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

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TV-MA
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March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.

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4 Episodes

  • They Looked Like Cops
    E1
    They Looked Like CopsA museum guard buzzes in two men dressed as cops, who vanish 81 minutes later with a priceless Rembrandt and a dozen other works of art.
  • Vipers in the Grass
    E2
    Vipers in the GrassWas the heist an inside job? As law enforcement scrutinizes the museum's security measures, a suspect emerges, but missteps hinder the investigation.
  • We've Seen It
    E3
    We've Seen ItAmid apparent sightings of the stolen art, criminal activity connected to organized crime leads to possible perpetrators and a motive for the robbery.
  • $10 Million Reward
    E4
    $10 Million RewardAn informant and a sting operation open up new avenues in the investigation, which federal agents follow to the home of a small-time mobster.

Cast of Miniseries

  • Shelley MurphySelf. Reporter, Boston Globe
  • Anne HawleySelf. Director Emerita, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • Dick EllisSelf. Fmr. Head Art & Antique Squad, Scottland Yard
  • Martin LeppoSelf. Criminal Defense Attorney
  • Tron BrekkeSelf. Fmr. Section Chief, FBI Boston Office
  • Myles ConnorSelf. Art Thief
  • Stephen KurkjianSelf. Author, Master Thieves
  • Justin StratmanSelf. Boston Latin School, Class of 1990 / Witness
  • Aaron FanninSelf. Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • Nancy CloughertySelf. Witness. Boston Latin School, Class of 1991
  • Karen SangregorySelf. Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • Ed MahonySelf. Reporter, Hartford Courant
  • Patricia VigdermanSelf. Author, The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner
  • Ed WhelanSelf. Fmr. Massachusetts State Police (4 episodes, 2021)
  • Robert SikellisSelf. Fmr. Assistant Attorney General
  • Steven XiarhosSelf. Deputy Chief, Yarmouth Police Dept.
  • Donna ReissfelderSelf. George Reissfelder's Sister-in-Law
  • Brian T. KellySelf - Fmr. Federal Prosecutor, Boston U.S. Attorney's Office
  • Pieter RoelofsSelf - Curator, Rijksmuseum
  • David NadolskiSelf - Fmr. Special Agent, FBI
  • Colin BarnicleDirector
  • Rachel KoteenProducer
  • Bobby O'BrienProducer
  • Mary AbramsonProducer

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