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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 1H 10M

Geoffrey Kelly: The FBI's Hunt for 13 Perfect Fugitives

from The Dark Mind Podcast · host Vincent Midgard

In 1990, two men disguised as Boston police officers stole 13 priceless works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in what became the largest art heist in history, valued at over $1 billion.FBI Special Agent Geoffrey Kelly spent 28 years as one of the founding members of the FBI Art Crime Team, and in 2002 inherited this cold case.Rather than working it as a standard property crime, Kelly treated the missing paintings as fugitives, enlisting the media and public to help track them down.In his new book, 13 Perfect Fugitives, Kelly pulls back the curtain on the full investigation, separating fact from decades of myth and misinformation surrounding the case.Kelly also served as the real-life inspiration for Jon Hamm's FBI agent character in the film The Town, and currently teaches at Harvard Extension School alongside the Gardner Museum's security director.The paintings remain missing to this day, but Kelly believes they will be found.WEBSITEArgus Cultural Property Consultantshttps://arguscpc.comSOCIAL MEDIALinkedIn (Geoffrey Kelly)https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffrey-kelly-7a18202b8/LinkedIn (Argus CPC)https://www.linkedin.com/company/argus-cultural-property-consultantsFacebook (Argus CPC)https://www.facebook.com/arguscpcBluesky (Argus CPC)https://bsky.app/profile/arguscpc.bsky.socialX/Twitter (Argus CPC)https://x.com/ArgusCPCBUY THE BOOK: THIRTEEN PERFECT FUGITIVESAmazonhttps://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0FDGTZJH9Barnes and Noblehttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thirteen-perfect-fugitives-geoffrey-kelly/1147669547?ean=9798895653173Support The Dark Mind Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedarkmindpodcast

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