1 00:00:02,458 --> 00:00:04,125 - A Boston museum with over a billion dollars 2 00:00:04,208 --> 00:00:06,542 in priceless paintings: 3 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:10,917 the site of one of the largest art thefts in history. 4 00:00:11,042 --> 00:00:12,583 - The Vermeer is one of the most valuable 5 00:00:12,708 --> 00:00:13,958 paintings in the world. 6 00:00:15,417 --> 00:00:16,375 [tense music] 7 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:18,458 - Despite security precautions, 8 00:00:18,583 --> 00:00:20,833 the thieves walk right in. [buzzer buzzes] 9 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,125 - This could have been Fort Knox. 10 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:24,167 But you let the people in, 11 00:00:24,292 --> 00:00:25,333 then it really doesn't matter how much security you have. 12 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:29,708 - The brazen theft is only the start of the story. 13 00:00:29,875 --> 00:00:31,792 Soon, there are multiple suspects 14 00:00:31,917 --> 00:00:34,333 and a trail of dead bodies. 15 00:00:34,458 --> 00:00:36,833 - His throat was slashed so deep 16 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,500 that he was nearly decapitated. 17 00:00:39,583 --> 00:00:40,417 - Now that's a message. 18 00:00:40,542 --> 00:00:43,625 - And above all, one burning question: 19 00:00:43,708 --> 00:00:47,292 will the invaluable paintings ever be found? 20 00:00:47,417 --> 00:00:50,250 - The paintings could be here, the paintings could be there. 21 00:00:50,375 --> 00:00:51,917 What happened to the paintings? 22 00:00:52,042 --> 00:00:54,667 [dramatic music] 23 00:00:54,833 --> 00:00:56,167 ♪ ♪ 24 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:58,667 - The masterminds behind every great heist 25 00:00:58,792 --> 00:00:59,958 see what most people don't... 26 00:01:00,083 --> 00:01:02,250 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:02,375 --> 00:01:05,542 Risking everything to pull off the score of a lifetime. 28 00:01:05,667 --> 00:01:06,958 It takes a bold plan... 29 00:01:07,083 --> 00:01:08,167 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:10,333 The right team... 31 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,292 and the skill to stay one step ahead of the law. 32 00:01:13,375 --> 00:01:14,375 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,958 [suspenseful music] 34 00:01:27,042 --> 00:01:29,875 ♪ ♪ 35 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,667 [energetic music] 36 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:39,708 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:43,458 --> 00:01:46,000 - [chuckles] It's the 1980s, 38 00:01:46,125 --> 00:01:48,125 and as art prices skyrocket, 39 00:01:48,250 --> 00:01:50,667 professional thieves turned from robbing banks 40 00:01:50,792 --> 00:01:52,333 to robbing museums. 41 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:55,125 Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 42 00:01:55,208 --> 00:01:57,208 is one-of-a-kind. 43 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:59,792 A gem of a target, thanks to its peerless collection 44 00:01:59,917 --> 00:02:01,458 of old masters. 45 00:02:01,542 --> 00:02:04,417 When it opens in 1903, the Gardner boasts 46 00:02:04,542 --> 00:02:09,708 the largest private collection of art in America. 47 00:02:09,833 --> 00:02:14,417 ♪ ♪ 48 00:02:14,542 --> 00:02:17,333 - Isabella Stewart Gardner is a force of nature. 49 00:02:17,417 --> 00:02:20,375 She's five feet tall, shock of red hair. 50 00:02:20,542 --> 00:02:22,750 She was someone who used her wealth 51 00:02:22,875 --> 00:02:27,500 to create something to leave to the city of Boston. 52 00:02:27,583 --> 00:02:28,833 ♪ ♪ 53 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,833 - She built, in my opinion, 54 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:32,708 one of the most beautiful museums 55 00:02:32,833 --> 00:02:34,500 that this world has ever seen. 56 00:02:34,667 --> 00:02:36,333 - Nothing can prepare you, really, 57 00:02:36,458 --> 00:02:37,375 for the experience of walking into the Gardener. 58 00:02:37,542 --> 00:02:39,708 It is a riot, a visual feast. 59 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:42,667 [suspenseful music] 60 00:02:42,792 --> 00:02:44,333 ♪ ♪ 61 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:48,167 - That museum is jam-packed with very expensive artwork, 62 00:02:48,292 --> 00:02:49,417 priceless artwork. 63 00:02:49,542 --> 00:02:51,542 ♪ ♪ 64 00:02:51,708 --> 00:02:53,750 She had the Vermeer, which is one of 65 00:02:53,875 --> 00:02:56,542 what, 31 or 32 in the world? 66 00:02:56,708 --> 00:02:59,083 - Vermeer's "Concert." What an amazing painting. 67 00:02:59,208 --> 00:03:01,167 ♪ ♪ 68 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:04,042 - You have various Rembrandts. 69 00:03:04,167 --> 00:03:07,208 - "Christ on the Sea of Galilee." 70 00:03:07,333 --> 00:03:10,167 - A museum like no other. 71 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:12,667 You'd find something new every time. 72 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,833 ♪ ♪ 73 00:03:15,250 --> 00:03:16,500 [upbeat music] 74 00:03:16,625 --> 00:03:20,417 - When Isabella Stewart Gardner dies in 1923, 75 00:03:20,542 --> 00:03:22,667 her will establishes an endowment 76 00:03:22,792 --> 00:03:27,167 to keep the museum open exactly how she left it. 77 00:03:27,333 --> 00:03:29,667 - The will stipulates that no paintings 78 00:03:29,792 --> 00:03:32,583 should be taken away, and nothing added either. 79 00:03:32,708 --> 00:03:36,250 - She was not going to lose this museum 80 00:03:36,375 --> 00:03:39,667 to some future generation that had terrible taste 81 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:42,292 or a bad vision or didn't share her love for it, 82 00:03:42,375 --> 00:03:44,542 so she wrote a will that stipulates that 83 00:03:44,708 --> 00:03:48,083 nothing can be removed or even moved. 84 00:03:48,208 --> 00:03:49,500 - Unfortunately, 85 00:03:49,583 --> 00:03:51,792 Gardner's will also prevents the museum 86 00:03:51,917 --> 00:03:56,125 from making necessary upgrades to its security systems. 87 00:03:56,250 --> 00:03:58,792 - But without her leadership it began to fray, 88 00:03:58,917 --> 00:04:02,083 and I think security was one of the things 89 00:04:02,208 --> 00:04:04,500 that was fraying badly. 90 00:04:04,667 --> 00:04:09,417 - By 1981, the museum security is so outmoded 91 00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:14,500 that one East Boston mob crew can't resist an easy score. 92 00:04:14,625 --> 00:04:19,000 - The museum had classical music concerts twice a week. 93 00:04:19,083 --> 00:04:23,042 They were going to set off smoke bombs at the recital... 94 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:24,958 [classical music being played] 95 00:04:25,083 --> 00:04:27,125 Cause all sorts of havoc, 96 00:04:27,208 --> 00:04:29,750 and then steal what they wanted to steal. 97 00:04:29,875 --> 00:04:30,792 ♪ ♪ 98 00:04:30,917 --> 00:04:32,667 [alarm wailing] 99 00:04:32,792 --> 00:04:36,292 Well, they got caught by the FBI. 100 00:04:38,292 --> 00:04:41,792 But now the idea of the museum was vulnerable, 101 00:04:41,917 --> 00:04:44,583 that gets known. 102 00:04:44,708 --> 00:04:47,333 - After this close call, the museum decides 103 00:04:47,458 --> 00:04:50,125 to finally make several security improvements. 104 00:04:50,208 --> 00:04:52,833 [suspenseful music] 105 00:04:52,917 --> 00:04:56,167 - One of them was a motion detector system. 106 00:04:56,292 --> 00:04:58,417 They put sensors in the doorways 107 00:04:58,542 --> 00:05:01,167 of each of the galleries. 108 00:05:01,292 --> 00:05:04,750 - And there is a dot matrix printout 109 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:06,583 of all of their movements 110 00:05:06,708 --> 00:05:10,000 that's being fed through a printer in the guard station. 111 00:05:10,125 --> 00:05:11,583 [dot matrix printer whines] 112 00:05:11,708 --> 00:05:13,833 - High-tech solutions are only as good 113 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,708 as the people who use them, 114 00:05:15,875 --> 00:05:19,333 so the board establishes new security protocols 115 00:05:19,417 --> 00:05:21,000 for the guards. 116 00:05:21,083 --> 00:05:23,500 - There would be two night shift guards on duty. 117 00:05:23,625 --> 00:05:25,833 One would be walking through the museum 118 00:05:25,917 --> 00:05:27,833 going floor to floor, checking the rooms 119 00:05:27,917 --> 00:05:31,250 to make sure there were no issues or disturbances. 120 00:05:31,375 --> 00:05:33,458 The other guard would be at the guard desk, 121 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:37,167 and monitoring the systems by the Palace Road door. 122 00:05:37,292 --> 00:05:38,583 - Now under the desk, there's a button 123 00:05:38,708 --> 00:05:41,292 that he could push and alert to the police. 124 00:05:41,375 --> 00:05:42,792 [suspenseful music] 125 00:05:42,875 --> 00:05:45,500 - The Palace Road door leads directly 126 00:05:45,625 --> 00:05:48,208 into a last line of defense for the guards. 127 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,333 - There's a man trap. 128 00:05:49,458 --> 00:05:50,667 When you have those visitors, 129 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:52,333 you can let them in the first door. 130 00:05:52,458 --> 00:05:53,792 And then when that door shuts, 131 00:05:53,875 --> 00:05:54,958 they're kind of locked in there, right? 132 00:05:55,042 --> 00:05:57,917 They can leave, but they can't get in the museum. 133 00:05:58,042 --> 00:05:59,750 - Despite the new systems, 134 00:05:59,875 --> 00:06:04,083 a new pair of professional thieves spot a weakness. 135 00:06:04,208 --> 00:06:07,875 They picked the perfect date for a fresh heist attempt... 136 00:06:08,042 --> 00:06:10,792 March 17, 1990. 137 00:06:10,875 --> 00:06:12,333 [rowdy upbeat music] 138 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:14,375 - March 17 is a holy holiday in Boston. 139 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:15,625 St. Patrick's Day. 140 00:06:15,750 --> 00:06:17,833 ♪ ♪ 141 00:06:17,958 --> 00:06:21,292 - [chuckling] It's a boozy riot across the city. 142 00:06:21,417 --> 00:06:24,417 ♪ ♪ 143 00:06:24,542 --> 00:06:26,417 [suspenseful music] 144 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:29,125 - The first few hours of the St. Patrick's night shift 145 00:06:29,208 --> 00:06:31,000 start like any other. 146 00:06:31,125 --> 00:06:34,667 The two guards take turns patrolling the museum. 147 00:06:34,833 --> 00:06:37,958 - It's these two young men in their early 20s 148 00:06:38,083 --> 00:06:39,708 who are guarding the museum. 149 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:44,167 Rick Abath, a Berklee College of Music school dropout, 150 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:47,375 with long ringlet rockstar hair, 151 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:51,208 and Randy Heston, who is also a music student. 152 00:06:51,375 --> 00:06:53,917 He likes the night shift, he says, 153 00:06:54,042 --> 00:06:58,000 because it gives him a chance to practice his trombone. 154 00:06:58,125 --> 00:07:00,583 - So Randy takes the desk. 155 00:07:00,708 --> 00:07:03,667 His job is to sit at the desk, monitor cameras. 156 00:07:03,792 --> 00:07:05,792 Rick does his first rounds. 157 00:07:05,917 --> 00:07:07,750 ♪ ♪ 158 00:07:07,875 --> 00:07:11,708 - All the lights were out in the museum during third shift, 159 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:14,208 and you would walk around with a flashlight. 160 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:16,292 ♪ ♪ 161 00:07:16,375 --> 00:07:18,500 - During the second rounds that Rick does, 162 00:07:18,667 --> 00:07:21,750 a fire alarm goes off. 163 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:22,875 [bell ringing] 164 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,792 No smoke condition, nothing that indicates a fire. 165 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:29,042 They turn it off. 166 00:07:29,208 --> 00:07:31,000 [alarm falls silent] 167 00:07:31,125 --> 00:07:32,708 - What we understand is that 168 00:07:32,875 --> 00:07:37,167 Rick Abath goes to the Palace Road door 169 00:07:37,292 --> 00:07:42,292 and opens it and closes it 170 00:07:42,417 --> 00:07:45,667 and comes back into the museum. 171 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:49,500 ♪ ♪ 172 00:07:49,625 --> 00:07:53,375 - So we're talking about March 18, 1990. 173 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:57,667 Early morning hours of the-- past midnight, 1:00. 174 00:07:57,750 --> 00:07:59,417 ♪ ♪ 175 00:07:59,542 --> 00:08:01,792 It's a little bit rainy, misty. 176 00:08:01,875 --> 00:08:03,333 Not too cold. 177 00:08:03,458 --> 00:08:04,833 - And that's when two individuals 178 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,250 walk up to the Palace Road door... 179 00:08:06,375 --> 00:08:07,375 ♪ ♪ 180 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:09,542 Ring the doorbell. 181 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:11,083 [tense musical crescendo] 182 00:08:14,167 --> 00:08:15,917 [suspenseful music] 183 00:08:16,042 --> 00:08:19,375 - The two thieves have a clear, detailed plan. 184 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,833 They start by approaching the museum 185 00:08:21,917 --> 00:08:25,042 wearing stolen police uniforms. 186 00:08:25,167 --> 00:08:30,500 The only question is will their disguises work? 187 00:08:30,625 --> 00:08:33,333 - So there they are, outside the door. 188 00:08:33,417 --> 00:08:36,083 There's a closed circuit TV camera 189 00:08:36,208 --> 00:08:38,208 shining right down on them. 190 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:41,167 Inside the museum less than 30 feet away 191 00:08:41,333 --> 00:08:43,042 and Rick sees these two men 192 00:08:43,167 --> 00:08:44,750 announcing themselves police officers. 193 00:08:44,875 --> 00:08:46,917 "We're here to investigate a disturbance." 194 00:08:47,042 --> 00:08:50,417 "What disturbance? There's no disturbance here." 195 00:08:50,542 --> 00:08:53,583 - The policy at the Gardner Museum is 196 00:08:53,708 --> 00:08:56,833 nobody gets in the museum after it's closed. 197 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,458 Even if it's Boston Police or law enforcement, 198 00:08:59,542 --> 00:09:03,042 what you're supposed to do is call Boston Police. 199 00:09:03,167 --> 00:09:06,208 - Rick Abath is familiar with the protocol, 200 00:09:06,375 --> 00:09:08,625 but he chooses not to follow it. 201 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:12,292 He lets the two men inside the first door. 202 00:09:12,375 --> 00:09:14,500 Thanks to the man trap, 203 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:16,542 he has one more chance to look them over. 204 00:09:16,667 --> 00:09:20,333 - Rick, he was very trusting 205 00:09:20,417 --> 00:09:22,667 and a good-hearted person. 206 00:09:22,833 --> 00:09:25,167 He decided it'd be OK to let them in. 207 00:09:25,333 --> 00:09:27,167 ♪ ♪ 208 00:09:27,250 --> 00:09:28,542 [buzzer buzzes] 209 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:32,958 And unfortunately, it went totally wrong. 210 00:09:33,083 --> 00:09:34,500 [tense music] 211 00:09:34,583 --> 00:09:36,500 - Instead of following protocol, 212 00:09:36,583 --> 00:09:40,500 Rick buzzes them in and the heist is on. 213 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:42,167 - This could have been Fort Knox. 214 00:09:42,292 --> 00:09:43,375 But you let the people in, 215 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:46,833 then it really doesn't matter how much security you have. 216 00:09:46,958 --> 00:09:50,750 - By letting those two men into the museum, 217 00:09:50,875 --> 00:09:54,583 Rick Abath unleashed the greatest art heist in history. 218 00:09:54,708 --> 00:09:58,250 ♪ ♪ 219 00:10:02,375 --> 00:10:04,333 [upbeat music] 220 00:10:04,458 --> 00:10:05,375 ♪ ♪ 221 00:10:05,542 --> 00:10:09,000 - March 18, 1:24 a.m. 222 00:10:09,083 --> 00:10:11,083 Two thieves posing as policemen 223 00:10:11,208 --> 00:10:12,917 make it through the first security door 224 00:10:13,042 --> 00:10:14,542 at the Gardner Museum. 225 00:10:14,667 --> 00:10:17,458 - He saw the uniforms and just assumed 226 00:10:17,583 --> 00:10:19,667 that they were telling the truth. 227 00:10:19,750 --> 00:10:23,000 - Guard Rick Abath has one last opportunity 228 00:10:23,083 --> 00:10:25,542 to stop them getting any farther. 229 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:28,333 Instead, he buzzes them in. 230 00:10:28,458 --> 00:10:31,542 - Then Rick says to them, "There's nothing going on." 231 00:10:31,708 --> 00:10:33,500 [dramatic tense music] 232 00:10:33,625 --> 00:10:36,583 They ask, "Who else is in the museum?" 233 00:10:36,708 --> 00:10:40,042 "There's one other guard." "Call him down." 234 00:10:40,208 --> 00:10:45,042 And Rick has a two-way radio. He calls down Randy. 235 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:47,792 - As that second guard comes to the guard desk, 236 00:10:47,917 --> 00:10:51,042 the individuals claiming to be Boston police officers 237 00:10:51,208 --> 00:10:53,875 tell the guard at the desk, "Can I see your ID? 238 00:10:54,042 --> 00:10:57,625 And at that point, the alleged officers say, 239 00:10:57,708 --> 00:11:00,500 "There's a warrant out for your arrest." 240 00:11:00,667 --> 00:11:01,792 - And Rick says, "Mo, no, no, no, no, no. 241 00:11:01,875 --> 00:11:03,833 I'm not wanted for anything." 242 00:11:03,958 --> 00:11:06,833 By stepping away, he is going to be out of reach 243 00:11:06,958 --> 00:11:08,667 from hitting the alarm bell. 244 00:11:08,792 --> 00:11:10,833 The one security alarm bell the museum has 245 00:11:10,958 --> 00:11:12,708 to the outside world. 246 00:11:12,833 --> 00:11:14,208 - And at that point, 247 00:11:14,333 --> 00:11:16,833 they place handcuffs on the first guard. 248 00:11:16,958 --> 00:11:19,208 The other guard who came down to the first floor, 249 00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:21,875 they tell him to get up against the wall. 250 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,167 - And Randy's going, "Oh, my God. 251 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:27,083 What is going on? What did Rick do?" 252 00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:29,500 But then no sooner is he wondering this, 253 00:11:29,583 --> 00:11:32,875 then he's being handcuffed. 254 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,500 - That's when the one bad guy declared, 255 00:11:35,625 --> 00:11:38,167 "Gentlemen, this is a robbery." 256 00:11:38,292 --> 00:11:40,667 - The fake police take control of the real guards 257 00:11:40,792 --> 00:11:42,417 and tell them what will happen 258 00:11:42,542 --> 00:11:44,958 if they tell the cops anything about the robbery, 259 00:11:45,042 --> 00:11:47,083 and it's not pretty. 260 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:49,583 - Tells them, "We now know who you are and where you live. 261 00:11:49,708 --> 00:11:53,625 "Keep quiet, cooperate, and don't ever say anything 262 00:11:53,708 --> 00:11:56,833 or we're going to come hunt you down." 263 00:11:56,917 --> 00:11:58,667 - They proceed to tape their eyes 264 00:11:58,750 --> 00:12:01,792 so they can't see where they're going and then they're moved. 265 00:12:01,875 --> 00:12:03,500 Both led down to the basement. 266 00:12:03,583 --> 00:12:09,708 ♪ ♪ 267 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:12,167 - At that moment, those guards didn't know 268 00:12:12,292 --> 00:12:14,083 if they were going to live or die. 269 00:12:14,208 --> 00:12:16,042 - With the guards under control, 270 00:12:16,167 --> 00:12:20,167 the men now have free reign of the entire museum. 271 00:12:20,292 --> 00:12:22,167 But their movements are still being tracked 272 00:12:22,292 --> 00:12:25,458 by the motion detectors throughout the building. 273 00:12:25,583 --> 00:12:29,417 - The dot matrix printer that is tracking movement 274 00:12:29,542 --> 00:12:34,208 through the galleries shows exactly where they went, 275 00:12:34,333 --> 00:12:36,667 for how long, and what they did there. 276 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:38,625 It's the closest thing, I think, 277 00:12:38,708 --> 00:12:40,208 to sort of peeking through a keyhole 278 00:12:40,333 --> 00:12:43,167 and watching the whole thing unfold. 279 00:12:43,292 --> 00:12:46,042 - The two thieves head to the second floor 280 00:12:46,167 --> 00:12:49,458 filled with masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age. 281 00:12:49,542 --> 00:12:51,167 They start with a painting 282 00:12:51,250 --> 00:12:54,208 worth an estimated $100 million, 283 00:12:54,375 --> 00:12:58,958 Rembrandt's "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee." 284 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:01,000 - It's an enormous painting on which we see Christ 285 00:13:01,083 --> 00:13:03,375 and the Apostles at sea in a storm. 286 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:05,625 ♪ ♪ 287 00:13:05,708 --> 00:13:07,750 And the apostles look like 288 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:10,042 they're staring death in the face 289 00:13:10,167 --> 00:13:14,208 and Christ alone is just serene among them. 290 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:16,375 And if you look very closely, there's Rembrandt. 291 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:17,708 He's painted himself in it. 292 00:13:17,875 --> 00:13:19,500 So it's a remarkable painting. 293 00:13:19,625 --> 00:13:22,958 It's full of movement and fury and it's his only seascape, 294 00:13:23,042 --> 00:13:24,833 so it is one of a kind. 295 00:13:24,917 --> 00:13:26,750 ♪ ♪ 296 00:13:26,875 --> 00:13:29,792 The way they take it is brutal. 297 00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:32,125 [abrasive dissonant music] 298 00:13:32,208 --> 00:13:34,708 They slash it from its rosewood stretcher. 299 00:13:34,875 --> 00:13:38,333 [dramatic music] 300 00:13:38,458 --> 00:13:41,667 They slash it right out of the frame. 301 00:13:41,792 --> 00:13:43,833 - They did the same butcher job 302 00:13:43,958 --> 00:13:46,667 to the prize of the room, Vermeer's "Concert." 303 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:50,333 - So they're really wreaking havoc inside the room. 304 00:13:50,417 --> 00:13:53,083 ♪ ♪ 305 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:55,750 - What they did to priceless art was violent. 306 00:13:55,875 --> 00:13:56,833 [jazz music] [glass shatters] 307 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,917 - There's broken glass and splinters everywhere. 308 00:14:00,042 --> 00:14:02,375 - They take a Rembrandt etching. 309 00:14:02,542 --> 00:14:04,042 It's about the size of postage stamp, 310 00:14:04,167 --> 00:14:06,833 but it's in a very elaborate frame. 311 00:14:06,917 --> 00:14:08,917 And we know that they spend the time 312 00:14:09,042 --> 00:14:11,833 unscrewing every screw on that frame. 313 00:14:11,958 --> 00:14:16,333 Requires a special tool. 314 00:14:16,458 --> 00:14:19,583 - If you're stealing millions of dollars' worth of paintings, 315 00:14:19,708 --> 00:14:21,042 you would imagine time would be of the essence. 316 00:14:21,167 --> 00:14:24,167 That you wouldn't be spending time unscrewing this item 317 00:14:24,250 --> 00:14:26,875 and taking it out of the frame when frankly, 318 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,417 you probably could have put it in your pocket. 319 00:14:28,542 --> 00:14:30,875 - And they took one more thing from the Dutch room, 320 00:14:31,042 --> 00:14:34,000 which doesn't fit with the theme of that room. 321 00:14:34,083 --> 00:14:37,708 A 12th century Chinese gu, or beaker. 322 00:14:37,875 --> 00:14:41,708 - It's an ancient Chinese vase that they decided to take. 323 00:14:41,875 --> 00:14:43,542 You'd think you could just grab that off the table, 324 00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:45,833 but that was actually screwed to the table. 325 00:14:45,958 --> 00:14:48,208 So somebody wasted significant time 326 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:50,583 getting that gu, which, again, 327 00:14:50,708 --> 00:14:54,833 is not close to being in the top 300 items of value 328 00:14:54,917 --> 00:14:56,250 in that museum. 329 00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:59,833 ♪ ♪ 330 00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:03,458 - There seems to be no pattern to the items they're taking. 331 00:15:03,542 --> 00:15:06,000 They aren't the most valuable, nor the easiest to carry. 332 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:07,458 The violent way the thieves 333 00:15:07,542 --> 00:15:09,125 cut the paintings from the frames... 334 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:10,500 [scoffing chuckle] 335 00:15:10,625 --> 00:15:13,833 Suggest they don't understand the true value of the art. 336 00:15:13,958 --> 00:15:16,417 [dramatic music] 337 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:17,958 - In the Short Gallery, 338 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:21,542 they take five equestrian sketches by Degas. 339 00:15:21,708 --> 00:15:22,833 Not his usual fare. 340 00:15:22,958 --> 00:15:25,833 - It just seemed like, "Oh, those look like nice drawings. 341 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,417 Let's take those, too." 342 00:15:27,542 --> 00:15:29,625 ♪ ♪ 343 00:15:29,750 --> 00:15:34,792 - And they also tried to take a silk Napoleonic flag. 344 00:15:34,917 --> 00:15:38,208 - But they couldn't get that banner out of its frame. 345 00:15:38,333 --> 00:15:40,750 But they take the finial... 346 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:43,958 the eagle-shaped finial at the top of the flagpole. 347 00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:46,208 [tense music] 348 00:15:46,375 --> 00:15:48,500 - They take the final painting of the heist 349 00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:51,958 from an entirely different part of the museum. 350 00:15:52,083 --> 00:15:55,792 - There's a painting taken from the Blue Room, 351 00:15:55,875 --> 00:15:57,292 which is on the first floor. 352 00:15:57,375 --> 00:16:00,083 And that is Manet's "Chez Tortoni." 353 00:16:00,208 --> 00:16:02,667 It's a portrait of a man wearing a top hat. 354 00:16:02,792 --> 00:16:04,833 He has brown eyes and he's kind of looking at you 355 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,042 in this beguiling way. 356 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:09,000 - And what's interesting is that 357 00:16:09,083 --> 00:16:10,333 there's no motion detected 358 00:16:10,458 --> 00:16:12,375 in that room during the robbery. 359 00:16:12,542 --> 00:16:14,667 - While they may not know a lot about the art 360 00:16:14,792 --> 00:16:16,917 they're stealing, they do seem to know a lot 361 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:19,333 about the museum's security setup. 362 00:16:19,458 --> 00:16:22,125 - The bad guys, when they left, 363 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,625 they saw the motion detector transcript 364 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:27,167 was being printed out at the guard's desk 365 00:16:27,292 --> 00:16:30,000 and they ripped that out to steal the transcript 366 00:16:30,125 --> 00:16:32,750 of where they had been, how they had done it. 367 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:34,375 - Now what they didn't realize 368 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:38,333 is that the computer hard drive kept a record 369 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:39,917 of what was on that printout. 370 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:41,208 So while they took the paper, 371 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:43,333 we were able to determine after, 372 00:16:43,458 --> 00:16:45,167 by using the hard drive of the computer, 373 00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:46,750 where they had been. 374 00:16:46,875 --> 00:16:49,500 [VCR clicking] 375 00:16:49,625 --> 00:16:51,500 Then the thieves go into the security office 376 00:16:51,583 --> 00:16:54,833 and take the videotape from that evening. 377 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,417 So obviously, we couldn't see 378 00:16:57,542 --> 00:16:59,792 what the security cameras showed during the robbery. 379 00:16:59,875 --> 00:17:02,458 ♪ ♪ 380 00:17:02,583 --> 00:17:05,083 One leaves first, and a few minutes later, 381 00:17:05,208 --> 00:17:07,417 the second leave, and that's it. 382 00:17:07,542 --> 00:17:09,292 They get in the car, presumably, drive away. 383 00:17:09,375 --> 00:17:11,000 And those paintings or individuals 384 00:17:11,125 --> 00:17:12,750 are never seen or heard from again. 385 00:17:12,875 --> 00:17:15,542 - What we know is that the thieves were in the museum 386 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:18,542 for 81 minutes, which is an astonishing length 387 00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:20,333 of time for a heist. 388 00:17:20,458 --> 00:17:23,292 Most heists are smash-and-grab. 389 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:25,667 You know, three minutes tops. 390 00:17:25,833 --> 00:17:27,167 It makes me wonder... 391 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:28,958 [laughing] Why didn't they take more? 392 00:17:29,083 --> 00:17:31,167 - In those 81 minutes, 393 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:34,167 the thieves take 13 priceless pieces of art 394 00:17:34,250 --> 00:17:37,208 and vanish into thin air. 395 00:17:37,333 --> 00:17:41,375 The museum sits quiet for the next five hours. 396 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:45,417 ♪ ♪ 397 00:17:45,542 --> 00:17:50,417 - So it's the morning of Sunday, March 18. 398 00:17:50,542 --> 00:17:53,000 The guards for the next shift show up. 399 00:17:53,083 --> 00:17:59,625 ♪ ♪ 400 00:17:59,750 --> 00:18:02,250 - The day shift comes and realize there's a problem. 401 00:18:02,375 --> 00:18:03,167 The guards aren't here. 402 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:06,125 [dramatic music] 403 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:08,458 ♪ ♪ 404 00:18:08,542 --> 00:18:11,125 - We've reached a new frontier here 405 00:18:11,208 --> 00:18:12,708 in the annals of art crime. 406 00:18:12,833 --> 00:18:16,417 ♪ ♪ 407 00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:18,000 I mean, this is brazen. This is big. 408 00:18:18,083 --> 00:18:19,542 ♪ ♪ 409 00:18:23,708 --> 00:18:24,958 [dramatic music] 410 00:18:25,042 --> 00:18:26,500 - At 7:45 Sunday morning, 411 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:29,375 the day shift arrives at the Gardner Museum. 412 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:32,708 Normally, the night guards buzz them in. 413 00:18:32,833 --> 00:18:34,750 Not today. 414 00:18:34,875 --> 00:18:37,500 [tense music] 415 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,417 ♪ ♪ 416 00:18:39,542 --> 00:18:43,333 As soon as they step inside, they know something's wrong. 417 00:18:43,458 --> 00:18:45,625 After they enter the Dutch room, 418 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:47,833 they call the police. 419 00:18:47,917 --> 00:18:52,125 - Boston police come. They sweep the museum. 420 00:18:52,208 --> 00:18:55,833 - They find a scene of destruction. 421 00:18:55,958 --> 00:18:58,667 It's very clear that this has been a very brazen 422 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:02,000 and very violent robbery. 423 00:19:02,167 --> 00:19:05,792 - Investigators are alarmed by the destruction they see 424 00:19:05,917 --> 00:19:07,667 and the art they don't. 425 00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:10,833 - They took all of the Rembrandts off the walls. 426 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:14,042 - It's a half a billion up to a billion dollars' worth 427 00:19:14,208 --> 00:19:15,833 of paintings. 428 00:19:15,958 --> 00:19:19,333 - One of them, mercifully, was not stolen. 429 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:23,458 It's a large self-portrait of Rembrandt at the age of 23 430 00:19:23,542 --> 00:19:28,417 that was off the wall and turned away from the doorway. 431 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:31,500 - It was worth many, many times more than the etching. 432 00:19:31,625 --> 00:19:33,000 It seems like they took it off the wall 433 00:19:33,083 --> 00:19:35,000 and then forgot about it. 434 00:19:35,125 --> 00:19:37,417 - Ten minutes after they arrive, 435 00:19:37,542 --> 00:19:39,375 the police locate the missing guards. 436 00:19:39,542 --> 00:19:41,667 - They find the two guards 437 00:19:41,792 --> 00:19:45,625 gagged and bound in the basement of the museum. 438 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:48,583 - Each is handcuffed about 50 feet away from each other, 439 00:19:48,708 --> 00:19:50,500 and their heads are duct taped. 440 00:19:50,583 --> 00:19:52,167 They're duct taped this way, 441 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:55,208 they're duct taped around their eyes. 442 00:19:55,333 --> 00:19:57,500 - So of course, that was traumatic for them. 443 00:19:57,583 --> 00:20:00,333 - Relieved that both guards were alive, 444 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,583 authorities immediately work with them 445 00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:04,708 to build a description of the suspects. 446 00:20:04,875 --> 00:20:06,667 - What these thieves looked like 447 00:20:06,792 --> 00:20:09,625 depended on the memory of the two men who had seen them. 448 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,875 - They believe they had Boston Police uniforms. 449 00:20:12,042 --> 00:20:14,042 One was, I think, shorter and stocky. 450 00:20:14,167 --> 00:20:17,208 - Dark eyes, dark hair, olive skin. 451 00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:20,500 - One was thinner, wiry. One had glasses on. 452 00:20:20,625 --> 00:20:24,042 - The other has kind of a bowl cut and dark eyes. 453 00:20:24,167 --> 00:20:25,875 - Both of them had mustaches, 454 00:20:26,042 --> 00:20:28,292 but they kept on pressing the mustache down, 455 00:20:28,375 --> 00:20:30,083 so it gives a belief that they were false. 456 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:33,000 - That's about all. 457 00:20:33,083 --> 00:20:36,333 - Even more important than what they looked like 458 00:20:36,458 --> 00:20:38,417 is how well they seemed to know the museum's 459 00:20:38,542 --> 00:20:40,417 new security features. 460 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:43,208 - They had gotten the guards away from the panic button. 461 00:20:43,333 --> 00:20:45,708 - And they knew where the cellar door was. 462 00:20:45,833 --> 00:20:48,708 - They know where to get the videotape 463 00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:50,625 in the security director's office, 464 00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:53,167 and they know to take the printout. 465 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:54,667 - In this case, it could be an inside job. 466 00:20:54,833 --> 00:20:57,625 - As news of the robbery shocks the art world 467 00:20:57,708 --> 00:20:59,667 and tips start coming in, 468 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:03,792 the FBI focuses on the most obvious possibility. 469 00:21:03,917 --> 00:21:05,292 This was an inside job. 470 00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:07,667 ♪ ♪ 471 00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:09,458 The FBI takes particular interest 472 00:21:09,583 --> 00:21:11,292 in the security guard 473 00:21:11,417 --> 00:21:13,875 who made one too many mistakes that night, 474 00:21:14,042 --> 00:21:16,708 Rick Abath. 475 00:21:16,875 --> 00:21:21,125 - Rick Abath is a 23-year-old music school dropout 476 00:21:21,208 --> 00:21:23,458 who loves the Grateful Dead 477 00:21:23,542 --> 00:21:26,250 and jamming with his band, Ukiah. 478 00:21:26,375 --> 00:21:29,167 - He was just a cool, mellow guy. 479 00:21:29,250 --> 00:21:34,333 Nothing about Rick said to me that he was subversive 480 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:35,958 or he was up to no good. 481 00:21:36,083 --> 00:21:38,667 - I think that a lot of the speculation in this case 482 00:21:38,792 --> 00:21:42,875 about Rick Abath's motives and guilt 483 00:21:43,042 --> 00:21:45,333 revolve around that one act of opening the door 484 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:47,333 and closing the door 485 00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:49,750 and coming back inside before the heist. 486 00:21:50,750 --> 00:21:52,625 That's a weird thing to do. 487 00:21:52,708 --> 00:21:54,542 - Why are you checking the outside door? 488 00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,583 Because you can see it. There's a window right there. 489 00:21:56,708 --> 00:21:58,583 You can just look and see if it's ajar. 490 00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:01,167 - Is he just making sure the door is locked, 491 00:22:01,292 --> 00:22:05,167 or is he signaling bad guys that it's safe to come in? 492 00:22:05,292 --> 00:22:09,250 - There's one more thing that makes Rick a prime suspect. 493 00:22:09,375 --> 00:22:11,458 - One of the masterpieces, the Manet, 494 00:22:11,583 --> 00:22:15,792 is stolen from that first floor Blue Room. 495 00:22:15,875 --> 00:22:19,583 - Based on the printout from security, 496 00:22:19,708 --> 00:22:22,833 the thieves footsteps are never found downstairs 497 00:22:22,958 --> 00:22:25,292 in the Blue Room where the "Chez Tortoni" is taken, 498 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:30,000 and the empty frame is left on the security director's chair, 499 00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:33,500 which seems like a little bit of a--you know. 500 00:22:33,583 --> 00:22:35,792 It's a little bit of a slap, maybe. 501 00:22:35,875 --> 00:22:37,625 - Despite the lingering questions, 502 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:41,292 the FBI'S investigation can't find any evidence 503 00:22:41,375 --> 00:22:43,667 tying Rick Abath to the crime. 504 00:22:43,792 --> 00:22:45,500 - I worked the case for six years. 505 00:22:45,667 --> 00:22:47,542 There was never enough evidence to charge anybody. 506 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:49,833 Whether a guard, an insider, 507 00:22:49,917 --> 00:22:53,875 never enough to pull the trigger on an indictment. 508 00:22:54,042 --> 00:22:56,875 - Rick Abath is now a dead-end for investigators, 509 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,167 the first of many. 510 00:22:58,333 --> 00:22:59,625 Over the next several months, 511 00:22:59,750 --> 00:23:02,583 the FBI looks into every clue they unearth, 512 00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:06,208 including a tip that the art thieves have ties to the mob. 513 00:23:06,333 --> 00:23:07,542 [chuckles] 514 00:23:07,708 --> 00:23:09,875 More than a year after the heist, 515 00:23:10,042 --> 00:23:11,167 they get a fresh lead 516 00:23:11,292 --> 00:23:13,667 from the Massachusetts State Police who've been monitoring 517 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:17,917 a crooked car shop called TRC Auto. 518 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:21,667 [suspenseful music] 519 00:23:21,792 --> 00:23:25,792 - TRC Auto is owned by Carmello Merlino... 520 00:23:25,875 --> 00:23:28,375 ♪ ♪ 521 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:32,583 An Italian mob guy who has a crew of criminals. 522 00:23:32,708 --> 00:23:34,667 They're heavy hitters, these guys. 523 00:23:34,792 --> 00:23:36,458 You need a criminal? 524 00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:38,333 You go there, you can get yourself a criminal 525 00:23:38,458 --> 00:23:40,208 to steal anything you want. 526 00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:42,292 - The Massachusetts State Police 527 00:23:42,375 --> 00:23:45,958 have been keeping eyes on these guys for quite some time 528 00:23:46,083 --> 00:23:50,125 for, amongst other things, drugs, stolen items, 529 00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:52,500 as well as the heist itself. 530 00:23:52,583 --> 00:23:54,125 - At the time, there were informants 531 00:23:54,208 --> 00:23:56,458 who claimed that Carmello Merlino 532 00:23:56,542 --> 00:23:58,750 had some hand either in the actual heist 533 00:23:58,875 --> 00:24:00,125 or knew where the artwork was. 534 00:24:00,250 --> 00:24:04,667 - Law enforcement starts to get ins on the TRC gang 535 00:24:04,792 --> 00:24:07,000 because very quickly, they know that this is the gang 536 00:24:07,083 --> 00:24:09,750 that is most likely the source of the heist. 537 00:24:09,875 --> 00:24:14,500 - The FBI takes a closer look at drug dealers, thieves, 538 00:24:14,625 --> 00:24:16,833 and enforcers surrounding Merlino. 539 00:24:16,958 --> 00:24:18,750 Two men quickly rise to the top 540 00:24:18,875 --> 00:24:21,292 of a possible suspects list-- 541 00:24:21,417 --> 00:24:26,000 George Reissfelder and Lenny DiMuzio. 542 00:24:26,083 --> 00:24:28,917 - Some people thought they matched the sketches 543 00:24:29,042 --> 00:24:30,625 that both guards cooperated in. 544 00:24:30,750 --> 00:24:32,667 - Reissfelder in particular does more than 545 00:24:32,792 --> 00:24:35,042 just fit the description. 546 00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:37,667 There are whispers that he may have one of the paintings. 547 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:39,458 - The thing for Reissfelder 548 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:41,542 that elevated him to the top of the list 549 00:24:41,667 --> 00:24:42,958 is the fact that his own brother 550 00:24:43,042 --> 00:24:45,917 claimed to have seen Manet's "Chez Tortoni" 551 00:24:46,042 --> 00:24:50,125 hanging over George's bed at his apartment in Quincy. 552 00:24:50,208 --> 00:24:52,792 - Authorities are eager to talk to Reissfelder 553 00:24:52,875 --> 00:24:56,125 and discuss his personal art collection. 554 00:24:56,208 --> 00:24:57,500 They don't get chance. 555 00:24:57,625 --> 00:24:59,583 In March of 1991, 556 00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:03,750 he's found dead under suspicious circumstances. 557 00:25:03,875 --> 00:25:06,292 And the Manet he supposedly held? 558 00:25:06,375 --> 00:25:09,208 Nowhere to be found. 559 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:14,708 - You have a guy who is not an injector found dead. 560 00:25:14,833 --> 00:25:16,792 The needle was still in his arm. 561 00:25:16,917 --> 00:25:20,292 And those who knew him said he didn't inject drugs. 562 00:25:20,375 --> 00:25:22,375 He was afraid of needles, actually, 563 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,208 so it's a little suspicious. 564 00:25:25,375 --> 00:25:28,583 - What's interesting about it is that Carmello Merlino 565 00:25:28,708 --> 00:25:30,625 was there at the house. 566 00:25:30,708 --> 00:25:33,708 He went into his apartment before the police arrived. 567 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:37,917 And if the "Chez Tortoni" really was over George's bed, 568 00:25:38,042 --> 00:25:39,708 then Carmello could have gone in there 569 00:25:39,875 --> 00:25:41,875 and moved it beforehand. 570 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,375 ♪ ♪ 571 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:46,000 - With Reissfelder permanently out of the picture, 572 00:25:46,083 --> 00:25:48,875 investigators turn to his alleged partner 573 00:25:49,042 --> 00:25:51,792 in the crime, Lenny DiMuzio. 574 00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:54,792 But just like the Gardener paintings, 575 00:25:54,875 --> 00:25:56,875 DiMuzio is missing. 576 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,125 - Lenny DiMuzio visits his sister, 577 00:26:00,208 --> 00:26:03,000 disappears on that visit. 578 00:26:06,875 --> 00:26:09,708 [suspenseful music] 579 00:26:09,833 --> 00:26:12,917 - A year after the Gardner Museum heist, 580 00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:16,500 and one of the possible suspects is already dead. 581 00:26:16,625 --> 00:26:19,583 Another, Lenny DiMuzio, is missing. 582 00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:22,292 Three months after Reissfelder's body is found, 583 00:26:22,375 --> 00:26:25,917 DiMuzio resurfaces, dead. 584 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:31,250 - Lenny DiMuzio is found over in East Boston 585 00:26:31,375 --> 00:26:35,125 in the trunk of a car... 586 00:26:35,208 --> 00:26:39,250 and he's been shot multiple times. 587 00:26:39,375 --> 00:26:41,333 - Another dead-end. 588 00:26:41,417 --> 00:26:44,792 Could this be Carmello Merlino cleaning up loose ends 589 00:26:44,917 --> 00:26:46,833 or something else? 590 00:26:46,958 --> 00:26:48,833 A message to other crew members 591 00:26:48,958 --> 00:26:50,667 who may have ties to the heist? 592 00:26:50,750 --> 00:26:52,500 ♪ ♪ 593 00:26:52,583 --> 00:26:56,875 With their best leads stymied, law enforcement gets creative. 594 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,792 Some say it takes a thief to catch one, 595 00:26:59,917 --> 00:27:03,833 so they turn to New England's most notorious art thief, 596 00:27:03,917 --> 00:27:05,500 Myles Connor. 597 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:07,667 [psychedelic rock music] 598 00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:09,958 - If Myles hadn't been in prison at the time, 599 00:27:10,042 --> 00:27:12,167 people would have figured, "Case solved. It's Myles." 600 00:27:12,292 --> 00:27:14,292 But there was some speculation that perhaps, 601 00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:15,708 he knew who did it. 602 00:27:15,833 --> 00:27:18,083 - When authorities interview him in jail, 603 00:27:18,208 --> 00:27:20,667 Connor tells them quite a tale. 604 00:27:20,792 --> 00:27:22,500 - While Myles Connor is sitting in federal prison 605 00:27:22,583 --> 00:27:24,708 in California, he receives a visitor, 606 00:27:24,875 --> 00:27:27,667 a friend who said, "We did this thing. 607 00:27:27,792 --> 00:27:30,167 We did it for you. We're going to get you out." 608 00:27:30,333 --> 00:27:34,583 And by we, he means Bobby Donati and him. 609 00:27:34,708 --> 00:27:37,375 And it makes total sense to Myles. 610 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:40,750 - Connor's connection with Bobby Donati runs deep. 611 00:27:40,875 --> 00:27:43,833 They've stolen paintings before. 612 00:27:43,917 --> 00:27:45,250 [energetic music] 613 00:27:45,375 --> 00:27:47,042 - In the 1970s, 614 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:49,917 he and Bobby Donati cased the Gardner. 615 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:51,250 They were walking through the Short Gallery, 616 00:27:51,375 --> 00:27:56,833 and Bobby Donati looked at the top of a silk Napoleonic flag. 617 00:27:56,958 --> 00:27:59,583 He looked up at the bronze eagle finial and said, 618 00:27:59,708 --> 00:28:01,667 "I like that." [laughs] 619 00:28:01,792 --> 00:28:02,875 I mean, you can kind of picture it soldered 620 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,667 onto the hood of a Cadillac. 621 00:28:04,792 --> 00:28:08,125 ♪ ♪ 622 00:28:08,208 --> 00:28:10,625 - Investigators soon uncover something 623 00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:12,792 even more interesting. 624 00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:17,833 Donati has close ties to TRC Auto and its boss. 625 00:28:17,958 --> 00:28:21,208 - Bobby Donati is drawn to this TRC gang. 626 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:24,167 I think he finds in Carmello Merlino 627 00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:27,500 a father figure, a patriarch that they could please, 628 00:28:27,583 --> 00:28:31,333 that they could do things for. 629 00:28:31,458 --> 00:28:34,208 - And there's a further tie to the heist. 630 00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:37,042 He's a race fan. Donati loves the horses. 631 00:28:37,208 --> 00:28:39,333 - And it has been suggested 632 00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:42,750 that he just liked these Degas horse sketches. 633 00:28:42,875 --> 00:28:44,833 He just liked them. [laughs] 634 00:28:44,917 --> 00:28:46,917 Just took them. 635 00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:52,250 - Police scour the streets of Boston looking for Donati. 636 00:28:52,375 --> 00:28:57,000 Unfortunately, someone else finds Bobby first. 637 00:28:57,125 --> 00:29:00,875 - Donati is ambushed outside his home. 638 00:29:01,042 --> 00:29:02,708 They surprise him at night. They grab him. 639 00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,500 It's obvious there's been a struggle. 640 00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:06,167 You know, blood on the porch. 641 00:29:06,292 --> 00:29:11,333 And then he's found days later in the trunk of a car. 642 00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:13,958 - Bobby Donati was stabbed multiple times, 643 00:29:14,042 --> 00:29:17,417 and his throat was slashed so deep 644 00:29:17,542 --> 00:29:21,042 that he was reportedly nearly decapitated. 645 00:29:21,167 --> 00:29:23,000 - Now that's a message. 646 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:25,708 - Not only are the leads drying up, 647 00:29:25,833 --> 00:29:28,000 but the bodies are piling up. 648 00:29:28,125 --> 00:29:31,292 - The issue with so many of these theories and suspects 649 00:29:31,375 --> 00:29:34,750 is that almost all of the prime suspects are dead. 650 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,208 [suspenseful music] 651 00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:40,417 - In 1997, seven years after the heist, 652 00:29:40,542 --> 00:29:43,583 a desperate Gardener Museum ups the reward money 653 00:29:43,708 --> 00:29:45,667 to a whopping $5 million. 654 00:29:45,792 --> 00:29:47,250 It works. 655 00:29:47,375 --> 00:29:48,083 A few months later, 656 00:29:48,208 --> 00:29:50,333 an antiques dealer comes forward 657 00:29:50,458 --> 00:29:55,750 with some bold claims and some bold demands. 658 00:29:55,875 --> 00:29:57,333 [upbeat music] 659 00:29:57,458 --> 00:30:00,167 - Bill Youngworth had a store in Brighton. 660 00:30:00,292 --> 00:30:01,833 ♪ ♪ 661 00:30:01,958 --> 00:30:02,917 He claims that 662 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:05,292 he can broker the return of the artwork. 663 00:30:05,417 --> 00:30:06,833 ♪ ♪ 664 00:30:06,917 --> 00:30:08,167 And he has demands. 665 00:30:08,292 --> 00:30:10,958 He wants the $5 million reward 666 00:30:11,083 --> 00:30:13,333 and he has some criminal charges pending against him 667 00:30:13,458 --> 00:30:15,500 which he wants to get dismissed. 668 00:30:15,625 --> 00:30:17,667 - And he wanted Myles Connor, 669 00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:20,333 the notorious New England art thief, 670 00:30:20,458 --> 00:30:21,542 released from prison. 671 00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:24,833 ♪ ♪ 672 00:30:24,958 --> 00:30:26,667 - Billy Youngworth is willing to prove 673 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:31,125 he really has the goods, but he doesn't trust the FBI. 674 00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:34,125 Instead, he makes a tantalizing offer 675 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:37,333 to a "Boston Herald" journalist. 676 00:30:37,417 --> 00:30:39,500 Youngworth will show the journalist 677 00:30:39,625 --> 00:30:42,333 one of the masterworks stolen from the Gardner 678 00:30:42,458 --> 00:30:45,333 if he agrees to write about it. 679 00:30:45,458 --> 00:30:47,625 - The journalist gets into a car 680 00:30:47,708 --> 00:30:49,375 with people he doesn't know 681 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:51,500 and doesn't know what's going to happen on the other end. 682 00:30:51,625 --> 00:30:53,833 [suspenseful music] 683 00:30:53,917 --> 00:30:55,958 - He was blindfolded and driven to someplace 684 00:30:56,042 --> 00:30:59,042 outside of New York and taken to a warehouse. 685 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:02,500 - You can imagine the anxiety. 686 00:31:02,667 --> 00:31:03,958 He enters a warehouse, 687 00:31:04,083 --> 00:31:06,958 which is completely dark inside. 688 00:31:07,042 --> 00:31:09,667 There, he's walked in and shown by flashlight 689 00:31:09,792 --> 00:31:11,833 some tubes in the corner. 690 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:16,125 - And the reporter recounts this canvas being unfurled, 691 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:21,042 and what--he's only allowed to see it for a glimpse. 692 00:31:21,167 --> 00:31:22,958 [suspenseful music] 693 00:31:27,375 --> 00:31:29,125 - Seven years after it went missing, 694 00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:31,500 a Boston journalist catches a glimpse 695 00:31:31,583 --> 00:31:33,250 of one of Rembrandt's masterpieces 696 00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:37,000 in a dingy warehouse in Brooklyn. 697 00:31:37,083 --> 00:31:39,333 - He sees "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee." 698 00:31:39,417 --> 00:31:41,542 They roll it back up and said, "There it is." 699 00:31:41,708 --> 00:31:44,042 And they take him back. 700 00:31:44,167 --> 00:31:46,792 The next day, he starts writing his article. 701 00:31:46,917 --> 00:31:47,792 Big headlines: 702 00:31:47,917 --> 00:31:49,583 "We've seen it!" 703 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:51,542 Front cover, "Boston Herald," 704 00:31:51,667 --> 00:31:55,042 with a picture of "The Storm of Galilee" on the front. 705 00:31:55,208 --> 00:31:57,333 And it makes a noise throughout the world. 706 00:31:57,458 --> 00:31:59,083 - I mean, everyone was like, "oh, my God. 707 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:01,833 Is this the first credible sighting of this painting? 708 00:32:01,917 --> 00:32:03,875 ♪ ♪ 709 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,417 - After seven long years, the museum is eager 710 00:32:06,542 --> 00:32:08,333 to make a deal with Billy Youngworth, 711 00:32:08,458 --> 00:32:12,000 but the FBI is, well, less trusting. 712 00:32:12,083 --> 00:32:13,667 They have some demands of their own 713 00:32:13,792 --> 00:32:15,792 if Youngworth wants the money: 714 00:32:15,875 --> 00:32:19,125 more solid proof than one man's word. 715 00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:20,333 [suspenseful music] 716 00:32:20,458 --> 00:32:22,833 - The "Herald" also asked for some other proof, 717 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,375 and was provided some paint chips 718 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:29,625 that Youngworth claimed came from the Rembrandt. 719 00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:33,333 - A few months later, the FBI analyzes the sample 720 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:37,750 and says, "This is not from that Rembrandt." 721 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:39,250 - They're ruled out 722 00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:41,542 as being from "Storm on the Sea of Galilee." 723 00:32:41,667 --> 00:32:44,167 - The FBI thinks the painting is fake 724 00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:47,167 and Youngworth is a con artist. 725 00:32:47,250 --> 00:32:50,250 They refuse to make a trade. 726 00:32:50,375 --> 00:32:53,500 - When I was interviewing conservators about 727 00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,500 how likely it would be 728 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:57,333 that "Storm on the Sea of Galilee" 729 00:32:57,417 --> 00:33:01,000 could have been rolled and then unfurled. 730 00:33:01,125 --> 00:33:02,917 They say the painting would have been destroyed 731 00:33:03,042 --> 00:33:05,625 because there's so much lacquer on it. 732 00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:07,625 - There was no follow-up 733 00:33:07,708 --> 00:33:11,042 from the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston about it 734 00:33:11,167 --> 00:33:12,208 because they believed that 735 00:33:12,333 --> 00:33:15,875 he was peddling in fake paintings. 736 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,500 ♪ ♪ 737 00:33:17,625 --> 00:33:19,833 - Although interest in the missing artwork 738 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,958 is at an all-time high since the heist, 739 00:33:23,042 --> 00:33:26,000 the investigation is at an all-time low. 740 00:33:26,125 --> 00:33:27,667 With no new leads, 741 00:33:27,792 --> 00:33:30,542 the FBI circles back to the nagging suspicion 742 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,958 that the TRC gang is responsible... 743 00:33:34,042 --> 00:33:36,542 so they plant someone on the inside. 744 00:33:36,667 --> 00:33:38,792 - It was around the time that this informant 745 00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:41,250 started working at TRC. 746 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:45,042 Well, he reports back to his FBI agent 747 00:33:45,208 --> 00:33:47,625 that they're talking about the Gardener there. 748 00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:49,833 - With all eyes back on the garage, 749 00:33:49,958 --> 00:33:53,458 investigators turn their gaze to someone new... 750 00:33:53,542 --> 00:33:57,708 a frequent visitor there, Bobby Guarente. 751 00:33:57,875 --> 00:34:01,000 - If you make a Venn diagram of all the bad guys, 752 00:34:01,125 --> 00:34:03,208 and I did do this-- [laughs] 753 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,625 Everybody kind of crosses paths with everybody, 754 00:34:06,708 --> 00:34:09,875 and Bobby Guarente is in the middle of it. 755 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,875 - Guarente is an interesting character. 756 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,750 He's sort of a jack-of-all-trades, 757 00:34:14,875 --> 00:34:18,083 and he is able to move fluidly 758 00:34:18,208 --> 00:34:20,208 through a lot of different areas 759 00:34:20,333 --> 00:34:22,292 and amongst different groups. 760 00:34:22,375 --> 00:34:24,583 A lot of people used Guarente 761 00:34:24,708 --> 00:34:27,542 because he was trusted by most people in this industry 762 00:34:27,667 --> 00:34:30,667 that they're in as much as people can be trusted. 763 00:34:30,792 --> 00:34:34,292 - My sense is Donati reached out to him. 764 00:34:34,375 --> 00:34:37,333 The only person I know who had the network 765 00:34:37,458 --> 00:34:39,875 that could fence it was Guarente. 766 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,083 - If Bobby Guarente had a hand in moving the artwork, 767 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,833 the FBI is unable to get any answers from him. 768 00:34:46,958 --> 00:34:49,417 He dies in 2004. 769 00:34:49,542 --> 00:34:52,708 Surprisingly, from natural causes. 770 00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:54,458 But this time, 771 00:34:54,583 --> 00:34:57,625 Guarente's death is not a total dead-end. 772 00:34:57,708 --> 00:35:01,333 - The FBI and the museum get tips about a home 773 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,458 that Bobby Guarente owned in Maine, 774 00:35:03,583 --> 00:35:06,375 reported to have a spot big enough 775 00:35:06,542 --> 00:35:09,333 to hide a very big painting like "Storm in the Sea." 776 00:35:09,417 --> 00:35:12,625 And they find a hiding spot 777 00:35:12,750 --> 00:35:14,958 that fits exactly this description. 778 00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:18,542 When they return the key to Bobby Guarente's widow Elene, 779 00:35:18,667 --> 00:35:22,375 she said, "I've seen those paintings. 780 00:35:22,542 --> 00:35:25,333 My Bobby had some of those paintings." 781 00:35:25,458 --> 00:35:27,333 - Although the prize paintings 782 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:29,667 are no longer in their hiding place, 783 00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:32,500 the FBI believes they were there. 784 00:35:32,625 --> 00:35:36,625 More importantly, they think they know where they went. 785 00:35:36,708 --> 00:35:41,917 - Elene Guarente tells a story about being in Portland, Maine 786 00:35:42,042 --> 00:35:44,167 with her husband, Bobby Guarente, 787 00:35:44,292 --> 00:35:47,500 and another fellow, Bobby Gentile, 788 00:35:47,583 --> 00:35:49,917 this Connecticut mobster. 789 00:35:50,042 --> 00:35:52,042 - [chuckles] Everyone has a best friend here. 790 00:35:52,167 --> 00:35:54,625 Bobby Gentile is a small-timer 791 00:35:54,708 --> 00:35:56,333 out of Manchester, Connecticut, 792 00:35:56,417 --> 00:35:58,333 right outside of Hartford. 793 00:35:58,458 --> 00:36:01,833 - Guarente and Gentile have dinner with their wives 794 00:36:01,958 --> 00:36:03,333 at this seafood restaurant. 795 00:36:03,458 --> 00:36:05,542 At one point during that meal, they got up 796 00:36:05,667 --> 00:36:08,625 and went to the parking lot and went back inside. 797 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:11,667 And then on the way home, Guarente said, 798 00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:16,500 "You don't have to worry about those pictures anymore." 799 00:36:16,625 --> 00:36:21,083 He passed them to Bobby Gentile. 800 00:36:21,208 --> 00:36:22,958 [suspenseful music] 801 00:36:23,083 --> 00:36:25,833 - It's now May, 2012, 802 00:36:25,958 --> 00:36:29,375 22 years since the Gardner Museum heist, 803 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:31,667 and the FBI has chased leads 804 00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:35,042 from Boston to Brooklyn to Maine. 805 00:36:35,167 --> 00:36:38,333 Their hunt now turns to Connecticut 806 00:36:38,417 --> 00:36:41,458 and a small-time crook named Bobby Gentile. 807 00:36:41,583 --> 00:36:44,792 - So here's Bobby Gentile in his 70s, 808 00:36:44,875 --> 00:36:48,500 living on a leafy street in Manchester, Connecticut, 809 00:36:48,583 --> 00:36:50,917 when he's served with a warrant by the FBI 810 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:53,042 to search his property. 811 00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:56,125 They don't find what they're looking for in the house. 812 00:36:56,208 --> 00:36:57,417 They leave, they come back 813 00:36:57,542 --> 00:36:59,458 with a warrant for the garden shed. 814 00:36:59,542 --> 00:37:03,167 - There were probably ten, 15 vehicles. 815 00:37:03,333 --> 00:37:06,333 They had beagles and golden retrievers 816 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:10,042 and video cameras, guys in lab coats. 817 00:37:10,208 --> 00:37:11,417 I mean, this was the production. 818 00:37:11,542 --> 00:37:13,917 - They used side scan sonar 819 00:37:14,042 --> 00:37:16,500 to see if there was anything buried in the yard. 820 00:37:16,583 --> 00:37:19,333 And there was a void under the shed. 821 00:37:19,458 --> 00:37:20,708 - And that's where they hit pay dirt. 822 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:26,000 [tense music] 823 00:37:26,125 --> 00:37:29,000 - More than two decades after the hunt began, 824 00:37:29,083 --> 00:37:33,167 the FBI is searching mobster Bobby Gentile's home, 825 00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:34,917 and they find a secret compartment 826 00:37:35,042 --> 00:37:36,667 under a backyard shed. 827 00:37:36,792 --> 00:37:39,458 - I'm sitting outside of the shed, 828 00:37:39,542 --> 00:37:43,333 and they're cutting into the floorboards. 829 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,125 The excitement was palpable. 830 00:37:45,250 --> 00:37:47,500 And then they pull the floorboard up, 831 00:37:47,625 --> 00:37:50,167 and everybody's looking over the top. 832 00:37:50,292 --> 00:37:54,000 And then it's just... 833 00:37:54,125 --> 00:37:55,083 defeat. 834 00:37:55,208 --> 00:37:56,500 It's empty. 835 00:37:56,625 --> 00:37:58,083 - Despite their disappointment, 836 00:37:58,208 --> 00:38:00,333 the FBI finds evidence 837 00:38:00,417 --> 00:38:02,958 that's both intriguing and incriminating. 838 00:38:03,042 --> 00:38:05,292 - In the basement, they have the "Boston Herald" 839 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,583 from the day after the theft. 840 00:38:07,708 --> 00:38:10,250 Inside is a sheet of paper, 841 00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:13,000 and it has all 13 pieces that were stolen 842 00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:16,042 with what the piece would buy on the black market. 843 00:38:16,167 --> 00:38:18,083 - And unfortunately for my client, 844 00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:21,292 they found a lot of guns 845 00:38:21,375 --> 00:38:26,125 and a few police uniforms, uh, which was, uh, 846 00:38:26,208 --> 00:38:27,708 tough to explain. 847 00:38:27,833 --> 00:38:30,667 - It all looks really bad for Bobby Gentile. 848 00:38:30,833 --> 00:38:33,333 The circumstantial evidence is strong 849 00:38:33,458 --> 00:38:38,667 that he had something to do with the heist. 850 00:38:38,792 --> 00:38:40,833 - Looking at serious prison time 851 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,667 for the illegal weapons, 852 00:38:42,833 --> 00:38:45,333 Bobby Gentile agrees to tell the FBI 853 00:38:45,417 --> 00:38:47,333 everything he knows about the stolen art. 854 00:38:47,417 --> 00:38:48,542 - The only way that they're going 855 00:38:48,667 --> 00:38:51,333 to be able to verify that information is on a polygraph. 856 00:38:51,458 --> 00:38:54,042 And he says, "I'll tell them anything they want." 857 00:38:54,167 --> 00:38:57,167 So they put up a whole bunch of pictures on the wall, 858 00:38:57,333 --> 00:38:59,000 of all of the objects that were taken. 859 00:38:59,125 --> 00:39:00,875 And they say, "Have you ever seen this one?" 860 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000 He says, "No." "Have you ever seen this one?" 861 00:39:02,125 --> 00:39:04,875 He says, "No." "Have you ever seen this one?" 862 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:07,667 - Fails it. Every question they ask him. 863 00:39:07,792 --> 00:39:10,417 - Like most aspects of this case, 864 00:39:10,542 --> 00:39:12,333 the interrogation of Bobby Gentile 865 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:15,667 creates more questions than answers. 866 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:19,167 Gentile is sent to prison for the rest of his life, 867 00:39:19,250 --> 00:39:21,583 which may not be very long. 868 00:39:21,708 --> 00:39:24,792 - I was called by the U.S. Marshals office 869 00:39:24,875 --> 00:39:27,375 and they said, "Your client is dying." 870 00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:30,208 I drive to the hospital. 871 00:39:30,333 --> 00:39:35,125 He was very upset and he kept saying over and over again, 872 00:39:35,208 --> 00:39:37,333 I can't die here, I can't die here. 873 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:39,667 So I said to him, 874 00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:42,667 "Bob, there has to be something that you know. 875 00:39:42,750 --> 00:39:46,375 "There has to be, because there's all this smoke 876 00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:49,750 "around this case, and it's all over you. 877 00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:52,375 You have to know where this fire started." 878 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:54,667 And I said, "And if you just give that to me, 879 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:58,667 you can die at home in your bed with your wife." 880 00:39:58,792 --> 00:40:01,458 And he looked at me desperately, 881 00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:04,167 and tears were coming down both of his eyes. 882 00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,167 And he just said, 883 00:40:06,292 --> 00:40:08,000 "There ain't no paintings, kid. 884 00:40:08,083 --> 00:40:10,833 There ain't no paintings." 885 00:40:10,917 --> 00:40:13,167 - Bobby Gentile survives that health scare, 886 00:40:13,292 --> 00:40:16,250 but dies in September, 2021, 887 00:40:16,375 --> 00:40:20,083 and the location of a $1/2 billion in stolen art 888 00:40:20,208 --> 00:40:21,708 may have died with him. 889 00:40:21,875 --> 00:40:25,500 - Authorities believe that Gentile, at one point, 890 00:40:25,625 --> 00:40:27,542 knew where that artwork was. 891 00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:30,542 - You know, maybe they were in the ditch. 892 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:33,792 They were ruined in a flood that took place 893 00:40:33,875 --> 00:40:36,375 in the back yard of the Gentiles' house. 894 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,792 - Though the FBI is still trying to recover the artwork, 895 00:40:39,875 --> 00:40:41,417 they now believe they know 896 00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:43,875 who committed the original robbery: 897 00:40:44,042 --> 00:40:47,417 suspects George Reissfelder and Lenny DiMuzio. 898 00:40:47,542 --> 00:40:50,417 The fate of the art is not as clear. 899 00:40:50,542 --> 00:40:51,958 - The FBI holds a press conference 900 00:40:52,042 --> 00:40:53,583 that says, basically, 901 00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:55,583 "We know who did it and we know where the artwork went. 902 00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:56,667 We just don't know where it is right now." 903 00:40:56,792 --> 00:40:59,333 - They believe that the thieves were dead. 904 00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:03,833 They had very good information that the artwork changed hands, 905 00:41:03,958 --> 00:41:06,083 that it went through organized crime circles 906 00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:10,875 from Boston to Connecticut to Philadelphia. 907 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,667 One theory is somebody had them all together in one place 908 00:41:13,833 --> 00:41:15,583 and died or was murdered 909 00:41:15,708 --> 00:41:17,833 and they're buried and we can never find them. 910 00:41:17,917 --> 00:41:21,542 But it's hard to imagine that they're all in one place. 911 00:41:21,667 --> 00:41:23,958 - It's been over 30 years. 912 00:41:24,083 --> 00:41:26,000 I have a hard time believing, if they were broken up 913 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:27,917 amongst multiple groups of people, 914 00:41:28,042 --> 00:41:31,000 that nothing would have come forward after this much time, 915 00:41:31,125 --> 00:41:32,333 particularly with a huge reward. 916 00:41:32,458 --> 00:41:36,542 - Today, the whereabouts of the 13 pieces of artwork 917 00:41:36,708 --> 00:41:38,917 remains a mystery, 918 00:41:39,042 --> 00:41:41,667 and finding them is still as urgent as it was 919 00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:45,917 on March 18, 1990, the day of the heist. 920 00:41:46,042 --> 00:41:48,875 - I do think the key for this investigation 921 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000 is for more people to know about it. 922 00:41:51,167 --> 00:41:53,000 If they're still around, 923 00:41:53,125 --> 00:41:55,083 somebody will come across one of them, 924 00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:57,917 and they need to understand the significance of it. 925 00:41:58,042 --> 00:42:01,583 - These don't belong in some crawlspace 926 00:42:01,708 --> 00:42:03,250 in an attic somewhere. 927 00:42:03,375 --> 00:42:04,875 These belong back on the walls. 928 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,042 - We'll work to get them back. And who wins? 929 00:42:08,167 --> 00:42:09,292 Our grandchildren win. 930 00:42:09,417 --> 00:42:11,625 [dramatic music] 931 00:42:11,750 --> 00:42:13,792 - Until the artwork is returned, 932 00:42:13,917 --> 00:42:16,792 the frames hang empty in the museum. 933 00:42:16,875 --> 00:42:19,333 The reward for any information leading to the recovery 934 00:42:19,458 --> 00:42:22,875 now stands at 10 million bucks. 935 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,042 The Gardner robbery remains 936 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:26,875 the largest art theft in world history, 937 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,875 and one of history's greatest heists. 938 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:36,875 ♪ ♪