The Invisible Switch: How an Ancient Map Vanished and Returned
The Invisible Switch: How an Ancient Map Vanished and ReturnedA hair-raising mismatch: a four-sheet vellum folio insured for $300,000 was authenticated in one locked drawer and, nine days later, the original showed up in a drainage culvert under Harben Ridge sealed in a brass-latched tube. How did a theft built to be invisible - using a forged email, a borrowed access card and seventy-two minutes after hours - leave a trail only a financial-crimes detective could read?In this episode, we walk through the sequence of documented events from the folio’s 2003 purchase through its May 26th logging…
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