:23:52,543
as well as the heist itself.
530
00:23:52,626 --> 00:23:54,168
- At the time,
there were informants
531
00:23:54,251 --> 00:23:56,501
who claimed that
Carmello Merlino
532
00:23:56,585 --> 00:23:58,793
had some hand either
in the actual heist
533
00:23:58,918 --> 00:24:00,168
or knew where the artwork was.
534
00:24:00,293 --> 00:24:04,710
- Law enforcement starts
to get ins on the TRC gang
535
00:24:04,835 --> 00:24:07,043
because very quickly,
they know that this is the gang
536
00:24:07,126 --> 00:24:09,793
that is most likely
the source of the heist.
537
00:24:09,918 --> 00:24:14,543
- The FBI takes a closer look
at drug dealers, thieves,
538
00:24:14,668 --> 00:24:16,876
and enforcers
surrounding Merlino.
539
00:24:17,001 --> 00:24:18,793
Two men quickly rise
to the top
540
00:24:18,918 --> 00:24:21,335
of a possible suspects list--
541
00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:26,043
George Reissfelder
and Lenny DiMuzio.
542
00:24:26,126 --> 00:24:28,960
- Some people thought
they matched the sketches
543
00:24:29,085 --> 00:24:30,668
that both guards
cooperated in.
544
00:24:30,793 --> 00:24:32,710
- Reissfelder in particular
does more than
545
00:24:32,835 --> 00:24:35,085
just fit the description.
546
00:24:35,251 --> 00:24:37,710
There are whispers that he may
have one of the paintings.
547
00:24:37,835 --> 00:24:39,501
- The thing for Reissfelder
548
00:24:39,585 --> 00:24:41,585
that elevated him
to the top of the list
549
00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:43,001
is the fact that
his own brother
550
00:24:43,085 --> 00:24:45,960
claimed to have seen
Manet's "Chez Tortoni"
551
00:24:46,085 --> 00:24:50,168
hanging over George's bed
at his apartment in Quincy.
552
00:24:50,251 --> 00:24:52,835
- Authorities are eager
to talk to Reissfelder
553
00:24:52,918 --> 00:24:56,168
and discuss
his personal art collection.
554
00:24:56,251 --> 00:24:57,543
They don't get chance.
555
00:24:57,668 --> 00:24:59,626
In March of 1991,
556
00:24:59,751 --> 00:25:03,793
he's found dead under
suspicious circumstances.
557
00:25:03,918 --> 00:25:06,335
And the Manet
he supposedly held?
558
00:25:06,418 --> 00:25:09,251
Nowhere to be found.
559
00:25:09,418 --> 00:25:14,751
- You have a guy who
is not an injector found dead.
560
00:25:14,876 --> 00:25:16,835
The needle was
still in his arm.
561
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,335
And those who knew him
said he didn't inject drugs.
562
00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:22,418
He was afraid of needles,
actually,
563
00:25:22,543 --> 00:25:25,251
so it's a little suspicious.
564
00:25:25,418 --> 00:25:28,626
- What's interesting about
it is that Carmello Merlino
565
00:25:28,751 --> 00:25:30,668
was there at the house.
566
00:25:30,751 --> 00:25:33,751
He went into his apartment
before the police arrived.
567
00:25:33,876 --> 00:25:37,960
And if the "Chez Tortoni"
really was over George's bed,
568
00:25:38,085 --> 00:25:39,751
then Carmello
could have gone in there
569
00:25:39,918 --> 00:25:41,918
and moved it beforehand.
570
00:25:42,043 --> 00:25:43,418
♪ ♪
571
00:25:43,543 --> 00:25:46,043
- With Reissfelder permanently
out of the picture,
572
00:25:46,126 --> 00:25:48,918
investigators turn
to his alleged partner
573
00:25:49,085 --> 00:25:51,835
in the crime, Lenny DiMuzio.
574
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,835
But just like
the Gardener paintings,
575
00:25:54,918 --> 00:25:56,918
DiMuzio is missing.
576
00:25:57,043 --> 00:26:00,168
- Lenny DiMuzio
visits his sister,
577
00:26:00,251 --> 00:26:03,043
disappears on that visit.
578
00:26:06,918 --> 00:26:09,751
[suspenseful music]
579
00:26:09,876 --> 00:26:12,960
- A year after the
Gardner Museum heist,
580
00:26:13,085 --> 00:26:16,543
and one of the possible
suspects is already dead.
581
00:26:16,668 --> 00:26:19,626
Another, Lenny DiMuzio,
is missing.
582
00:26:19,751 --> 00:26:22,335
Three months after
Reissfelder's body is found,
583
00:26:22,418 --> 00:26:25,960
DiMuzio resurfaces, dead.
584
00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:31,293
- Lenny DiMuzio is found
over in East Boston
585
00:26:31,418 --> 00:26:35,168
in the trunk of a car...
586
00:26:35,251 --> 00:26:39,293
and he's been shot
multiple times.
587
00:26:39,418 --> 00:26:41,376
- Another dead-end.
588
00:26:41,460 --> 00:26:44,835
Could this be Carmello Merlino
cleaning up loose ends
589
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,876
or something else?
590
00:26:47,001 --> 00:26:48,876
A message to other
crew members
591
00:26:49,001 --> 00:26:50,710
who may have ties
to the heist?
592
00:26:50,793 --> 00:26:52,543
♪ ♪
593
00:26:52,626 --> 00:26:56,918
With their best leads stymied,
law enforcement gets creative.
594
00:26:57,043 --> 00:26:59,835
Some say it takes a thief
to catch one,
595
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:03,876
so they turn to New England's
most notorious art thief,
596
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,543
Myles Connor.
597
00:27:05,626 --> 00:27:07,710
[psychedelic rock music]
598
00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,001
- If Myles hadn't
been in prison at the time,
599
00:27:10,085 --> 00:27:12,210
people would have figured,
"Case solved. It's Myles."
600
00:27:12,335 --> 00:27:14,335
But there was some speculation
that perhaps,
601
00:27:14,418 --> 00:27:15,751
he knew who did it.
602
00:27:15,876 --> 00:27:18,126
- When authorities
interview him in jail,
603
00:27:18,251 --> 00:27:20,710
Connor tells them
quite a tale.
604
00:27:20,835 --> 00:27:22,543
- While Myles Connor
is sitting in federal prison
605
00:27:22,626 --> 00:27:24,751
in California,
he receives a visitor,
606
00:27:24,918 --> 00:27:27,710
a friend who said,
"We did this thing.
607
00:27:27,835 --> 00:27:30,210
We did it for you.
We're going to get you out."
608
00:27:30,376 --> 00:27:34,626
And by we,
he means Bobby Donati and him.
609
00:27:34,751 --> 00:27:37,418
And it makes total sense
to Myles.
610
00:27:37,543 --> 00:27:40,793
- Connor's connection
with Bobby Donati runs deep.
611
00:27:40,918 --> 00:27:43,876
They've stolen paintings
before.
612
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,293
[energetic music]
613
00:27:45,418 --> 00:27:47,085
- In the 1970s,
614
00:27:47,251 --> 00:27:49,960
he and Bobby Donati
cased the Gardner.
615
00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:51,293
They were walking through
the Short Gallery,
616
00:27:51,418 --> 00:27:56,876
and Bobby Donati looked at the
top of a silk Napoleonic flag.
617
00:27:57,001 --> 00:27:59,626
He looked up at the bronze
eagle finial and said,
618
00:27:59,751 --> 00:28:01,710
"I like that."
[laughs]
619
00:28:01,835 --> 00:28:02,918
I mean, you can
kind of picture it soldered
620
00:28:03,043 --> 00:28:04,710
onto the hood of a Cadillac.
621
00:28:04,835 --> 00:28:08,168
♪ ♪
622
00:28:08,251 --> 00:28:10,668
- Investigators soon
uncover something
623
00:28:10,793 --> 00:28:12,835
even more interesting.
624
00:28:12,918 --> 00:28:17,876
Donati has close ties
to TRC Auto and its boss.
625
00:28:18,001 --> 00:28:21,251
- Bobby Donati is drawn
to this TRC gang.
626
00:28:21,376 --> 00:28:24,210
I think he finds
in Carmello Merlino
627
00:28:24,293 --> 00:28:27,543
a father figure, a patriarch
that they could please,
628
00:28:27,626 --> 00:28:31,376
that they could do things for.
629
00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:34,251
- And there's a further tie
to the heist.
630
00:28:34,418 --> 00:28:37,085
He's a race fan.
Donati loves the horses.
631
00:28:37,251 --> 00:28:39,376
- And it has been suggested
632
00:28:39,501 --> 00:28:42,793
that he just liked
these Degas horse sketches.
633
00:28:42,918 --> 00:28:44,876
He just liked them.
[laughs]
634
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,960
Just took them.
635
00:28:47,085 --> 00:28:52,293
- Police scour the streets
of Boston looking for Donati.
636
00:28:52,418 --> 00:28:57,043
Unfortunately, someone else
finds Bobby first.
637
00:28:57,168 --> 00:29:00,918
- Donati is ambushed
outside his home.
638
00:29:01,085 --> 00:29:02,751
They surprise him at night.
They grab him.
639
00:29:02,876 --> 00:29:04,543
It's obvious
there's been a struggle.
640
00:29:04,668 --> 00:29:06,210
You know, blood on the porch.
641
00:29:06,335 --> 00:29:11,376
And then he's found days later
in the trunk of a car.
642
00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:14,001
- Bobby Donati was
stabbed multiple times,
643
00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:17,460
and his throat
was slashed so deep
644
00:29:17,585 --> 00:29:21,085
that he was reportedly
nearly decapitated.
645
00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:23,043
- Now that's a message.
646
00:29:23,126 --> 00:29:25,751
- Not only are the
leads drying up,
647
00:29:25,876 --> 00:29:28,043
but the bodies are piling up.
648
00:29:28,168 --> 00:29:31,335
- The issue with so many
of these theories and suspects
649
00:29:31,418 --> 00:29:34,793
is that almost all
of the prime suspects are dead.
650
00:29:34,918 --> 00:29:37,251
[suspenseful music]
651
00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:40,460
- In 1997,
seven years after the heist,
652
00:29:40,585 --> 00:29:43,626
a desperate Gardener Museum
ups the reward money
653
00:29:43,751 --> 00:29:45,710
to a whopping $5 million.
654
00:29:45,835 --> 00:29:47,293
It works.
655
00:29:47,418 --> 00:29:49,418
A few months later,
656
00:29:49,418 --> 00:29:50,376
an antiques dealer
comes forward
657
00:29:50,501 --> 00:29:55,793
with some bold claims
and some bold demands.
658
00:29:55,918 --> 00:29:57,376
[upbeat music]
659
00:29:57,501 --> 00:30:00,210
- Bill Youngworth
had a store in Brighton.
660
00:30:00,335 --> 00:30:01,876
♪ ♪
661
00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:04,001
He claims that
662
00:30:04,001 --> 00:30:05,335
he can broker the return
of the artwork.
663
00:30:05,460 --> 00:30:06,876
♪ ♪
664
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,210
And he has demands.
665
00:30:08,335 --> 00:30:11,001
He wants the $5 million reward
666
00:30:11,126 --> 00:30:13,376
and he has some criminal
charges pending against him
667
00:30:13,501 --> 00:30:15,543
which he wants
to get dismissed.
668
00:30:15,668 --> 00:30:17,710
- And he wanted Myles Connor,
669
00:30:17,876 --> 00:30:20,376
the notorious New England
art thief,
670
00:30:20,501 --> 00:30:21,585
released from prison.
671
00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:24,876
♪ ♪
672
00:30:25,001 --> 00:30:26,710
- Billy Youngworth
is willing to prove
673
00:30:26,793 --> 00:30:31,168
he really has the goods,
but he doesn't trust the FBI.
674
00:30:31,251 --> 00:30:34,168
Instead,
he makes a tantalizing offer
675
00:30:34,293 --> 00:30:37,376
to a "Boston Herald"
journalist.
676
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:39,543
Youngworth
will show the journalist
677
00:30:39,668 --> 00:30:42,376
one of the masterworks
stolen from the Gardner
678
00:30:42,501 --> 00:30:45,376
if he agrees
to write about it.
679
00:30:45,501 --> 00:30:47,668
- The journalist
gets into a car
680
00:30:47,751 --> 00:30:49,418
with people he doesn't know
681
00:30:49,543 --> 00:30:51,543
and doesn't know what's going
to happen on the other end.
682
00:30:51,668 --> 00:30:53,876
[suspenseful music]
683
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,001
- He was blindfolded
and driven to someplace
684
00:30:56,085 --> 00:30:59,085
outside of New York
and taken to a warehouse.
685
00:31:00,251 --> 00:31:02,543
- You can imagine the anxiety.
686
00:31:02,710 --> 00:31:04,001
He enters a warehouse,
687
00:31:04,126 --> 00:31:07,001
which is completely dark
inside.
688
00:31:07,085 --> 00:31:09,710
There, he's walked in
and shown by flashlight
689
00:31:09,835 --> 00:31:11,876
some tubes in the corner.
690
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:16,168
- And the reporter recounts
this canvas being unfurled,
691
00:31:16,251 --> 00:31:21,085
and what--he's only allowed
to see it for a glimpse.
692
00:31:21,210 --> 00:31:23,001
[suspenseful music]
693
00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:29,168
- Seven years
after it went missing,
694
00:31:29,293 --> 00:31:31,543
a Boston journalist
catches a glimpse
695
00:31:31,626 --> 00:31:33,293
of one of
Rembrandt's masterpieces
696
00:31:33,418 --> 00:31:37,043
in a dingy warehouse
in Brooklyn.
697
00:31:37,126 --> 00:31:39,376
- He sees "The Storm
on the Sea of Galilee."
698
00:31:39,460 --> 00:31:41,585
They roll it back up and said,
"There it is."
699
00:31:41,751 --> 00:31:44,085
And they take him back.
700
00:31:44,210 --> 00:31:46,835
The next day,
he starts writing his article.
701
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,960
Big headlines:
702
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:49,626
"We've seen it!"
703
00:31:49,751 --> 00:31:51,585
Front cover, "Boston Herald,"
704
00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:55,085
with a picture of "The Storm
of Galilee" on the front.
705
00:31:55,251 --> 00:31:57,376
And it makes a noise
throughout the world.
706
00:31:57,501 --> 00:31:59,126
- I mean, everyone was like,
"oh, my God.
707
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,876
Is this the first credible
sighting of this painting?
708
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,918
♪ ♪
709
00:32:04,043 --> 00:32:06,460
- After seven long years,
the museum is eager
710
00:32:06,585 --> 00:32:08,376
to make a deal
with Billy Youngworth,
711
00:32:08,501 --> 00:32:12,043
but the FBI is, well,
less trusting.
712
00:32:12,126 --> 00:32:13,710
They have some demands
of their own
713
00:32:13,835 --> 00:32:15,835
if Youngworth wants the money:
714
00:32:15,918 --> 00:32:19,168
more solid proof
than one man's word.
715
00:32:19,251 --> 00:32:20,376
[suspenseful music]
716
00:32:20,501 --> 00:32:22,876
- The "Herald" also asked
for some other proof,
717
00:32:23,043 --> 00:32:25,418
and was provided
some paint chips
718
00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:29,668
that Youngworth claimed
came from the Rembrandt.
719
00:32:29,793 --> 00:32:33,376
- A few months later,
the FBI analyzes the sample
720
00:32:33,543 --> 00:32:37,793
and says, "This is not
from that Rembrandt."
721
00:32:37,918 --> 00:32:39,293
- They're ruled out
722
00:32:39,418 --> 00:32:41,585
as being from
"Storm on the Sea of Galilee."
723
00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:44,210
- The FBI thinks
the painting is fake
724
00:32:44,335 --> 00:32:47,210
and Youngworth
is a con artist.
725
00:32:47,293 --> 00:32:50,293
They refuse to make a trade.
726
00:32:50,418 --> 00:32:53,543
- When I was interviewing
conservators about
727
00:32:53,710 --> 00:32:55,543
how likely it would be
728
00:32:55,668 --> 00:32:57,376
that "Storm on the Sea
of Galilee"
729
00:32:57,460 --> 00:33:01,043
could have been rolled
and then unfurled.
730
00:33:01,168 --> 00:33:02,960
They say the painting
would have been destroyed
731
00:33:03,085 --> 00:33:05,668
because there's so much
lacquer on it.
732
00:33:05,793 --> 00:33:07,668
- There was no follow-up
733
00:33:07,751 --> 00:33:11,085
from the U.S. Attorney's
office in Boston about it
734
00:33:11,210 --> 00:33:12,251
because they believed that
735
00:33:12,376 --> 00:33:15,918
he was peddling
in fake paintings.
736
00:33:16,043 --> 00:33:17,543
♪ ♪
737
00:33:17,668 --> 00:33:19,876
- Although interest
in the missing artwork
738
00:33:20,043 --> 00:33:23,001
is at an all-time high
since the heist,
739
00:33:23,085 --> 00:33:26,043
the investigation
is at an all-time low.
740
00:33:26,168 --> 00:33:27,710
With no new leads,
741
00:33:27,835 --> 00:33:30,585
the FBI circles back
to the nagging suspicion
742
00:33:30,751 --> 00:33:34,001
that the TRC gang
is responsible...
743
00:33:34,085 --> 00:33:36,585
so they plant someone
on the inside.
744
00:33:36,710 --> 00:33:38,835
- It was around the time
that this informant
745
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,293
started working at TRC.
746
00:33:41,418 --> 00:33:45,085
Well, he reports back
to his FBI agent
747
00:33:45,251 --> 00:33:47,668
that they're talking
about the Gardener there.
748
00:33:47,751 --> 00:33:49,876
- With all eyes
back on the garage,
749
00:33:50,001 --> 00:33:53,501
investigators turn their gaze
to someone new...
750
00:33:53,585 --> 00:33:57,751
a frequent visitor there,
Bobby Guarente.
751
00:33:57,918 --> 00:34:01,043
- If you make a Venn diagram
of all the bad guys,
752
00:34:01,168 --> 00:34:03,251
and I did do this--
[laughs]
753
00:34:03,418 --> 00:34:06,668
Everybody kind of
crosses paths with everybody,
754
00:34:06,751 --> 00:34:09,918
and Bobby Guarente
is in the middle of it.
755
00:34:10,043 --> 00:34:12,918
- Guarente is an
interesting character.
756
00:34:13,043 --> 00:34:14,793
He's sort of a
jack-of-all-trades,
757
00:34:14,918 --> 00:34:18,126
and he is able to move fluidly
758
00:34:18,251 --> 00:34:20,251
through a lot
of different areas
759
00:34:20,376 --> 00:34:22,335
and amongst different groups.
760
00:34:22,418 --> 00:34:24,626
A lot of people used Guarente
761
00:34:24,751 --> 00:34:27,585
because he was trusted by
most people in this industry
762
00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:30,710
that they're in as much as
people can be trusted.
763
00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:34,335
- My sense is
Donati reached out to him.
764
00:34:34,418 --> 00:34:37,376
The only person I know
who had the network
765
00:34:37,501 --> 00:34:39,918
that could fence it
was Guarente.
766
00:34:40,043 --> 00:34:44,126
- If Bobby Guarente had
a hand in moving the artwork,
767
00:34:44,251 --> 00:34:46,876
the FBI is unable
to get any answers from him.
768
00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:49,460
He dies in 2004.
769
00:34:49,585 --> 00:34:52,751
Surprisingly,
from natural causes.
770
00:34:52,918 --> 00:34:54,501
But this time,
771
00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:57,668
Guarente's death
is not a total dead-end.
772
00:34:57,751 --> 00:35:01,376
- The FBI and the museum
get tips about a home
773
00:35:01,543 --> 00:35:03,501
that Bobby Guarente owned
in Maine,
774
00:35:03,626 --> 00:35:06,418
reported to have
a spot big enough
775
00:35:06,585 --> 00:35:09,376
to hide a very big painting
like "Storm in the Sea."
776
00:35:09,460 --> 00:35:12,668
And they find a hiding spot
777
00:35:12,793 --> 00:35:15,001
that fits
exactly this description.
778
00:35:15,085 --> 00:35:18,585
When they return the key to
Bobby Guarente's widow Elene,
779
00:35:18,710 --> 00:35:22,418
she said,
"I've seen those paintings.
780
00:35:22,585 --> 00:35:25,376
My Bobby had some
of those paintings."
781
00:35:25,501 --> 00:35:27,376
- Although the prize paintings
782
00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:29,710
are no longer
in their hiding place,
783
00:35:29,793 --> 00:35:32,543
the FBI believes
they were there.
784
00:35:32,668 --> 00:35:36,668
More importantly, they think
they know where they went.
785
00:35:36,751 --> 00:35:41,960
- Elene Guarente tells a story
about being in Portland, Maine
786
00:35:42,085 --> 00:35:44,210
with her husband,
Bobby Guarente,
787
00:35:44,335 --> 00:35:47,543
and another fellow,
Bobby Gentile,
788
00:35:47,626 --> 00:35:49,960
this Connecticut mobster.
789
00:35:50,085 --> 00:35:52,085
- [chuckles] Everyone
has a best friend here.
790
00:35:52,210 --> 00:35:54,668
Bobby Gentile is a small-timer
791
00:35:54,751 --> 00:35:56,376
out of Manchester,
Connecticut,
792
00:35:56,460 --> 00:35:58,376
right outside of Hartford.
793
00:35:58,501 --> 00:36:01,876
- Guarente and Gentile have
dinner with their wives
794
00:36:02,001 --> 00:36:03,376
at this seafood restaurant.
795
00:36:03,501 --> 00:36:05,585
At one point during that meal,
they got up
796
00:36:05,710 --> 00:36:08,668
and went to the parking lot
and went back inside.
797
00:36:08,751 --> 00:36:11,710
And then on the way home,
Guarente said,
798
00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:16,543
"You don't have to worry
about those pictures anymore."
799
00:36:16,668 --> 00:36:21,126
He passed them
to Bobby Gentile.
800
00:36:21,251 --> 00:36:23,001
[suspenseful music]
801
00:36:23,126 --> 00:36:25,876
- It's now May, 2012,
802
00:36:26,001 --> 00:36:29,418
22 years since
the Gardner Museum heist,
803
00:36:29,543 --> 00:36:31,710
and the FBI has chased leads
804
00:36:31,793 --> 00:36:35,085
from Boston to Brooklyn
to Maine.
805
00:36:35,210 --> 00:36:38,376
Their hunt now turns
to Connecticut
806
00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:41,501
and a small-time crook
named Bobby Gentile.
807
00:36:41,626 --> 00:36:44,835
- So here's Bobby Gentile
in his 70s,
808
00:36:44,918 --> 00:36:48,543
living on a leafy street
in Manchester, Connecticut,
809
00:36:48,626 --> 00:36:50,960
when he's served with
a warrant by the FBI
810
00:36:51,085 --> 00:36:53,085
to search his property.
811
00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:56,168
They don't find what they're
looking for in the house.
812
00:36:56,251 --> 00:36:57,460
They leave, they come back
813
00:36:57,585 --> 00:36:59,501
with a warrant
for the garden shed.
814
00:36:59,585 --> 00:37:03,210
- There were probably
ten, 15 vehicles.
815
00:37:03,376 --> 00:37:06,376
They had beagles
and golden retrievers
816
00:37:06,543 --> 00:37:10,085
and video cameras,
guys in lab coats.
817
00:37:10,251 --> 00:37:11,460
I mean,
this was the production.
818
00:37:11,585 --> 00:37:13,960
- They used side scan sonar
819
00:37:14,085 --> 00:37:16,543
to see if there was
anything buried in the yard.
820
00:37:16,626 --> 00:37:19,376
And there was a void
under the shed.
821
00:37:19,501 --> 00:37:20,751
- And that's
where they hit pay dirt.
822
00:37:24,585 --> 00:37:26,043
[tense music]
823
00:37:26,168 --> 00:37:29,043
- More than two decades
after the hunt began,
824
00:37:29,126 --> 00:37:33,210
the FBI is searching
mobster Bobby Gentile's home,
825
00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:34,960
and they find
a secret compartment
826
00:37:35,085 --> 00:37:36,710
under a backyard shed.
827
00:37:36,835 --> 00:37:39,501
- I'm sitting
outside of the shed,
828
00:37:39,585 --> 00:37:43,376
and they're
cutting into the floorboards.
829
00:37:43,543 --> 00:37:45,168
The excitement was palpable.
830
00:37:45,293 --> 00:37:47,543
And then they
pull the floorboard up,
831
00:37:47,668 --> 00:37:50,210
and everybody's
looking over the top.
832
00:37:50,335 --> 00:37:54,043
And then it's just...
833
00:37:54,168 --> 00:37:56,168
defeat.
834
00:37:56,168 --> 00:37:56,543
It's empty.
835
00:37:56,668 --> 00:37:58,126
- Despite
their disappointment,
836
00:37:58,251 --> 00:38:00,376
the FBI finds evidence
837
00:38:00,460 --> 00:38:03,001
that's both intriguing
and incriminating.
838
00:38:03,085 --> 00:38:05,335
- In the basement,
they have the "Boston Herald"
839
00:38:05,418 --> 00:38:07,626
from the day after the theft.
840
00:38:07,751 --> 00:38:10,293
Inside is a sheet of paper,
841
00:38:10,418 --> 00:38:13,043
and it has all 13 pieces
that were stolen
842
00:38:13,168 --> 00:38:16,085
with what the piece would buy
on the black market.
843
00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:18,126
- And unfortunately
for my client,
844
00:38:18,251 --> 00:38:21,335
they found a lot of guns
845
00:38:21,418 --> 00:38:26,168
and a few police uniforms,
uh, which was, uh,
846
00:38:26,251 --> 00:38:27,751
tough to explain.
847
00:38:27,876 --> 00:38:30,710
- It all looks really bad
for Bobby Gentile.
848
00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:33,376
The circumstantial evidence
is strong
849
00:38:33,501 --> 00:38:38,710
that he had something
to do with the heist.
850
00:38:38,835 --> 00:38:40,876
- Looking
at serious prison time
851
00:38:41,043 --> 00:38:42,710
for the illegal weapons,
852
00:38:42,876 --> 00:38:45,376
Bobby Gentile agrees
to tell the FBI
853
00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:47,376
everything he knows
about the stolen art.
854
00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:48,585
- The only way
that they're going
855
00:38:48,710 --> 00:38:51,376
to be able to verify that
information is on a polygraph.
856
00:38:51,501 --> 00:38:54,085
And he says, "I'll tell
them anything they want."
857
00:38:54,210 --> 00:38:57,210
So they put up a whole bunch
of pictures on the wall,
858
00:38:57,376 --> 00:38:59,043
of all of the objects
that were taken.
859
00:38:59,168 --> 00:39:00,918
And they say,
"Have you ever seen this one?"
860
00:39:01,043 --> 00:39:03,043
He says, "No."
"Have you ever seen this one?"
861
00:39:03,043 --> 00:39:04,918
He says, "No."
"Have you ever seen this one?"
862
00:39:05,085 --> 00:39:07,710
- Fails it.
Every question they ask him.
863
00:39:07,835 --> 00:39:10,460
- Like most aspects
of this case,
864
00:39:10,585 --> 00:39:12,376
the interrogation
of Bobby Gentile
865
00:39:12,543 --> 00:39:15,710
creates more questions
than answers.
866
00:39:15,793 --> 00:39:19,210
Gentile is sent to prison
for the rest of his life,
867
00:39:19,293 --> 00:39:21,626
which may not be very long.
868
00:39:21,751 --> 00:39:24,835
- I was called by the
U.S. Marshals office
869
00:39:24,918 --> 00:39:27,418
and they said,
"Your client is dying."
870
00:39:27,585 --> 00:39:30,251
I drive to the hospital.
871
00:39:30,376 --> 00:39:35,168
He was very upset and he kept
saying over and over again,
872
00:39:35,251 --> 00:39:37,376
I can't die here,
I can't die here.
873
00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:39,710
So I said to him,
874
00:39:39,793 --> 00:39:42,710
"Bob, there has to be
something that you know.
875
00:39:42,793 --> 00:39:46,418
"There has to be,
because there's all this smoke
876
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:49,793
"around this case,
and it's all over you.
877
00:39:49,918 --> 00:39:52,418
You have to know
where this fire started."
878
00:39:52,543 --> 00:39:54,710
And I said, "And if you
just give that to me,
879
00:39:54,835 --> 00:39:58,710
you can die at home
in your bed with your wife."
880
00:39:58,835 --> 00:40:01,501
And he looked at me
desperately,
881
00:40:01,585 --> 00:40:04,210
and tears were coming down
both of his eyes.
882
00:40:04,293 --> 00:40:06,210
And he just said,
883
00:40:06,335 --> 00:40:08,043
"There ain't no paintings,
kid.
884
00:40:08,126 --> 00:40:10,876
There ain't no paintings."
885
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,210
- Bobby Gentile
survives that health scare,
886
00:40:13,335 --> 00:40:16,293
but dies in September, 2021,
887
00:40:16,418 --> 00:40:20,126
and the location of
a $1/2 billion in stolen art
888
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,751
may have died with him.
889
00:40:21,918 --> 00:40:25,543
- Authorities believe
that Gentile, at one point,
890
00:40:25,668 --> 00:40:27,585
knew where that artwork was.
891
00:40:27,710 --> 00:40:30,585
- You know,
maybe they were in the ditch.
892
00:40:30,710 --> 00:40:33,835
They were ruined in a flood
that took place
893
00:40:33,918 --> 00:40:36,418
in the back yard
of the Gentiles' house.
894
00:40:36,543 --> 00:40:39,835
- Though the FBI is still
trying to recover the artwork,
895
00:40:39,918 --> 00:40:41,460
they now believe they know
896
00:40:41,585 --> 00:40:43,918
who committed
the original robbery:
897
00:40:44,085 --> 00:40:47,460
suspects George Reissfelder
and Lenny DiMuzio.
898
00:40:47,585 --> 00:40:50,460
The fate of the art
is not as clear.
899
00:40:50,585 --> 00:40:52,001
- The FBI
holds a press conference
900
00:40:52,085 --> 00:40:53,626
that says, basically,
901
00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:55,626
"We know who did it and
we know where the artwork went.
902
00:40:55,751 --> 00:40:57,751
We just don't know
where it is right now."
903
00:40:57,751 --> 00:40:59,376
- They believe that
the thieves were dead.
904
00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:03,876
They had very good information
that the artwork changed hands,
905
00:41:04,001 --> 00:41:06,126
that it went through
organized crime circles
906
00:41:06,251 --> 00:41:10,918
from Boston to Connecticut
to Philadelphia.
907
00:41:11,043 --> 00:41:13,710
One theory is somebody had
them all together in one place
908
00:41:13,876 --> 00:41:15,626
and died or was murdered
909
00:41:15,751 --> 00:41:17,876
and they're buried
and we can never find them.
910
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,585
But it's hard to imagine
that they're all in one place.
911
00:41:21,710 --> 00:41:24,001
- It's been over 30 years.
912
00:41:24,126 --> 00:41:26,043
I have a hard time believing,
if they were broken up
913
00:41:26,126 --> 00:41:27,960
amongst multiple groups
of people,
914
00:41:28,085 --> 00:41:31,043
that nothing would have come
forward after this much time,
915
00:41:31,168 --> 00:41:32,376
particularly
with a huge reward.
916
00:41:32,501 --> 00:41:36,585
- Today, the whereabouts
of the 13 pieces of artwork
917
00:41:36,751 --> 00:41:38,960
remains a mystery,
918
00:41:39,085 --> 00:41:41,710
and finding them is still
as urgent as it was
919
00:41:41,793 --> 00:41:45,960
on March 18, 1990,
the day of the heist.
920
00:41:46,085 --> 00:41:48,918
- I do think the key
for this investigation
921
00:41:49,043 --> 00:41:51,043
is for more people
to know about it.
922
00:41:51,210 --> 00:41:53,043
If they're still around,
923
00:41:53,168 --> 00:41:55,126
somebody will come across
one of them,
924
00:41:55,251 --> 00:41:57,960
and they need to understand
the significance of it.
925
00:41:58,085 --> 00:42:01,626
- These don't belong
in some crawlspace
926
00:42:01,751 --> 00:42:03,293
in an attic somewhere.
927
00:42:03,418 --> 00:42:04,918
These belong back on the walls.
928
00:42:05,043 --> 00:42:08,085
- We'll work to get them back.
And who wins?
929
00:42:08,210 --> 00:42:09,335
Our grandchildren win.
930
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:11,668
[dramatic music]
931
00:42:11,793 --> 00:42:13,835
- Until the artwork
is returned,
932
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,835
the frames hang empty
in the museum.
933
00:42:16,918 --> 00:42:19,376
The reward for any information
leading to the recovery
934
00:42:19,501 --> 00:42:22,918
now stands at 10 million bucks.
935
00:42:23,043 --> 00:42:24,085
The Gardner robbery remains
936
00:42:24,210 --> 00:42:26,918
the largest art theft
in world history,
937
00:42:27,043 --> 00:42:29,918
and one
of history's greatest heists.
938
00:42:30,043 --> 00:42:36,918
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