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This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.


“Enter the mystery.”
In 1990, two men dressed as cops con their way into a Boston museum and steal a fortune in art. Take a deep dive into this daring and notorious crime.
Shelley Murphy
Self. Reporter, Boston Globe
Anne Hawley
Self. Director Emerita, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Dick Ellis
Self. Fmr. Head Art & Antique Squad, Scottland Yard
Martin Leppo
Self. Criminal Defense Attorney
Tron Brekke
Self. Fmr. Section Chief, FBI Boston Office
Myles Connor
Self. Art Thief
Stephen Kurkjian
Self. Author, Master Thieves
Justin Stratman
Self. Boston Latin School, Class of 1990 / Witness
Aaron Fannin
Self. Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Nancy Clougherty
Self. Witness. Boston Latin School, Class of 1991
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist is a documentary, crime series that first aired in 2021 exploring themes of boston, massachusetts, based on true story, disguise, true crime, 1990s, art heist. Created by Berry Welsh, it stars Shelley Murphy, Anne Hawley, Dick Ellis. In 1990, two men dressed as cops con their way into a Boston museum and steal a fortune in art. Take a deep dive into this daring and notorious crime.
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