This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 10/10Heists & consCapers, con artists and elaborate schemes.This show: 8/10True crimeReal cases, told as documentary or drama.This show: 8/10
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This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | ||
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| S1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
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About
"A real unsolved heist with no tidy answer"
In 1990, two thieves disguised as police talked their way into Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and walked out with half a billion dollars in art, never to be seen again. This docuseries digs through three decades of dead ends, mob rumors, and IRA theories to figure out who did it and where the paintings went. It's moody, talking-head-heavy true crime with a genuine unsolved mystery at its core, though it stretches a fairly thin trail of leads across four hours.
Watch it for
the genuinely unresolved mystery and the parade of mob and underworld suspects.
Maybe skip if
you need a satisfying resolution or dislike padded, speculative true-crime pacing.
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Miniseries2021
6.884943h 30m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | They Looked Like Cops | 7.1 | 244 | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Vipers in the Grass | 6.9 | 214 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | We've Seen It | 6.7 | 199 | 57 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | $10 Million Reward | 6.6 | 192 | 50 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
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
Kevin Cullen Self - Columnist, Boston Globe
Stephen Kurkjian Self - Author, Master Thieves
Charles Heidorn Self - Fmr. Security Foreman, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Arnold Hiatt Self - Fmr. Board Member, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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