EPISODE · Nov 19, 2023 · 29 MIN
Why is the “true crime” genre taking the world by storm?
from NYC lawyer Dmitriy Shakhnevich, In Conversation With...
Dmitriy Shakhnevich, Esq., in conversation with Michael Finkel on why “true crime,” has drawn so much appeal over the past few years, his newest book, “The Art Thief” and Stéphane Breitwieser, how Breitwieser was a unique thief in that he did not steal for money, what led Breitwieser to crime, whether Breitwieser can be rehabilitated, whether art thievery is “glamorous,” whether Breitwieser was a genius, efforts to capture Breitwieser, where Breitwieser kept his stolen art, being portrayed by Jonah Hill in “True Story,” the man who lived alone in the woods for 27 years in “The Stranger in the Woods” and what's next for Mike Finkel.
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Dmitriy Shakhnevich, Esq., in conversation with Michael Finkel on why “true crime,” has drawn so much appeal over the past few years, his newest book, “The Art Thief” and Stéphane Breitwieser, how Breitwieser was a unique thief in that he did not steal for money, what led Breitwieser to crime, whether Breitwieser can be rehabilitated, whether art thievery is “glamorous,” whether Breitwieser was a genius, efforts to capture Breitwieser, where Breitwieser kept his stolen art, being portrayed by Jonah Hill in “True Story,” the man who lived alone in the woods for 27 years in “The Stranger in the Woods” and what's next for Mike Finkel.
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Why is the “true crime” genre taking the world by storm?
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