The Paint Stripe That Unraveled a Museum Heist Network
The Paint Stripe That Unraveled a Museum Heist Network
A single eleven-inch stripe of pale-blue hardware-store paint on archival foam turned a routine crate check into a six-year unraveling of hidden theft and careful deception - the crate moved through four museums over fourteen months with fourteen tiles untouched, and a garage wall would be the only careless clue. How did a paint streak connect a traveling exhibit to an eighteen-hour job in a rented Decatur garage and expose an inside operation?
In this episode, we follow the discovery, the paperwork, and the patient work of a regional…
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