This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist

This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist

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2021
1 Seasons
4 Episodes
6.7(50 votes)
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Documentary
Crime

Overview

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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Netflix

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Barnicle Brothers

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Cast & Crew

20 members
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Shelley Murphy

Self. Reporter, Boston Globe

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Anne Hawley

Self. Director Emerita, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Dick Ellis

Self. Fmr. Head Art & Antique Squad, Scottland Yard

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Martin Leppo

Self. Criminal Defense Attorney

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Tron Brekke

Self. Fmr. Section Chief, FBI Boston Office

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Myles Connor

Self. Art Thief

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Stephen Kurkjian

Self. Author, Master Thieves

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Justin Stratman

Self. Boston Latin School, Class of 1990 / Witness

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Aaron Fannin

Self. Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Nancy Clougherty

Self. Witness. Boston Latin School, Class of 1991

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Karen Sangregory

Self. Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Ed Mahony

Self. Reporter, Hartford Courant

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Patricia Vigderman

Self. Author, The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner

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Ed Whelan

Self. Fmr. Massachusetts State Police (4 episodes, 2021)

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Robert Sikellis

Self. Fmr. Assistant Attorney General

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Steven Xiarhos

Self. Deputy Chief, Yarmouth Police Dept.

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Donna Reissfelder

Self. George Reissfelder's Sister-in-Law

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Brian T. Kelly

Self - Fmr. Federal Prosecutor, Boston U.S. Attorney's Office

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Pieter Roelofs

Self - Curator, Rijksmuseum

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David Nadolski

Self - Fmr. Special Agent, FBI

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