Gardner Museum Heist 2015 Links
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2015 Gardner Heist Links
WGBH Interview with Anne Hawley February 17, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNJ2htOtl0gIsabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories by Tom Mashberg New York Times Feb 26, 2015
"On his PowerPoint, Mr. Kelly showed me that Mr. Reissfelder and Mr. DiMuzio closely resembled police sketches of the two men who had entered the museum." https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/arts/design/isabella-stewart-gardner-heist-25-years-of-theories.html Veteran reporter stays on scent of the Gardner heist Dorcester Reporter March 12, 2015 “So much is based on speculation that it was hard to write a single thread to carry all the way through a chapter,” said Kurkjian. “Over 25 years, so many names have been thrown into this. I had to come up with an overview that worked and conveyed – even if it wasn’t absolutely true – the latest and best idea of who was involved and how they did it.” — Stephen Kurkjian https://www.dotnews.com/2015/veteran-reporter-stays-scent-gardner-heist A new look at a legendary art heist in ‘Master Thieves’ by Stephen Kurkjian Washington Post March 12, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/a-new-look-at-a-legendary-art-heist-in-master-thieves-by-stephen-kurkjian/2015/03/12/f713a70a-c67d-11e4-a199-6cb5e63819d2_story.html Does a Connecticut shed hold the secrets of the Gardner heist? by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe March 12, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/03/11/does-connecticut-shed-hold-secrets-gardner-heist/LHOwffI4jrOegKupbLdHwJ/story.html Diane and Gardner Heist guard Rick Abath on "StoryCorps" March 13, 2015, on NPR’s Morning Edition. https://storycorps.org/stories/rick-abath-and-diana-abath-150313/ A crime for the ages, still a mystery, at 25For Gardner director, a professional, personal loss Boston Globe March 14, 2015 “Some of the leads were so compelling, you thought you were almost there,” she said. “You’d get emotionally caught up in it, then you’re overlooking a chasm.” Anne Hawley
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2015/03/14/for-gardner-museum-director-art-heist-set-off-year-odyssey-false-leads-and-loss/FksnFccbQiNonVdYrlOF2K/story.html The Many Dead Ends of the Gardner Heist Investigation Two thieves, 13 stolen masterpieces, and a 25-year search for justice.
By Allison Pohle, Sara Morrison and Nik DeCosta-Klipa Boston.com Staff https://medium.com/@BostonDotCom/the-many-dead-ends-of-the-gardner-heist-investigation-a3b4a8ac7938 Gardner Museum commemorates theft online Boston Globe March 18, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2015/03/18/gardner-before-and-afters/HFJF0USbs50VSiD8qeDmXM/story.html FBI announces for the first time that Gardner Heist thieves "are currently dead." WCVB Video March 17, 2015 https://www.wcvb.com/article/25-years-later-leads-dead-ends-in-gardner-heist/8219098 FBI should open its files on Gardner heist By The Editorial Board, Boston Globe March 16, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/03/16/fbi-should-open-files-gardner-heist/Zi1QvPDNIlOfjchuidB1JO/story.html 25 years later, leads, dead ends in Gardner heist WCVB March 17, 2015 https://www.wcvb.com/article/25-years-later-leads-dead-ends-in-gardner-heist/8219098 Search for artworks from Gardner heist continues 25 years later Boston Globe March 17, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/17/gardner-museum-art-heist-one-boston-most-enduring-mysteries-years-later/9U3tp1kJMa4Zn4uClI1cdM/story.html The Great Gardner Heist 25 years Later Providence Journal March 18, 2015 https://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150318/OPINION/150319233 The Great Gardner Heist 25 years Later Providence Journal March 18, 2015 A sense of urgency on Gardner Museum art recovery Works are at risk of being lost forever, observers say Boston Globe March 24, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/24/observers-investigators-say-now-time-find-gardner-art-before-lost/Z4HQc74zz6ek7QWOcZvNsO/story.html History’s Biggest Art Heist Remains Unsolved, 25 Years Later August 22, 2015 https://www.history.com/articles/historys-biggest-art-heist-remains-unsolved Interview with Anne Halwey by Jared Bowen WGBH March 17, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPBPOzurjo8 Jim Braude Interview Stephen Kurkjian 25th anniversary March 17, 2015 https://youtu.be/-mMD7Jk9q0U?list=PLaDNVHUKmXy1btPh6fXOXTnbp7XGu3-K2&t=149 WGBH Jared Bowen interview of Anthony Amore March 18, 2015 https://youtu.be/XkNj0825jIQ?t=68 Interview with Anne Halwey by Jared Bowen WGBH March 18, 2015 https://vimeo.com/78081473 Gardner Museum Offers New $100,000 Reward For Item Stolen During Infamous Heist Boston Globe May 12, 2015 https://www.wbur.org/artery/2015/05/12/gardner-museum-finial-reward
FBI Solves Decades-Old Art Heist, Suspect Had Been Represented By John Kerry by Howie Carr Breitbart March 29, 2015 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2015/03/29/fbi-solves-decades-old-art-heist-suspect-had-been-represented-by-john-kerry/ Huge art heist solved? Rembrandts, Vermeer still missing USA Today March 31, 2015 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/31/gardner-museum-art-theft/70724548 After 25 Years, FBI Knows Who Was Behind Daring Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist ArtNet March 31, 2015 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/isabella-stewart-gardner-heist-solved-283368 FBI: No, the Gardner Museum Heist Hasn’t Been Solved BOSTINNO March 31, 2015 https://www.americaninno.com/boston/boston-fbi-denies-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-heist-has-been-solved/
Man eyed by Gardner heist investigators [Robert Gentile] arrested again April 17, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/17/hartford-crime-figure-eyed-gardner-heist-investigators-arrested-again/QefTywxqHeJ4vJVxK8emDN/story.html Connecticut mobster said he had stolen Gardner art, FBI alleges April 20, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/20/connecticut-crime-figure-allegedly-offered-sell-gardner-museum-heist-paintings/kVb4bYdAjaOIxdC0JkypbI/story.html Anthony Amore Bedford Historical Society May 26, 2015 https://youtu.be/Hs5d9KApA60?t=3305 ‘Master Thieves’ and ‘The Art of the Con’ Book of books by Stephen Kurkjian and Anthony Amore New York Times June 25, 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/books/review/master-thieves-and-the-art-of-the-con.html Mobster [Robert Gentile] Tied To Boston Art Heist Assails FBI Tactics Hartford Courant July 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723085938/http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-gentile-gardner-heist-0723-20150722-story.html
Mobster [Robert Gentile] Tied To Boston Art Heist Assails FBI Tactics Boston Globe by Travis Andersen July 23, 2015
"While Rober Gentile's attorney "has repeatedly denied that Gentile knows where the paintings are, prosecutors have said that he told an undercover FBI agent that he could sell two of them."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/23/connecticut-convict-linked-gardner-art-heist-again-crosshairs-fbi/HeTZRJy4BmrNtdOwLogwCI/story.html
Interview with 'Master Thieves' author Stephen Kurkjian August 3, 2015 https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2015/08/03/master-thieves
The Greatest Art Heist in History, Interview with 'Master Thieves' author Stephen Kurkjian April 26, 2015 "I ask Kurkjian why he thinks Ferrara is speaking up now. 'Ferrara is like a bunch of other bad guys who have gone straight in Boston, they’re convinced of two things: that they can get the artwork back, and the artwork deserves to be back. And they would like to be able to be in a good position either to get part of the reward, or to be in a good place with the Feds." https://web.archive.org/web/20150830110926/https://stephenkurkjian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Master-Thieves_Daily-Telegraph-2.pdf George Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures Acquires Film Rights to ‘Three Minutes to Doomsday April 12, 2015 https://variety.com/2015/film/news/george-clooneys-smokehouse-pictures-acquires-film-rights-to-three-minutes-to-doomsday-1201471090/ Gardner heist book to be made into a movie May 1, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/05/01/kurkjian-book-about-garnder-hiest-headed-big-screen/u7B6ctWtna0TjZLvrLgfcJ/story.html Gardner Museum announces reward for single item [bronze finial] stolen in heist Boston Globe May 12, 2015, May 12, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/12/gardner-museum-announces-reward-for-bronze-eagle-finial-stolen/MMqV986wLImSWC1OoQbeCM/story.html Video suggests a dry run of Gardner theft Boston Globe August 6, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/06/newly-discovered-video-shows-guard-let-man-hours-before-notorious-gardner-art-heist/ZTxWNo6c7zfSNQZtcfrDTO/story.html New video on major Boston art heist released as author appears in Portland Portland Herald August 6, 2015 https://www.pressherald.com/2015/08/06/new-video-on-major-art-heist-released-as-author-appears-in-portland/ Portland may play role in solving mystery of 1990 Boston art heist Portland Herald August 6, 2015 https://pressherald.com/2015/08/06/portland-may-play-role-in-solving-mystery-of-1990-boston-art-heist/ 25 Years After Gardner Museum Heist, Video Raises Questions by Tom Mashberg New York Times 6, 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/arts/design/25-years-after-gardner-museum-heist-video-raises-questions.html FBI: Gardner Heist Eve Surveillance Video released to the public August 6, 2015 https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/historic-footage-connected-to-gardner-museum-burglary-released-public-assistance-sought New video on major Boston art heist released as author appears in Portland August 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150809231716/pressherald.com/2015/08/06/new-video-on-major-art-heist-released-as-author-appears-in-portland Gardner Heist Eve Surveillance Video Excerpt released to the public August 6, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSw1BsJEBB4 Gardner Museum guard wrote thesis on art heist Boston Globe August 6, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/06/gardner-guard-never-made-secret-his-part-story-heist/RjZhPm869NIlwVp08fMpWP/story.html Newly Released Gardner Video Raises Questions About Initial Investigation August 7, 2015 "It's unreal to imagine I was there and saw them up close and that that information was not considered valuable or helpful to the FBI." —Nancy Clougherty https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/08/07/gardner-video-questions Footage shows an unknown man entering the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum the night before the infamous robbery FBI August 7, 2015 https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/historic-footage-connected-to-gardner-museum-burglary-released-public-assistance-sought Historic Footage Connected to Gardner Museum Burglary Released - Public Assistance Sought U.S. Attorney August 6, 2015 https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/historic-footage-connected-gardner-museum-burglary-released-public-assistance-sought Local lawyer says client can ID man in Gardner heist video WCVB August 10, 2015 https://youtu.be/9Vt0oBsQHsk?t=11 FBI tracking tips spurred by video tied to 25-year-old Boston art heist By Jacqueline Tempera August 11, 2015[George] Burke's client said the businessman in the video is alive in Florida, the former prosecutor said. Burke said he gave U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz the man’s Florida address and Ortiz’s office confirmed all information from Burke has been passed to the FBI. https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/fbi-tracking-tips-spurred-by-video-tied-to-25-year-old-boston-art-heist-idUSKCN0QG1TJ/ Boston’s lost art Thieves stole the Gardner paintings 25 years ago; the city’s leaders could help get them back by Boston Globe March 8, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/03/08/the-gardner-heist-boston-lost-art/j1nhPQ39wInzLHUhlSWRWI/story.html The Gardner Heist and FBI Lies: Part 2 by Matt Connolly The Patriot Ledger March 19, 2015 https://mattofboston.com/the-gardner-heist-and-fbi-lies-part-2-55208/ Aging Conn. mobster is under federal scrutiny August 13, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/13/officials-maintain-interest-suspect-who-may-tied-gardner-museum-heist/lvqR7uMzdP0sR66lTStwwL/story.html Feds: Mobster failed polygraph about Gardner Museum heist August 14, 2015 https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/08/14/feds-mobster-failed-polygraph-about-gardner-museum-heist 2 suspects in Boston art theft worth $500 million are dead, FBI says August 7, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2-suspected-of-boston-art-theft-worth-500-million-are-dead-fbi-says/2015/08/07/b6cf9846-3d3a-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html Gardner Museum guard doesn’t recall visit August 7, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/07/tips-flow-mystery-visitor-before-gardner-heist/FBX1GcLNdTRuDTa2zX8waI/story.html WCVB Report on Video Surveillance footage August 7 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Qm0OQXyx4 Retiring FBI chief in Boston shares, yet keeps quiet by Kevin Cullen Boston Globe August 9 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/08/08/retiring-boston-fbi-chief-shares-some-things-but-not-all/BDZjxwyvJgYJvvqhJhGBzI/story.html Boston Globe video report on the Gardner Heist surveillance video August 10, 2015 https://d32e4p2yfip7hy.cloudfront.net/wp-bostonglobe/2018/07/06/5b3fdf7ee4b0fe8d9f2702ac/5b3ff5b5e4b083f77c08029d_1466504825519-sqadz1_t_1530918329049_640_360_300.mp4 Interview of Anthony Amore by Jim Braude August 11, 2015 discussing the released the Gardner Heist eve surveillance video on August 6, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1EVjKp90ug&feature=youtu.be Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (February 23, 1985) https://youtu.be/rjM2TOplSco?t=1236 Quincy Attorney Says Client Has Identified Man In Gardner Museum Video August 10, 2015 https://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/08/10/quincy-attorney-says-client-has-identified-man-in-gardner-museum-video/ Tipsters: We Know Gardner Heist Thief [In Gardner Museum Video] Daily Beast August 10, 2015
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tipsters-we-know-gardner-heist-thief FBI tracking tips spurred by video from 25-year-old art heist Reuters August 10, 2015
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-boston-gardner/fbi-tracking-tips-spurred-by-video-tied-to-25-year-old-boston-art-heist-idUSKCN0QG1TK20150811 Could new technology solve the Gardner heist? August 14, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/14/gardner/V7uMuEaVaFErn23J5hHfJO/story.html Release of video after decades raises questions By Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff,August 6, 2015 "Robert King Wittman, a former FBI agent who helped found the bureau’s art recovery team in 2005 and now runs his own recovery firm, said the video can still prove useful in identifying the man who entered the museum. It also could potentially be of use in pressing Abath into talking about what happened. Statistics show that nearly 90 percent of the country’s museum heists are pulled off with the help of an insider."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/06/museum-heist-video-dumfounds-investigators/XmLSZnagAMCanu7WDSwnsI/story.html Kurkjian "Master Thieves" Gardner Heist presentation Boston, MA August 20, 2015 https://youtu.be/FkrEdaEK9PQ?t=739 Stephen Kurkian interview about the Gardner Heist and his book Master Thieves October 2015 https://newtv.org/all-episodes-by-category/98-museum-open-house/1844-stephen-kurkjian Gardner heist video brings in tips, but no solid leads Boston Globe November 22, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/22/tantalizing-theories-but-still-answers-about-gardner-surveillance-video-captured-before-heist/AJGawFvduuK58lcmlQZjIK/story.html CBS Good Morning Segment from December 6, 2015 with Anne Hawley, Geoff Kelly, and Anthony Amore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbhFNXFyJ0&feature=youtu.be&t=928 Latest search for Gardner paintings came up empty December 27, 2015 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/12/27/search-suffolk-downs-for-gardner-museum-masterpieces-came-empty/H1iiRlZopLFfxOkM9Nm41J/story.html Suffolk Downs Was Searched For Gardner Heist Paintings December 28, 2015 https://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/12/28/suffolk-downs-gardner-heist-paintings-fbi/ [Robert Gentile]Reputed Mobster's Associate [Sebastian "Sammy" Mozzicato] Adds New Mystery To Gardner Museum Art Heist January 3, 2016 https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-gardner-museum-gentile-insider-20160102-story.html All 2015 Video Links
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