Gardner Museum Heist Research

1M Reward Offered For Trail To Stolen Art Boston Globe March 21, 1990

Jane Langton Interview March 19, 1990

Khashoggi Ends Claim to Real Estate, Art: Philippines: In exchange, racketeering charges still pending will be dropped. Property was purchased from Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. Cristina M. Luz Los Angeles Times July 10, 1990

Robbers Seem to Know Just What They Want New York Times March 19, 1990

Boston Thieves Loot a Museum Of Masterpieces New York Times March 19, 1990

$200m Gardner Museum art theft Boston Globe March 19, 1990

Museum’s loyalists stunned, angered by its violation Boston Globe March 19, 1990

Gardner’s museum: Majestic, eccentric Boston Globe March 19, 1990

Boston Museum Says It Was Uninsured for Theft Fox Butterfield New York Times March 20, 1990

Art Stolen From Gardner Museum Was Uninsured Thieves May Find The Booty 'Too Hot To Handle' Boston Globe March 20, 1990

Cost of theft coverage described as prohibitive Boston Globe March 20, 1990

TV program America's Most Wanted to devote an episode to the caper Boston Globe May 11, 1990

For Museum, a Theft Was Only the Start New York Times June 18, 1990

Museum Robbed of Millions in Masterpieces AP March 19, 1990

Infamous area art thief [Myles Connor] far from scene of [Gardner heist] crime Boston Globe March 20, 1990
"[Myles] Connor says Donati and Houghton later told him that if anything happened to them, they would leave him information about where the paintings are, but he needs to be out of jail to get that information."

Museum on the mend Anniversary of art heist find the Gardner perservering by Chris Black Boston Globe March 18, 1991 page 1

Museum on the mend Anniversary of art heist find the Gardner perservering by Chris Black Boston Globe March 18, 1991 page 42

FBI seeks connection between art thefts by Andrew Blake the Boston Globe April 16, 1991
"FBI agent William McMullin, spoikesman for the Boston office, said yesterday, "It's premature until we get all the details from the Netherlands. We don't know yet whether there is anything there worth pursuing."

Revere man [Donati] found slain in trunk of his car. Boston Globe September 25, 1991

What William Barr Isn't Telling His Questioners by Jimmy Lohman Florida Flambeau November 18, 1991

Drug suspect said to offer stolen art in bid for mercy Boston Globe May 28, 1992 Carmello Merlino

A Tangled 2-Year Inquiry Yields Few Answers in Boston Art Theft by William Honan NY Times 1992
Brian McDevitt apparently came under suspicion because of the striking similarities between the Gardner theft and a bungled robbery he engineered 11 years ago at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. He was convicted of unlawful imprisonment and attempted grand larceny, and he served several months of a two-year sentence in the Saratoga County Jail at Ballston Spa, N.Y.

Gardner art theft suspect [Brian McDevitt] is study in intrigue Brian McGrory, Boston Globe June 3, 1992

Screenwriter [McDevitt] questioned in Gardner Heist by Shelley Murphy Boston Globe August 7, 1993

Gardner art theft still largest on record by Efrain Hernandze Jr. Boston Globe November 9, 1993
"Unfortunately, in art thefts it's not unusual, in tracking these things, for it to take a long time," McMullin said.

"Five Years And $300 Million -- A special report.; The Maddening Mysteries Of the Greatest Art Theft Ever" New York Times December 15, 1994

Time is on side of Gardner art thieves Some statutes of limitations running out as investigators check all leads: Boston Globe December 16, 1994

Statute of limitations to expire on Gardner Museum art theft Associated Press March 18, 1995

New life and growth at the Gardner by Maureen Dezell Boston Globe December 15, 1996 page N7

New life and growth at the Gardner by Maureen Dezell Boston Globe December 15, 1996 page N1

New life and growth at the Gardner by Maureen Dezell Boston Globe December 15, 1996 page N7

Priceless loss not hopeless by Brian MacQuarrie Boston Globe June 19, 1996 page 17

Priceless loss not hopeless by Brian MacQuarrie Boston Globe June 19, 1996 page 20

FBI enlists 'Net in Gardner probe by Maureen Dezell Boston Globe March 19,1997

Gardner Museum ups reward from $1 million to $5 million for return of stolen art. March 19,1997

US reportedly wants to talk to Connor on Gardner theft by Ric Kahn Boston Globe August 21, 1997

We’ve seen it! Informant shows reporter apparent stolen masterpiece By Tom Mashberg Boston Herald August 27, 1997

Moves That Hint of a Return of Stolen Art New York Times September 5, 1997

Attorney says FBI encouraged mob shootings, Jon Marcus (AP Writer) South Coast Today September 11, 1997

The deal of the art More than seven years after one of the heists of the century, the case of the missing Gardner Museum paintings provokes an all-out media war by Dan Kennedy The Boston Phoenix September 4, 1997 At the Globe, where Mashberg worked for several years and made himself supremely unpopular with his editors and some fellow staffers, there are murmurings that the reporter has gotten too close to Youngworth, and that he'll pay for his indiscretions.

Private spat may be driving Gardner talks Sources say Connor is worried about valuables Youngworth is guarding Boston Globe By Dan Golden and Judy Rakowsky September 4, 1997 page B1

Antiques Dealer Youngworth sentenced; hope lives for art deal September 14, 1997 by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe September 14, 1997

Talks Continue In Boston Officials meet with convicts [William Youngworth and Myles Connor] who say they can help recover the art. by Judy Rokowsky and Stephen Kukjian Boston Globe September 10, 1997

US attorney demands proof on stolen art by Ric Kahn and Judy Rakowsky Boston Globe September 11, 1997

Offer Made On Painting photo by Ric Kahn and Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe September 12, 1997

New Deal Offered in Gardner theft
Inmates [Youngworth and Connor] insist they can arrange return by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe December 6, 1997

Unlikely Suspect Connor Crony [David Houghton] Was No Art Expert, Others Say By Daniel Golden and Ric Kahn Boston Globe September 23, 1997
"It's very easy to lay this crime off on a dead man, said a personal injury lawyer who had represented Houghton and remained friends with him. "But I don't think David [Houghton] could find his way to the Gardner museum."

On the Murky Trail of Stolen Art By Ralph Blumenthal NY Times September 27, 1997
Youngworth "said they [he and Myles Connor] had been allowed two meetings in a Rhode Island prison where their discussions were undoubtedly monitored. But he said, 'If they could understand the language we were talking, good luck.'"

Verdict, tale of photos twist Gardner case by Stephen Kurkjian and Paul Langner Boston Globe October 2, 1997 In a case filled with enough intrigue and hairpin plot twists to fill a novel, William P. Youngworth III -- the renegade Randolph antiques dealer who says he has access to art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum -- is headed back to prison for possession of a stolen van.

Chips Off the old Master? Paint said to come from stolen Rembrandt By Associated Press October 15, 1997

FBI Provides Update in Gardner Art Heist Case
Antiques and the Arts Weekly November 21, 2000 W. Thomas Cassano, Supervisory Special Agent for the Gardner case since the theft, Cassano reported that a tape inside the museum showed the thieves making four forays through the galleries.

FBI pushes for new leads Boston Herald March 17, 2000

10 years later no sign of a real break in Gardner Musseum theft By Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe March 18, 2000

Museum Reaps Unlikely Reward from the Theft Boston Herald March 18, 2000

Historic Tale of Infamous Art Heist (First Decade Timeline)Boston Herald March 19, 2000

Men, Fresh From Prison, May Hold Key to Trove of Stolen Art New York Times October 14, 2000

Gardner Case Twists and Turns Lead to Dead Ends Tom Mashberg, Boston Herald October 24, 2000
"There were an awful lot of organized-crime arrests made in the last 10 years, too, but we’ve had no information that way. We really have no idea who did it or why it was done."
—W. Thomas Cassano, supervisor of the violent fugitive task force for the FBI’s Boston office and the investigator who had overseen the Gardner case since Day One.
Boston Herald March 16, 2000

Ex-officer finds relief in Bulger case indictment By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff / November 12, 2000

Lost And Found by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Sunday Globe December 17, 2000 There are a few absolutes that the FBI and Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, follow in negotiating the return of stolen artwork, and foremost among them is that no one who was involved in a theft or who acquired the paintings knowing they were stolen can benefit financially from their return. "To allow someone to get a reward or insurance money for stealing a painting will only encourage more thefts," says John Trahan, head of the FBI's major crimes unit in Boston, who was in charge of the investigation into the Cezanne theft.

"The art of the heist" By Ed Butler November 18, 2000 "Many officials at the Gardner museum, and also some officers at the FBI, did favour some form of compromise [with Youngworth], but those higher up in the legal establishment had no desire to send such a message to the criminal fraternity at large. The attorney general's office in Washington warned against pandering to 'cultural terrorism.' Alan Dershowitz, the celebrated Boston defense lawyer and himself a keen art collector, spells it out: 'It's a very short-sighted policy. If, in the end, we pay for these pictures, there will be 10 more pieces of art stolen in the next decade by people who say, "Look, they stole the Rembrandt, they got rich, why not us?"'"

Questions about informant [Chikofsky] reduce charges against ex-cop John Doherty, New Bedford Standard-Times March 4, 2002

Gardner Museum Celebrating centennial with special exhibits and concerts by Nancy Rabinowitz Associated Press March 30, 2003

New theory airs on Gardner museum theft IRA, crime figure are focus of account By Shelley Murphy and Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff, March 11, 2004

A dark portrait of art theft dispels the idea of glamour book review of The Irish Game: A True Story of Crime and Art July 28, 2004
As the 14th anniversary of the theft of priceless artwork from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musuem approaches, a new account of the daring heist has emerged, one centering on a Charlestown underworld figure and the Irish Republican Army. "I'm not saying who he reached out to, but Joe Murray had the ability to end this thing where everyone winds up happy, but they wouldn't pick up on him," William Youngworth said

IRA gunrunner 'was Boston artworks thief' Nuz Hound March 12, 2004

Dan Lothian Gardner heist segment transcript CNN March 18, 2005 with Harold Smith, U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan, FBI's Geoff Kelly, and many others. March 18, 2005
"I can tell you that the guards are no longer considered suspects at this point." —FBI Gardner heist lead investigator Geoff Kelly
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"Wow. It's easy to look back and say, well, the guard shouldn't have let them in. But it is a believable way to get into a museum, by having two guys dressed up as Boston cops responding to an alarm." —FBI SA Geoff Kelly.
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Statement from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum March 13, 2005

Secrets behind the largest art theft in history Boston Globe March 13, 2005 “One of them looked like Colonel Klink on ‘Hogan’s Heroes.’ That’s all I can remember.” Gardner Museum Security Guard Rick Abath

The Avengers Boston Magazine May 15, 2006 about Bulger prosectuors Brian Kelly, who was involved in the Bulger investigation and Fred Whyshak
"When Connolly retired in December 1990, the FBI dropped Bulger and Flemmi as informants and began targeting them."

Trailer for the 2006 Documentary 'Stolen'

The Set Up (Part One) Boston Magazine May 15, 2006
"A few minutes later, they pulled into a parking lot in Quincy, tossed the guns into Turner’s Chevy Tahoe, and drove back to Dorchester, continuing to circle aimlessly around the neighborhood of Vietnamese lunch counters and auto service centers."

The Set Up (Part Two) Boston Magazine May 15, 2006
"Of Merlino's three coconspirators, Turner is the only one who could say that the FBI directly targeted him because of his suspected role in the Gardner robbery."

'The heist of the century' The Independent April 11, 2007 (Excerpt from 'Loot' by Thomas McShane "Suffice it to say, the informant tips coming into the Boston field office regarding the Gardner theft were no doubt being finely screened."

Falsely Accused of the Crime of the Century Part 1 Jerry Kaplan 2007

Grand jury to hear art theft case by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe December 17, 2007

Gardner Museum Chief repeats reward offer by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe March 16, 2008
"The reality is more complicated and elusive, which is ever the way with this case."

Gardner getting new tips in search for stolen art Boston Herald March 18, 2008

Putting The Pieces Togehter Boston Herald March 16, 2008

"Amore: A shoe leather sleuth" by Tom Mashberg Boston Herald June 16, 2008

Meet The Suspects: Brian M. McDevitt March 16, 2008

Meet the Suspects: David Allen Turner March 22, 2008

Meet the suspects: Mobster Bobby Donati March 29, 2008

Meet the suspects: Charles O. Pappas April 6, 2008

Meet the suspects: Jerry Kaplan Boston Herald April 12, 2008

Meet The Suspects Joseph P. Murray Boston Herald April 19, 2008

Meet the Suspects: Carmello Merlino April 26, 2008

Meet the Suspects: George A. Reissfelder May 3, 2008

Meet the suspects: Myles J. Connor Jr. May 11, 2008

Archive of Ulrich Boser writings about the Gardner heist from 2009

Suspect's brother: ‘I saw that painting’ Boston Herald March 15, 2009

Help Solve The Mystery Of The Gardner Art Heist Boston Herald March 29, 2009

‘Most Wanted’ to feature art heist | Boston Herald April 10, 2009

Four new composite sketches, prepared by medical illustrator/animator Nicole C. Wolf, commissioned by the Herald with the endorsement of Gardner Museum security chief Anthony M. Amore in 2009, based on input from one of the guards.

Real-life whodunit remains a mystery | Book Reivew The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser

The Gardner Heist: An Interview with Author Ulrich Boser ARCA February 20, 2009
"I continued to write emails and letters, and we built up trust and a shared understanding. And since then the museum has been exceptionally supportive... I’m particularly indebted to director of security Anthony Amore. He’s an ace investigator; he has been very helpful to me." —Ulrich Boser

Where's the Fat Man [Chicofsky]? Boston Herald April 15, 2009

PRI interview with Ulrich Boser 2009 I began to explain how I had become involved in the case, when [former FBI Gardner heist investigator Robert] Wittman interrupted me, saying as he said in later interviews. 'Everything you know about the case, it’s all bullshit. I can tell you that right now. It’s all speculation bullshit.' I stumbled for a moment. 'Is there hard stuff out there?' 'I can’t get into it,' he said. 'But I’m telling you this because I like you. You seem like a nice dude. You need to wait a little while. If you want to do a history of speculation, that’s fine.' "I asked him about some of the people who’ve been accused of being behind the heist over the years, people like David Turner and Bobby Donati and George Reissfelder." 'Nope,' he said. 'Don’t know them.'”

Interview: Ulrich Boser Going after the Gardner thieves By Jeffrey Gantz March 24, 2009

The Gardner Heist Book Review By Richard Lacayo March 25, 2009

The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser 2009 (the complete book)

Outdated sketches get an update Boston Herald March 15, 2009 by Tom Mashberg

Step by step, retrace the art thieves' path By Laura Crimaldi Boston Herald March 16, 2009 "The thieves shut off a printer that spit out line-by-line data on any alarms that would be triggered by movements in the museum. But the computer hard drive still recorded their footsteps in the galleries, allowing for a partial reconstruction."

"Revelers recall night at museum" (Gardner Museum Eyewitness Accounts) Boston Herald March 17, 2009 by Laura Crimaldi From the article: "That guard said he saw vehicle headlights approach the museum and two men exit a car within seconds. The guard said he was watching from a museum security monitor." But the guard Abath denied he ever saw the vehicle or the thieves exiting a vehicle.

"The FBI conducted a three-minute interview with the male witness years later, he said. The woman said she left her phone number and address with police, but was never contacted by anyone." But the male witness, Justin Stratmen said: "I have no recollection of ever talking to the FBI. None of the FBI folks reached out to me later on. If it was the Boston Police, was that information shared with the FBI? I don't know. But someone, who was responsible for the investigation never followed through and contacted me again, and I was an eye witness."

The Gardner Heist Book Review By Richard Lacayo March 25, 2009

PRI interview with Ulrich Boser 2009 I began to explain how I had become involved in the case, when [former FBI Gardner heist investigator Robert] Wittman interrupted me, saying as he said in later interviews. 'Everything you know about the case, it’s all bullshit. I can tell you that right now. It’s all speculation bullshit.' I stumbled for a moment. 'Is there hard stuff out there?' 'I can’t get into it,' he said. 'But I’m telling you this because I like you. You seem like a nice dude. You need to wait a little while. If you want to do a history of speculation, that’s fine.' "I asked him about some of the people who’ve been accused of being behind the heist over the years, people like David Turner and Bobby Donati and George Reissfelder." 'Nope,' he said. 'Don’t know them.'”

PRI interview with Ulrich Boser 2009 I began to explain how I had become involved in the case, when [former FBI Gardner heist investigator Robert] Wittman interrupted me, saying as he said in later interviews. 'Everything you know about the case, it’s all bullshit. I can tell you that right now. It’s all speculation bullshit.' I stumbled for a moment. 'Is there hard stuff out there?' 'I can’t get into it,' he said. 'But I’m telling you this because I like you. You seem like a nice dude. You need to wait a little while. If you want to do a history of speculation, that’s fine.' "I asked him about some of the people who’ve been accused of being behind the heist over the years, people like David Turner and Bobby Donati and George Reissfelder." 'Nope,' he said. 'Don’t know them.'”

Steve Keller Comment on the Boston Phoenix Ulrich Boser Interview 3/24/09 "If the FBI interviewed everyone as poorly as they interviewed me, it's no wonder this remains unsolved. As a former police Detective in a major city and someone who knew infinitey more than they did about art crimes, I felt that they were not interested in what I might be able to tell them because they knew it all already."

The Gardner Heist Book Review By Richard Lacayo March 25, 2009

A Wounded Museum Feels a Jolt of Progress March 15, 2009

Untangling Gardner art heist: Some details tantalizing as trail grew colder by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe March 15, 2009

"Revelers recall night at museum" (Gardner Museum Eyewitness Accounts) Boston Herald March 17, 2009 by Laura Crimaldi From the article: "That guard said he saw vehicle headlights approach the museum and two men exit a car within seconds. The guard said he was watching from a museum security monitor." But the guard Abath denied he ever saw the vehicle or the thieves exiting a vehicle.

"The FBI conducted a three-minute interview with the male witness years later, he said. The woman said she left her phone number and address with police, but was never contacted by anyone." But the male witness, Justin Stratmen said: "I have no recollection of ever talking to the FBI. None of the FBI folks reached out to me later on. If it was the Boston Police, was that information shared with the FBI? I don't know. But someone, who was responsible for the investigation never followed through and contacted me again, and I was an eye witness."

"Director of Security at the Gardner, Anthony Amore, takes us through the events of the [Gardner Museum] robbery." WBUR March 12, 2009 "At some point in the evening, and the motion detector records do not show exactly when, at least one of the thieves makes his way to the Blue Room which is here on the first floor by the courtyard. He comes in here and comes over to the South Wall in the blue room and takes Manet's Chez Tortoni." —Anthony Amore

Guard's moments before theft clouded in intrigue
Boston Herald April 12, 2009 by Tom Mashberg "According to the museum’s records, Richard A. [Abath] set off a motion detector on the museum’s first floor. Once the thieves had control of the museum, there is no record of them setting off alarms on the first floor. Just one item among the 13 they stole was removed from the first floor – Edouard Manet’s “Chez Tortoni.” It was taken from a wall in the Blue Room. All the other pieces came from the museum’s second floor.

Gardner Museum heist approaching 20th anniversary Reward, return now focus of case Boston Globe March 14, 2010

Excerpt, Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman and John Shiffman, 2010 (the Gardner heist related chapters)

The Art of the Story Boston Magazine March 2, 2010

‘Simpsons’ cracks case of Gardner heist Boston Herald April 13, 2010

Can DNA solve 1990 art heist? UPI March 4, 2010

FBI Clarifies DNA Report Boston Globe March 14, 2010

DNA clues hunted in ‘90 art theft Boston Globe March 4, 2010 "Kelly acknowledged that, despite having pursued countless tips over the last two decades, investigators have received no verifiable leads on the artwork’s whereabouts or even how the theft took place." 'In the last 20 years and the last eight that I’ve had the case, there hasn’t been a concrete sighting, or real proof of life,' Kelly said. 'At the same time, I can’t get discouraged about it. It would be very difficult to put my heart in this investigation if I allowed myself to get discouraged.'”

DNA clues hunted in ‘90 art theft Boston Globe March 4, 2010 "Kelly acknowledged that, despite having pursued countless tips over the last two decades, investigators have received no verifiable leads on the artwork’s whereabouts or even how the theft took place."

Turf war may have ruined Gardner heist lead | Boston Globe April 4, 2010 (About Robert Wittman Book 'Pricesless'

His Heart Is in the Art of Sleuthing By Randy Kennedy June 7, 2010
Robert Wittman's memoir made waves while still in galleys with its claims that the F.B.I. botched the job of recovering the Gardner paintings, a Vermeer, a Rembrandt seascape and possibly others through bureaucratic infighting that caused the investigation to unravel.

Who steals art?: Q & A; Twenty years after the Gardner heist, detective Charles Hill says art thieves aren't so clever Boston Globe March 14, 2010

Mass. man [William Merlino] gets 30 years in armored car plot March 12, 2011

Whitey Bulger arrest may yield clues on Gardner heist | June 26, 2011 Boston Globe “Just because of who he is and what he knew about crimes and corruption in Boston over the years, the Gardner case has to be at the top of the list of other things that he gets asked about,” Donald K. Stern, former US attorney, who from 1993 to 2001 presided over the investigation into the Gardner theft as well as the hunt for Bulger, said.

1990 Robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Damforst Museum March 27, 2011

Public's aid sought in ’90 Gardner Museum heist Boston Globe June 11, 2012
Museum officials would not comment for this article. But Amore sounded optimistic recently at a lecture at the Plymouth Public Library when he said he believed the works will be found. “It’s still like trying to find a needle in the haystack, but the haystack keeps getting smaller with each lead that gets investigated,’’ he said.

Gardner's narrative of resiliency By Juliette Kayyem Boston Globe March 18, 2012

Boston Globe had role negotiating with possible Gardner heist suspect (Ransom Note) Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe November 14, 2012

Geoff Rockwell Confessions of a former Gardner Museum night guard Alone with masterpieces, and nothing but a flashlight as a source of illumination Boston Globe January 15, 2012

A free 2012 kindle book 'Artful Deception: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery,' is a historical novel by James J. McGovern,' who worked on the Gardner Heist case as a special US attorney in 2005 and 2006.

“The Art Forger” by B.A. Shapiro Review Boston Globe December 30, 2012 On the 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, retired FBI agent offers theory on whodunnit [George Reissfelder and Leonard DiMuzio] Boston Globe March 18, 2025
Rick "Abath, who died in 2024, steadfastly maintained he had nothing to do with the heist. [ex-FBI Gardner heist lead investigator now retired] Geoff Kelly is convinced he did."

New Evidence in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Case WERS October 11, 2016
"The motion that was detected in that room was recorded earlier in the night when Abath was making his rounds. Did Abath himself grab the Monet [Manet] even before the thieves arrived at the museum? Amore declined to comment about Abath saying he wouldn't speak about past employees."

When a half a billion dollars worth of art vanished CBS Good Morning December 6, 2015
"Someone went in that Blue Room that night and the only one that went in the room that night was the security guard according to the motion sensor printouts." —FBI Gardner Heist lead investigator Geoff Kelly

What Happened Inside The Gardner Museum During The Heist WBUR September 16, 2018
"What we don't know is when they [the thieves] went into the Blue Room, to take Chez Tortoni that could have been the first room they entered we don't know because no motion sensors on the first floor went off that night, so it's difficult to say when that was taken." —Anthony Amore
WBUR September 16, 2018

The Theft an Immersive Audio Walk Gardner Museum "Over the intercom from outside, the thieves say that they’re responding to a report of a disturbance. It seemed plausible. After all, it was the night of St. Patrick’s Day. Revelers are still out on the streets. Against protocol, the thieves disguised as police are buzzed in." Anthony Amore Gardner Museum Director Of Security

For sale: 7-bed mansion in Atlanta with ... a Rembrandt stolen 34 years ago in the Gardner heist? Boston Globe March 17, 2024
"In the first-floor gallery where the Manet was stolen, the FBI and Amore say the only steps that motion sensors detected were Abath’s, as he made his rounds before the thieves arrived."

The Boston Globe and the New Fabulism (Parts 1-6) 2023

The Public Naming of Reissfelder and DiMuzio as Gardner Heist suspects
A case study in how disinformation from powerful status quo interests made its way into the news feed of a top notch, top rated local news provider. May 30, 2024

Gardner Heist Aftermath Post-Truth Makes Camp in the Athens of America (Part One) March 17, 2024

The Case of the Empty Frames Remains Art World’s Biggest Mystery Bloomberg June 30 2020 "So many people have put forth so many theories that at this point it’s hard to say what’s real." (Mission Accomplished!)

More than 30 years later, Paul Calantropo claim in the Gardner Museum art heist surfaces Shelley Murphy Boston Globe November 30, 2021 Over the past year, Calantropo has been working behind the scenes with an unlikely assortment of sleuths — including a retired law enforcement official, two former convicts and retired Boston Globe investigative reporter Stephen Kurkjian — in hopes of finding the artwork. In April, the group signed an agreement with the Gardner Museum.
Fact Check: Calantropo was working behind the scenes for years with Kurkjian during a time when the retired Kurkjian wrote numerous articles about the Gardner heist case for the Boston Globe.

FBI Says It Has Sources With Sightings Of Artwork Stolen From Gardner WBUR May 22, 2014 FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly, the lead investigator, identified three "persons of interest" in the Gardner case, all with ties to organized crime: Carmello Merlino, Robert Guarente and Robert Gentile. Merlino and Guarente have died, while Gentile has denied any knowledge of the missing work.

Why Bobby Guarente May Be The Key In Learning Who Pulled Off The Gardner Heist by Stephen Kurkjian WBUR October 18, 2015 WBUR October 15, 2015"Guarente moved to a small town in central Maine where he would bring friends and family members for hunting and fishing trips. Among those he hosted was Robert Donati of Revere, and David Turner of Braintree, whose names have been associated for years with the Gardner theft."

If Bobby Donati Pulled Off The Gardner Heist, This Man Was The Reason Why by Stephen Kurkjian WBUR October 29, 2015 "Donati was also a close friend of Robert "Bobby" Guarente, a former bank robber who has been linked to the Gardner crime."

Robert Guarante [Guarente] arrested in Natick Bank Holdup Boston Globe September 22, 1968

Natick Mother, the Daughter of a judge and 3 week old Baby Held Hostage (by Robert Guarante [Guarente]} Boston Globe September 21, 1968

The FBI's Art Heist Flimflam Christopher Dickey on the supposed "new information" unearthed by the FBI in the Gardner Museum art theft March 19, 2013 "More than two decades later, no arrests have been made. No art has been recovered. And when the Feds announced Monday that they had “new information” on the heist, no meaningful details were given."

FBI lead investigator of Gardner heist retiring, [Geoff Kelly] speaks of recent potential sightings of stolen art Boston 25 News April 26, 2024
"Special Agent Kelly says the FBI knows who pulled off the Gardner Heist and how it went down." Fact Check: A year earlier Kelly said: "We really have a good idea of how we think the heist went down back in 1990."

A Historical Examination of the Gardner Museum Heist's Basement Crime Scene gardnerheist.com Dec 6, 2017

Marshfield: Interview with Steve Kurkjian, Author of Book on 1990 Gardner Museum Art Heist WATD March 30, 2016 "What gets released to the public of course in dribs and drabs is very little. First they came out and said 'we know who did it.' And then recently they released a video and I'm thinking did they know who did it or not, and why are they releaseing this video now? —Christine James WATD March 30, 2016

WBUR Radio Interview of WBUR's Kelly Horan "Last Reflections: Final Episode Of 'Last Seen' Podcast by her husband, WBUR's Anthony Brooks November 19, 2018"

Mysteries In The Museum: Crime And Deception In Art WNPR SEP 8, 2017 Interview with Stephen Kurkjian

Man With [Anything is] Possible Ties to Gardner Heist [David Turner] Released from Prison Fox 25 News

The Loomis Fargo Depot Robbery, A Gardner Heist Fable

Nicole Wolf Gardner Heist Police Sketches

Murdered mob boss gave stolen Boston art to IRA, says former Met detective The Guardian November 4, 2018

Angiulo Reminisces About Sixties Gang War Boston Globe September 7, 1985

Philly connection to Gardner Museum heist By Kevin Cullen Boston Globe columnsit March 2, 2013

Two linked to Mob shot in 2 attacks. One wounded in Saugus second dead in Conn. by Kevin Cullen The Boston Globe Sat, Jun 17, 1989 "In what authorities fear is the opening salvo of an underworld gang war, masked gunmen firing from a car yesterday sprayed bullets at a Sharon man who the FBI describes as a rising Mafia solider seriously wounding outside a Saurgus pancake house."

Gardner Museum doubles reward for stolen art to $10m By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff May 23, 2017 Last week, in response to inquiries from the Globe, Kristen Setera, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Boston office, said investigators have identified the man, but declined to name him publicly or say whether his admission to the museum is considered suspicious."

$10m reward for stolen Gardner museum artwork set to expire at end of 2017 by Shelley Murphy Boston Globe May 23, 2017

Retired FBI agent (Tom Cassano) shares insight on notorious Boston art heist | Portland Press Herald | May 15, 2016

Retired FBI agent (Tom Cassano) shares insight on Boston art heist May 9, 2016

Gardner Heist Thieves Are Dead August 7, 2015

The Sword AND The Stone (Parts 1-10) Was there a credible attempt to negotiate a deal for a return of the paintings in the days following the Gardner Heist?

The Gardner Heist Mystery Is A Media Facilitated Coverup

With Suspects in 1990 Boston Museum Heist Dead, FBI Focuses on Finding Art

One step ahead Braintree suspect in thefts, slayings [David Turner] eludes prosecutors Boston Globe January 20, 1996

Gardner art heist masterpieces have been sighted, FBI agent says Fox News 25 May 22, 2014

The Biggest Art Heist in US History March 17. 2015

The Many Dead Ends of the Gardner Heist Investigation Boston Globe March 19, 2015

What the Gardner Museum surveillance video shows Boston Globe August 6, 2015

Video released in 25-year-old Boston art heist CNN August 6, 2015

New video released in infamous 1990 Boston art heist CBS News August 6, 2015

Gardner Museum guard doesn't recall visit Some tips come in after release of footage of encounter on night before $500m heist Boston Globe August 7, 2015

Video suggests a dry run of Gardner theft Newly disclosed footage from night before shows guard admitting unidentified man Boston Globe August 6, 2015

Retiring FBI chief in Boston [Vincent Lisi] shares, yet keeps quiet by Kevin Cullen Boston Globe August 9, 2015

[Last Seen Review] The Mystery of the Inconclusive Podcast The New Yorker November 21, 2018

"How Boston can still solve the Isabella Stewart Gardner case — before it’s too late As a new true-crime podcast about the theft launches, a possible path to solving the Gardner heist mystery." (Anything is possible.)

Gardner Museum Heist 25th Anniversary: Author Stephen Kurkjian on Noon News

Tips pour in on Gardner Museum art theft 2010 call gave investigation lift Boston Globe March 20, 2013

A sense of urgency on Gardner Museum art recovery Works are at risk of being lost forever, observers say | Boston Globe March 25, 2013

Veteran reporter [Kurkjian] stays on scent of the Gardner heist Dorchester 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.'”

Anticipating Prosecution of the Gardner Heist Jennifer Anglim Kreder and Joseph Huber Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law September 5, 2013 "Knowingly moving stolen property across a state line would subject the thieves and anyone to prosecution under the National Stolen Property Act (NSPA) seemingly regardless of how many years after the theft the interstate transportation occurs."

Latest search for Gardner paintings came up empty by Stephen Kurkjian Boston Globe December 27, 2015 "The Gardner thieves have never been publicly identified, although in 2013 the head of the FBI’s Boston office said at a press conference that the agency knew who had pulled off the robbery and that both men were dead."
Fact Check: The "the head of the FBI’s Boston office" did not say the thieves were dead in 2013 at a press conference in 2013.

FBI has confirmed sightings of Gardner artwork after heist (FOX25 / MyFoxBoston) May 21, 2014
In his first TV interview, FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly, the Bureau's leading investigator on the Gardner Case, tells FOX 25's Bob Ward the trail for the missing Gardner artwork has not grown cold. Kelly said the Bureau has confirmed sightings, from sources the Bureau deems credible. [Like William Youngworth]

FBI has confirmed sightings of Gardner artwork Boston Globe May 22, 2014

The FBI recently announced it knows the identity of the Gardner Museum art heist theives. Click on the circles below to learn about some of the prime suspects. Boston Globe Mar 19, 2013

FBI speaks out about Gardner heist exclusively to FOX 25 (promo)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 29 years after infamous art heist

Gardner museum releases new book about infamous art heist

Gardner Museum: Learn About the Theft

FBI Boston FBI Provides New Information Regarding the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist March 18, 2013

FBI Says It Has Identified Thieves In Gardner Art Heist May 18, 2013

FBI art heist agent says missing Gardner works may not be in U.S.

Researchgate Stephen Kurkjian Interview 3/1/19

Interesting pdf diagram shows one thief going into the Little Salon and another into the Tapestry Room

What we know about the security guard in the new Gardner heist video Boton Globe August 6, 2015

A look at all the art work that was stolen from the Gardner Museum

Brian Ross Investigates: Head of the FBI's Art Theft Squad Not Sure if Stolen Gardner Museum Pieces Are Still in U.S. June 7, 2019

Brian Ross Investigates: Video of Interview with Head of the FBI's Art Theft SquadJune 7, 2019

Six theories behind the stolen Gardner Museum paintings

Gardner Museum guard wrote thesis on art heist Ex-watchman long matter-of-fact about opening the door to thieves Boston Globe August 6, 2015

Historic Footage Connected to Gardner Museum Burglary Released, Public Assistance Sought

FBI tracking tips spurred by video tied to 25-year-old Boston art heist Reuters August 11, 2015

Boston mobster [Robert Luisi] turned Memphis pastor discusses $500 million art heist

Notorious Boston mobster-turned-pastor has clues about Gardner heist

Boston mobster turned Memphis pastor discusses $500 million art heist

WGBH WATCH: Gardner Museum's Head Of Security On Developments In Case & New Book

"Empty Frames" podcast discussion with me about the Gardner heist eve video and the Gardner Museum basement crimce scene January 31, 2019

"Empty Frames" podcast discussion with me about Gardner heist press coverage, the silent alarm and Gardner heist June 16, 2020 politics

"Empty Frames" podcast discussion with "Irreplacebable" Author, Charles Pinning, about his theory of Joe Gibbons' involvement March 21, 2025

Quincy attorney [George Burke] says he may have clue to Gardner museum heist

Attorney says former client can ID man in Gardner video by Hilary Sargent Boston Globe August 10, 2015

Attorney George Burke Interview Surveillance Video Provides New Clue In Gardner Museum Heist CBS Boston August 11, 2015

Possible ID in Gardner museum video Mystery man is said to have connection to crime figures Boston Globe August 10, 2015

Ulrich Boser Book Talk February 6, 2015

We've Seen It! Informant Shows Reporter Apparent Stolen Masterpiece

The Revere Public Library presents Stephen Kurkjian May 16, 2018

Cracking the Biggest Art Heist in History Bloomberg News June 20, 2017

'Indiana Jones Of The Art World' [Arthur Brand] Says He Can Solve Gardner Museum Art Heist June 20, 2017

Art sleuth says it’s time to change strategy on Gardner heist Indiana Jones of the Art World says offer individual rewards January 5, 2020.

Mass. Investigators Scoured Home Searching [Of Anthony Carlo] For Stolen Art

Meet the Indiana Jones of Stolen Art (Arthur Brand)

WBUR Last Seen Podcast Promo

An interview with Stephen Kurkjian, formerly of the Boston Globe, about art heists, investigation and journalism by J.R. Hennessey "The most important thing is to keep [your] eye on the narrative."" —Stephen Kurkjian

A final attempt to recover stolen art by Stephen Kurkjian April 1, 2016

To solve the world's biggest art heist, engage a community's outrage Stepehn Kurkjian March 11, 2016

WBUR: Anthony Brookes interview with Kelly Horan November 19, 2018 Time 37:15

WBUR Interview March 12, 2015 of Stephen Kurkjian

Expert (Robert Wittman) Doubts Philly Mob's Art Connection | BigTrial.net March 28, 2013
“I sat next to the organized crime squad guys,” [Former FBI Special Agnet Robert] Wittman said in a telephone interview from his suburban Philadelphia office this week. “If they had heard anything, I would have known about it. We didn’t hear a thing.”

Webinar Transcript "Behind the Scenes of the Gardner Museum Heist With Chief Investigator, Anthony Amore"
August 1, 2020 Full Video

The Mystery of Chez Tortoni by Christopher Ehlers Dig Boston April 22, 2016

An office focused on what's missing Boston Globe March 12, 2019

Ripped from the Walls (and the Headlines) Fifteen years after the greatest art theft in modern history the mystery may be unraveling Smithsonian Magazine July 2005

The ‘Sociopath’ Scholar [Joe Gibbons] Who Made Films of His Crimes Tried to Confess to America’s Most Famous Art Heist Daily Beast September 29, 2017

Last Seen - America's biggest art heist Last Seen - America's biggest art heist RNZ March 3, 2020

Head of the FBI's Art Theft Squad Not Sure if Stolen Gardner Museum Pieces Are Still in U.S. Brian Ross Investigates June 7th, 2019

Former FBI official Richard DesLauriers recalls tough cases March 3, 2016

Paul Hendry Blog

WGBH Anne Hawley Video Interview March 17, 2015

Amore Fisher College March 27, 2014

Interview with a former Gardner Museum Guard

French Give Paintings to Meese : U.S. Gets Custody of Art Marcos Allegedly Stole Los Angeles Times January 7, 1988
PARIS — French police quietly turned over nine valuable paintings to Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III at the U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday after seizing them from Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Khashoggi, according to French government and legal sources.

Khashoggi Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous February 23, 1985

Kurkjian Master Thieves Gardner robbery lecture Weston Library January 20, 2016

Accused Mobster Tied to Boston Art Heist to Undergo Psychiatric Test September 22, 2017

MAFIA ART-HEIST MYSTERY PART 1

MAFIA ART-HEIST MYSTERY PART 2

Loss of Gardner art has left bitter, lasting impression Boston Globe March 18, 2013

An open letter: Please return Gardner Museum treasures Boston Globe March 14,2015

A crime for the ages, still a mystery, at 25 For Gardner director [Anne Hawley], a professional, personal loss Boston Globe March 14, 2015

Search for artworks from Gardner heist continues 25 years later Boston Globe March 17, 2015

Secret collector’s passion or ransom seen as motive

Another Mystery: What Happened To Evidence In The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist?

Gardner Museum Robbery's Lost Evidence

Evidence in Gardner Museum thefts that might bear DNA is missing June 12, 2017

Did the FBI Lose Evidence from the Gardner Museum Heist? Duct tape and handcuffs from the robbery are missing

Spinning Whitey Bulger's Grave

Official FBI Podcast released June 23, 2023: Inside the FBI Podcast: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
This is a transcript of the 16 minute podcast with a youtube link to the audio.

$6 million in art stolen from [Colnaghi] Gallery on the Upper East Side New York Times Februrary 10, 1988

[Colnaghi] Art Gallery Raid Involved Daring Acrobatics New York Times Februrary 11, 1988

Martial law victims push for faster recovery of Marcos wealth, including missing paintings CNN Philippines September 6, 2017

We want our paintings back now': Gardner Museum doubles reward to $10m for information leading to art, sets deadline May 23, 2017

$10 million reward deadline approaches in unsolved art heist

$10 million reward for stolen Gardner museum artwork is extended

Will a $10 million reward solve the world's biggest art heist? CNN June 7, 2017

Art Sleuth Says Its Time to Change Strategy On Gardner Heist... Offer Invidiual Rewards'

FBI should open its files on Gardner heist Boston Globe March 16, 2015

A Historical Examination of the Gardner Museum Heist’s Basement Crime Scene

Art & Politics: Changing Hearts and Minds led by Anne Hawley The Institute of Politics at Harvard University Feb 24, 2016

Veteran reporter [Kurkjian] stays on scent of the Gardner heist Dorchester News March 12, 2015

Did Whitey Bulger Pull Off the Gardner Art Heist for the IRA? Daily Beast July 3, 2019

Gardner Heist 25 Years of Theories March 1, 2015

Framing Absence: Exhibit Inspired By Notorious Art Heist Opens At The Gardner (Anne Hawle Discloses Threats Against Museum October 25, 2013

FBI says it has identified the thieves in Gardner Museum heist; paintings' location still unknown Boston Globe by Stephen Kurkjian, Milton J. Valencia and Martin Finucane March 18, 2013

Art Thieves Known, FBI says
Names not divulged; trail of Gardner masterworks ended with a sale try a decade ago; Investigators cite progress, seek help in cracking 1990 case
Boston Globe March 18, 2013 by Stephen Kurkjian and Milton J. Valencia

Many Leads, But Slow Progress 14 Years After Gardner Heist Boston Globe March 18, 2004
Speculation included links to the Irish Republican Army, South American drug cartels, a private art collector, organized crime figures, or thieves trying to use the artwork as a bargaining chip to avoid prison time for another crime. "We've got some outlandish theories, but we've run them all down," said Kelly, noting that the FBI is unwilling to dismiss anyone whose name has surfaced as a possible suspect.

History’s Biggest Art Heist History.com Updated:April 15, 2021, Original March 18, 2015

History’s Biggest Art Heist CBS News, December 6, 2015

Huge art heist solved? Rembrandts, Vermeer still missing USA TODAY March 31, 2015

After 25 Years, FBI Knows Who Was Behind Daring Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist It's being pinned on a bunch of dead crooks ArtNet March 31, 2015

FBI Solves Decades-Old Art Heist, Suspect Had Been Represented By John Kerry Breitbart March 29, 2015

Rick Abath Souncloud page

The Gardner Heist in Pop Culture by Erin Dionne March 15, 2015

Stephen ROSSETTI, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

Dorchester Man [David Turner] Resentenced for Role in Plot to Rob Armored Car Depot

USA v. William Merlino

U.S. v. Turner

Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum Robbery: Myth Busting Video Presentation by Charles Sabba April 2024

A Virtual Stroll Through The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum WBUR March 21, 2014

Using 'the old shoe-leather thing, sleuth found 'The Scream, dissected Gardner heist Boston, Charley Hill, dies Globe March 24, 2021

True Crime & More! Carrigan & Company April 8, 2025 Anthony Amore to Bob Ward: "You and Shelley Murphy both say the same thing to me all the time, 'Hey I'm going to be your first call, right?' And you would be because you're both the best crime reporters in theicty without a doubt."

Investigators suspect a link between the Gardner Museum heist and an execution-style murder in Lynn By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe February 27, 2022
Anthony Amore, the museum’s security director, said investigators have been pursuing the theory that the two crimes [Jimmy Marks slaying and Gardner Heist] may be connected for more than a decade," but didn't get around to sharing that information with the public until five years after Elene Guarente died, and ten days before he announced he was running for statewide office.

"Maine state police reports show that Guarente and a number of associates, including Marks, were under investigation in 1991 for interstate drug trafficking, Stephen Kurkjian, an author and former Globe reporter, wrote in “Master Thieves,” a 2015 book about the Gardner heist." He also wrote: "Marks must have picked up some information about the Gardner case before he was killed, as he told his girlfriend at the time that he had hidden some valuable stolen items in the space above their ceiling. Nearly twenty years later, in 2010, that information was relayed to the FBI, which searched the crawl space—without success."

Rick Abath Links

Rod Ramsay Links

Brian McDevitt Links

William Youngworth Links

Robert Gentile Links

Myles Connor Links

Robert Donati Links

Gardner Heist Eve Surveillance Video released to the public August 6, 2015

"Newly Released Gardner Video Raises Questions About Initial Investigation" WBUR 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," eyewitness Nancy Clougherty said.

Gardner Heist Timelines

Most authoritative, historically accurate but not perfect

Gardner Robbery Timeline

Infographic: A Minute-By-Minute Look At The Gardner Museum Heist Boston Magazine March 18, 2013

Illustrated Timeline of Gardner heist

What Happened Inside The Gardner Museum During The Heist WBUR September 15, 2018

The Gardner Heist: Interview with Lead Investigator, Anthony Amore

Suspects remain enigmas Boston Herald March 19, 2008 Unknown Suspect Nunber One
Age: Late 20’s to mid 30’s Height: 5’7" to 5’10" Build: Medium Eyes: Dark Hair: Black, short cropped Complexion: Fair to medium Facial Structure: Narrow Facial Hair: Wearing a dark, shiny mustache, appearing to be false Glasses: Wearing square-shaped, gold framed glasses Clothing: Fully ornamented dark blue police uniform and hat, and dark shoes, with patch on left shoulder, possibly with wording “Boston Police.” Equipment: Carrying a square black radio (with 5" to 6" antenna) on belt Accent: Possibly Boston
Unknown Suspect Number Two
Age: Early to mid 30’s Height: 6’0" to 6’1" Weight: 180 to 200 pounds Build: Fairly broad shoulders, lanky from the waist down Eyes: Dark Hair: Black, medium length, puffy with additional length in back, rounded off just over the collar Complexion: Fair to medium Facial Structure: Round Facial Hair: Black shiny mustache appearing to be false Clothing: Same as Unknown Subject Number One Equipment: Same as Unknown Subject Number One Accent: None noted

This Podcast [Empty Frames] Is Trying to Solve One of the Greatest Art Crimes in History The Obersver February 8, 2018

Boston Art Caper (Contd): The Art of the Deal by Carey Goldberg New York Times January 13, 1998

The Gardner Robbery in Art and The Culture

Paintings Stolen in America’s Biggest Art Heist Have Returned to Their Frames—Thanks to Augmented Reality

Hacking The Heist: Using the magic of augmented reality, the stolen art returns back to its rightful home.

Artist [Kota Ezawa] Recreates 13 Stolen Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Masterpieces in New Show

Kota Ezawa: Gardner Museum Revisited at Christopher Grimes Gallery

Episode 10: 'Last Seen' Live

Interview with artist Sophie Calle discussing her two Gardner heist related exhibits: 'What Do You See?' and 'Last Seen.'

Concepts Recalls Great American Heists In Adidas Consortium Collaboration

Gardner Museum’s new audio tour follows the footprints of the art thieves Boston Globe 3/13/2020

Gardner Museum’s theft audio tour

The goods on the Gardner heist Arnie Reisman and Nat Segaloff’s screenplay lays out how it went down.

The Greatest Art Heist in History (feat. Martin Starr & Brett Gelman) - Drunk History

Buzzfeed Unsolved The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist

Buzzfeed Unsolved Gardner Museum Heist Q + A

Last Seen Podcast parody transcript

Beat The Press podcast parody transcript

Review of 2005 Documentary "Stolen" by Travis Simpkins Old review of an even older documentary but more disinformation has been put out since it came out and this website has a lot of good Gartner related material, especially images, including his own orginal artwork.

Novels and Fiction About the Gardner Heist

"The Secrets of Alias Matthew Goldman: Does one man know where half-a-billion dollar's worth of stolen artworks are?"

"Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking: A 14 Day Mystery" by Erin Dionne [Children's Middle Grade Mystery & Detective Books]

Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak

"A Discerning Eye," by Carol Orange

"The Music Lesson," by Katharine Weber

Artful Deception: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Rob Kindle Edition by James McGovern

The Docent Paperback – March 3, 2016 by Tom Kenny

Irreplaceable by Charles Pinning

Murder at the Gardner (Homer Kelly, #7) by Jane Langton About a theft at the Gardner Museum, it was published a year before the Gardner heist.

The information underworld by Dick Lehr Boston Globe Oct 16, 1988 October 16, 1988 Page A27 Police reliance on criminal inforamants is a dangerous game for both

Informers by Dick Lehr Boston Globe Oct 16, 1988 October 16, 1988 Page A28 Continued from page A27

Nonfiction Works About the Gardner Heist

Howard Means: "This book still needs to be written," but....
coming in April 2017 from Scribner: THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY, by Joe Navarro, with a little help from a friend. Movie maybe to follow! from the April 13, 2015, VARIETY: George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has picked up the film rights to Joe Navarro’s [not yet written at that point] “Three Minutes to Doomsday.”

Information Warfare, Forging Communication Strategies for Twenty-first Century Operational Environments by James Farwell USMC Press

Netflix "This Is A Robbery," 2020 Complete Transcript I have no recollection of ever talking to the FBI. None of the FBI folks reached out to me later on. If it was the Boston Police, was that information shared with the FBI? I don't know. But someone, who was responsible for the investigation never followed through and contacted me again, and I was an eye witness. Justin Stratman, Episode 2

Netflix series "This Is A Robbery" looks at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist Boston Globe March 11, 2021

"Last Seen Podcast" Transcripts for Season One (2018) Episodes 1-10

New England's Unsolved: "The Gardner heist 30 years later" Transcript Boston 25 News March 20, 2020

How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin Gardner Art Heist Stealing Beauty Transcript CNN May 19, 2024

Master Thieves by Stephen Kurkjian, the complete book "Hardly master thieves, the intruders pulled the majestic Rembrandt from where it hung on the far wall of the gallery and threw it to the marbled floor, shattering the glass in the huge frame." —Stephen Kurkjian "Master Thieves" page 49

False Facts in WBUR/Boston Globe's Last Seen Podcast, Season One Episode 1-9

Last Seen Podcast 2018 Transscripts (TEXT FILE)

Gardner Art Recovery Rewards 1990-2020

Journalists note: $5M reward for stolen art! March 18, 2008

Turbo Paul Henry: Art Thief Turned Art Crime Ombudsman August 22, 2014

Gardner Museum Offers New $100,000 Reward For Item [the Napoleonic finial] Stolen During Infamous Heist

Adnan Khashoggi, High-Living Saudi Arms Trader, Dies at 81 New York Times June 6, 2017

$10m reward for stolen Gardner museum artwork set to expire at end of 2017 Boston Globe December 15, 2017

Reward extended for stolen Gardner art Boston Globe January 11, 2018

Boston museum hikes reward to $10M for artwork taken in '90 heist UPI May 24, 2017

$10 million reward expiring for information on Gardner Museum heist Boston 25 News December 14, 2017

$10M Reward Extended For Return Of Stolen Gardner Museum Art January 11, 2018

Have You Seen These Paintings? $10 Million Reward Offered For Artwork Stolen in 1990 CRIME Inside Edition December 28, 2017

Will a $10 million reward solve the world's biggest art heist? CNN May 25, 2017

A mystery for the ages: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist | The Art Newspaper July 17, 2019

This Podcast [Empty Frames] Is Trying to Solve One of the Greatest Art Crimes in History 02/08/18

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum publishes its own [36 page picture] book about 1990 heist

Gardner Heist Anniversary: An update on investigative angles March 16, 2014 by Ulrich Boser

Former FBI official recalls tough cases, weighs in on Apple June 3, 2016

FBI reports tips pouring in over Gardner heist March 19, 2013

What Happened Inside The Gardner Museum During The Heist WBUR September 15, 2018

Old Dirty Boston podcast interview Anthony Amore Interview

Stephen Kurkjian at the Southborough Library March 10, 2016

A Tribute to Bill Cunningham from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum October 11, 2016

Art Crime, Repatriation, Antiquities Trafficking Book List: A spreadsheet of books about cultural heritage crime, art law, and related things, from art crime scholar Donna Yates

Police Arrest 9 Boston Area Men Alleged Bank Robbery Ring Inluding Robert Guarante [Guarente] Boston Globe February 21, 1969 page 1
Police Arrest 9 Boston Area Men Alleged Bank Robbery Ring Inluding Robert Guarante [Guarente] Boston Globe February 21, 1969 page 12

FBI should open its files on Gardner heist —The Editorial Board Boston Globe March 16, 2015

Restraining the Media at the CIA Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff and Jeff McConnell, Special to the Globe, Boston Globe August 22, 1989" "WASHINGTON - A former public information officer for William H. Webster, the head of the CIA, told a Harvard University audience last month that improved relations between the press and the CIA had helped him to persuade three major newspapers or their reporters to kill, alter or delay articles concerning CIA operations. "About a year ago, when the story broke with the arrest in West Germany of retired Army Sgt. Clyde Lee Conrad, Baker said he informed the Times reporter, who was able to produce "a lengthy account of the espionage ring and the arrests." The reporter waited until March, however, to publish the account of Conrad's tricking of the CIA to pay him $50,000 [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/10/world/ex-us-sergeant-s-spy-case-is-said-to-grow-in-seriousness.html] for useless information."