In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, just as Boston was wrapping up St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, two men disguised as police officers showed up at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, claiming they were responding to a call about a disturbance. Even though this was a breach of protocol, one of the museum guards let them in. The fake officers quickly revealed the real reason behind the visit — they intended to rob the museum. Both guards were handcuffed and led to the basement. Then, the thieves took their time, and in just under an hour and a half, stole 13 works of art, including multiple Rembrandt paintings. Twelve years later, FBI agent Geoffrey Kelly was assigned the case. His 22-year investigation led him around the world and was sprinkled with informants, undercover agents and the mob. Kelly joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss his new book, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives: The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World’s Largest Art Heist, which looks back at his multi-decade investigation into the mystifying robbery.
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