The Gardner Heist Part III: Gangsters and Gods

In this episode, we introduce the possibility of Irish involvement in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, discussing the IRA, a British heiress turned bomb maker, and the infamous Whitey Bulger. We also circle back to Italian mobsters in the Boston crime underworld, where we end our tale, from golden boy mobsters to cocaine rings in auto body shops where stolen art was stashed. Thanks for listening!“Gangsters and gods do not speak, they nod their heads and all is done” - Mythologies, Roland BarthesFollow us on http://instagram.com/vanishingpointpodhttps://vanishingpointpod.substack.com/Some references for this episode:The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft, Ulrich BoserThis is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art HeistThe Billion Dollar Art HuntThe Gardner Heist, Ulrich BoserMaster Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist, Stephen Kurkjian Ways of Seeing, John BergerPower of Myth, Joseph Campbellhttps://www.bostonherald.com/2008/03/29/meet-the-suspects-mobster-bobby-donati/https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/04/26/meet-the-suspects-carmello-merlino/https://www.russborough.ie/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/nov/04/whitey-bulger-linked-to-boston-art-heist-paintings-in-irelandhttps://www.essentialvermeer.com/fakes_thefts_school_of_delft_lost_sp/vermeer_theft_04.htmlhttps://youtu.be/4BkzRu4Yuv8?si=kpkjKvgSH_lDggLuhttps://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/10/15/bobby-guarente-key-to-gardern-heisthttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/arts/charles-hill-dead.htmlhttps://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/charles-hill-art-detective-dead-the-scream-1234584315/