The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist
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The fact that they were so confident that they wouldn’t get caught that they were 100% fine with showing their faces like that is a POWER move
But at the same time they're not gonna have masks when they're dressed as police officers
Our lives intersected at this point.
Or the fact that they didn't need masks since the only ones who got to see their face were the guards and they themselves were in on it?? It could be that. Or what Karlos has mentioned above.
Haha
Why the fuck would they cover their faces if they're gonna pretend to be a police. Use your brain
It's nice to see one where no one was brutally murdered.
True
yeah but its weird how they could not find the criminal...it just is odd like to think you can make mistakes leave a trail at all and still not be found is a scary thought....some of these crimes are pretty obvious when you look at all the facts but people turn a blind eye to it cause it takes work to look at it all in one sitting..some are very hard but half of them can be solved
One of the nicest videos in this series
@@razkable Yeah,especially Keddie Cabin murders i think it is pretty obvious.
True af
“They dont pay me enough to get hurt” Like every student ever,
also he was the inside guy
@@badgerpa9 nah doubt it
@@vstepwilliepepboxingchanne96 There's literally every reason to believe he was, starting from not wearing masks and still not killing the witness
Yall I don't care I take a bullet to to down in history.
You're name with the photo I can't-
Gotta respect them filming visuals for this one.
Yeah I’ve seen this one a few times and I’m always impressed w the production value
They should do it some more when they’re able too. This is one of their better episodes for this very reason. Yeah it’s not a story about blood and death but you can’t say you didn’t have a good time at the end of the episode.
@@tarantinoking1220 this is actually one of my favorites because of the lack of blood and death lol
@@frostyskeletons8950 😂
@@frostyskeletons8950 nah that's the best part 😂
"they dont pay me enough to get hurt" the most relatable thing ever
next to they don't pay me enough to fight a serial killer for them
Hahaha I feel this so much I only work at a Dunkin’ Donuts we get a lot of business so by the end of someone’s shift they might have $900+ in a drawer if someone robbed us I’d have no problem handing it over😂😂😂🤷🏼♂️💸💸
Bradley Foster even 10,000 of the company money isn’t worth your life. Never sell yourself and your life out for meaningless paper, no matter how far the illusion of it goes.
@@johnleary4597 I'll remember this.
@@johnleary4597 my life is worth that
"It's suspicious he couldn't describe how the guys looked like." I can't describe what my mom looks like let alone two dudes in a dark museum I have never seen before.
Like yh u could get in “brown hair green eyes”, but what beyond that: some witnesses are like 5’4, 135lbs. Like how tf do u know that 😂
Those Descriptions Are Usually Sort of Prompted, Which Can Be an Even Bigger Problem Sometimes.
:0 me either! lmao
@@neuroticgurl0295 or how they know the criminal's favorite food and what kind of music they listen to.
Donovan The Lizard I wouldn’t tell them how the robbers looked coz they had guns and could kill you if u talk
“Don’t worry, help has arrived. Help!” - C.C. Tinsley
did he actually said that?
Avagavigan it’s been awhile since I commented this but I think I was quoting either Shane or Ryan who were pretending to be him. I’m not sure tho
@@karinelizabeth1505 Nah, they're making fun of the fact that Tinsley was a PI tasked with finding the missing Sodder children and he himself went missing.
Kia Mahootian actually, it was an unnamed private investigator that went missing. C.C Tinsley did not go missing, but was in the same episode. It was the Sodder Children episode. But because Tinsley was named, we probably remembered him in place of the unnamed detective. We basically created a fictional character out of this real person. This effect is known as the Mandela Effect, and other known examples are the Bearenstain vs. Bearenstein Bears, and Froot Loops vs. Fruit Loops.
@@Alchemy818. wut wow. Can you please explain the examples that you gave?
Update on Richard E. Abath: He graduated college in 2010 and decided to pursue a career in teaching. Today he's in his 50's and works as a teacher's aid in Brattleboro, Vt. He's also happily married with 2 kids!
LOL glad he made it in life iggg
Does he have a nice collection of paintings to sell for his retirement?
Yknow what good for him he sounds like a chill dude
yk what i’m happy for him. i just hope he got to go to that concert
awe heck ya
My goal in life is to witness a crime and leave a statement that would make Shane say 'I love this guy.'
My goal Is to do the crime that would make shane yell at my ghost
Well i might help one-day
Be careful what you wish for!
My main goal is to blow up and then act like I don’t know nobody hahahaha
I’m thinking of things to say and making a list now. Thank you for the idea!!
“Yea if I was robbed I would loose $50 cash, an Xbox one-“ “I WOULD LOOSE A BUTTERFLY ENCASED IN GLASS.”
I would lose £5.56 and some empty batteries
Im so broke I'd probably come out having gained money if I was robbed
Finn Daugherty *lose
Walter Clements grammar nazi
Your mother is *loose* You will *lose*
I love how Abath heard he has an outstanding arrest warrant and just thought: "Yeah probably" and let them cuff him. What a guy.
he's a mood honestly
Hahahaha frl!
This has probably been said a millions times before on the old comments. But if I casted a movie - jack black is the obvious choice to play that security guard.
haha that’s definitely how i picture it
I have more of a Pete Davidson in my mind.
I can already smell his unwashed hair from here. Or maybe you could cast that guy from Jurassic Park
Seth Rogen or Matt Riddle
I have a Seth rogen or maybe jonah hill
If this heist was ever made into a movie I would want Jack Black to play abathe
Broke With Expensive Taste I could see it. Say he owes alot of money and theres a bar fight and so he goes "I can get you the money" then he gets involved with some bad people and they decide to cut him from the equation and so it's up to Jack Black to escape and capture the people who fucked him over I want this to be a movie so bad
I can picture this already. Like imagine the police interrogating Jack Black, and him “not knowing anything”. As he walks to his house, he straightens his posture and calls someone and says with a serious expression “We’re safe”. Hangs up, throws the phone away and continues walking
Y’all need to make a movie together. I would pay to see that
or TJ Miller
Oh heck yessss lmao
Artwork worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the museum. Yes that's right, a carefree pothead is put in charge of security...
Rain L Rich people are just people with a high income who spend it. You are what you called them if you think the amount of money you make reflects who a person is.
They just did not give a fuck 😂
Zero Dragon warz. 24 years ago nah i think theyre right rich people are ignorant assholes
@@christiniakollar8397 i mean having lots of money does change you after a while mostly all life problems can be solved with large amounts of money
Foolishly, the rich have a strong avoidance of the practice of paying a decent wage to employees. Ergo pothead douchebag security guard. Or the pothead guard had them all fooled and planned the move from the getgo. I bet authorities are still looking at him. Watching. Listening. Waiting. Just one little slip up is all it would take.
One of my biggest fears in life is being a witness to a crime, seeing the criminal's face and then not being able to describe it to the police because I'm very bad at remembering faces.
Me too!
Rip to everyone who is faceblind!
When they track you down again to silence you and they realize you don't recognize them at all they decide they're at no risk so let you live.
Us
Cops: did you see who did it? Hostage: yeah they had mustaches Theives: takes mustache off Shane: 😮
😭🤚🏼 we love Shane
Okay but we need the real answers to the real questions here. Did Abath still get to attend his Grateful Dead concert later that day?
Olivia Santacroce this case, still remains... *UNSOLVED*
Olivia Santacroce Yea, I want to know this too!
Olivia Santacroce Damn I was about to comment this
No, because he was handcuffed in the basement the whole night
Hallie Woodcox if so I think we found the real victim here.
As for selling the stolen art...In a situation like this, I would imagine that the art has already been "sold" before the heist. The buyer places an order with the thieves who then fill the order by robbing the museum. This could also explain why certain more valuable pieces were left behind. They weren't on the list of items wanted by the buyer.
This is so specific and accurate...did you do it bro?😭
That actually makes alot of sense
That’s how it went I got BTS on this
Miss Danielle she is a counselor that sees cancer is are you staying out of the camps oil you're so sweet and staying out of a Miss Miss dating app a good day or that
completely agree. Good thieves dont take things unless they know how to get rid of it quickly for money. And typical fences cant really get rid of fine art. its not like in the movies where there's some black market fine art ebay. So someone definitely commissioned the theft... the randomness of the eagle made me think of that. Or maybe the thieves wanted a souvenir of their own from the heist after getting paid.
“they don’t pay me enough to get hurt” teachers when students are fighting
About Abath not remembering the man he had let in one day before the heist: They asked Abath about it 15 YEARS LATER, not immediatly after the heist. And it turns out it was an innocent meeting, the man was confirmed to be the security manager of the museum. So they probably talked about it and and got it cleared at the time, but later it came out again and Abath couldn't remember the name.
Did my man Abarthe make it to his concert though? That's my concern here. Boy deserves to rock out.
Abarthe here..... NOPE, I didnt make it to the concert - I decided to take a 4week Luxury-vacation on a cruiseship. Go figure ;- ) /dr. Mabuse aka Abarthe 'I'm too stoned' robbery consultant/facilitator
Jayda Read lmao
Dottore Mabuse lmao
He did actually! There was an interview with him where he confirmed this. www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/09/24/grateful-dead-gardner-heist
G L Good for him
I like that they had people acting out what Ryan was saying, really helped tell the story
Holosexual 4 life i was looking for this comment
It was kinda dramatic lol
I’m holosexual too
@simplynailogical
H 📀 L 📀
The minute they mentioned that the security was about to get updated when the heist happened I figured it was an inside job. Just feels a little too convienient.
What if… another guard was in on it? Like they clearly had different guards staffed (morning shift, afternoon, night) and maybe they thought Abbath (is that how you spell his surname?) would be intoxicated as usual, and thought his shift would be easiest to pass through.
@@chickenlittle2206 doesn’t have to be a guard I’m just saying anyone who knew the security was about to change could have been involved
I think it was 2 workers who may have wanted to let abathe in on it, being like "hey you want a slice of this? Make it a little easier for us and we'll give you a share" kind of deal. Respect either way lmao
@@StoneOfMoon i think less it was a guard and more someone higher up.
What's sad about this is that Mrs. Gardner had intended the museum to be a place where everyone could enjoy all of this beautiful art, not just other rich people, and now that Rembrandt is probably hanging in some Russian oligarch's bathroom or something.
Yeah, as much as the crime is much less sad than others on this channel and I don't feel a ton of sympathy for the wealthy having a tiny sliver of their net worth being stolen from them, this does make me sad because this was not some tax haven gallery and the paintings stolen now cannot be seen by the public or remain an integral part of visual art history.
It’s all very tragic. Wonder how she would react if she was alive. Most stolen art resurfaces decades after, and with any luck we will not have the wait that long
Yeah. This isn't really a "stealing from the rich" type thing. It's more like stealing from the poor to give to the ultra wealthy.
Exactly!
its even sadder because the painting is actually almost positively destroyed do to bad containment
Guard:"Why are we being arrested?" Robber:"No," Robber:*Rips off mustache* Robber:"this is a robbery!" Guard:"Oh, good. I'm not arrested. Carry on."
Your user picture is cute
Im not arusted Cary on.
Do you ever think that those who did participate in the heist watched this video and was like "Damnit Steve. I told you we needed the mustaches!"
Katie "wheeze"
"genuine wheeze"
yeah its a common thought we all have
"Listen, the mustache was more of a suggestion" "Well, unfortunately Todd we don't mustache money at the moment" "You better fuckin hope nobody looks into us not having mustaches or we are fucked bud"
Oh my God this is hilarious
People always expect so much out of witnesses. Like, if I were to describe my own mother, I would probably only be able to help you out with her hair and eyes, cause how does one even describe a face well? If you are just glancing at someone, you aren’t going to notice their especially narrow nose or their eyebrow shape.
Especially in crisis situations. People tend not to remember details, or they're not good at descriptions. I couldn't say whether someone on the street is 5'5" or 6", how much they weigh or how old they are..Interrogation and memory recovery techniques weren't as developed in the 1990s.
I'm so bad at remembering faces that even If I hang out with some random dude with 6-7 hours I wouldn't be able to remember his face after 2 hours
"he uhhhhh... he look like a man!" it's real
This is one of my favorite museums in the world. Part of what makes it so interesting is that Isabella stipulated in her will that everything be laid out exactly as she designed it because she wanted people to engage with her art as she did and not feel like it was a sterile museum environment. The empty frames from the paintings are just on the walls empty. It's really sad. Also if your name is Isabella you get free admission to the museum for life.
ill have to tell my niece about getting in free cause thats her name.
That's a fun fun-fact with free admission xD
“they dont pay me enough to get hurt” im fucking dead
EXOL and SHAWOL :))))
:)))))))))
Why did the museum continue to employ this guy if he continued to break such an important part of protocol.
Not sure. Were the pieces stolen insured? If they were, and the museum got money for them, the rabbit hole goes deeper.
The day before? They probably didn't even realise until they were doing this investigation.
Yeah really especially since he showed up drunk or high most of the time
maybe with the inside job theory, the police would point their suspicion on the guard when it was really the museum owners
Maybe he was cheaper
I love that my man Abath knows exactly how things go when you get arrested
Completely wild that the one detail that tipped off the guard was "Hey, they didn't frisk me! What?"
Lesson learned: Don't underpay security guards
No matter how much they'll pay them , they won't risk their lives for a painting
Or don’t hire these kind of people
@@Mr.Faust3 The kind of people that wont die for a painting?
@@maiqtheliar7162 the kind of people that don't care about their job and come in drunk or high
#makeroygreat Sakurai lol what? No way in HELL would I risk my life for a painting. Get outta here
*Am I the only one who LOVED this re-enactment style?!*
yes
I loved it
Chloe Moriarty amazing
Chloe Moriarty yah it was awesome
Chloe Moriarty UM NOOO IT WAS SO GOOOD
Some inside info: not only did they steal precious Rembrandts, among them was his *ONLY SEASCAPE*, which is why it was so valuable. Also, Isabella Stuart Gardner was a fascinating woman who was very particular about the placement of the paintings, which are essentially placed in her mansion, so the museum is super unique. She left a stipulation that if they moved ANYTHING from where she put it originally, all the art must be donated to Harvard. That means that even when you visit today, the empty frames from the stolen pictures are still hanging on the walls where the paintings were cut out of them.
tbh.... shane was right heists are cool but these thieves couldve at least done much more dramatic flairs 😔
i hate buzfeed but this series lowkey fire
ikr
So true Shane and Ryan should do what the try guys did and make their own company
Agreed
shinobi_main60 I agree they would probably be much better off financially as well
Yos
me after binge watching 30 episodes: "Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!"
😂😂
empty childddddd
awwww! never skip 9, kids!
that's one of my all-time fav doctor who episodes
damn, that was a blast from the past, it was fantastic " and you know what? so was I!"
I love how “the pieces were in possession of a member of the Irish Republican Army” implies that the art owns the member
Typical hufflepuff ie: hogwart's special ed class
Bruce Jenner ...sorry?
@@_HuffleProud_ should be
Bruce Jenner ok? I just don’t understand what you meant by your initial comment.
@@_HuffleProud_ he's calling u a dumbass
Finally, a comment section where my opinion can finally be heard! I had cheesy pasta for dinner. Was lovely.
Let it be known that your tale of cheesy pasta was heard
@@lemonferrethaha
1/10 how good was it also what will you have tonight/ tomorrow
Tymetrain mhmmmm Alfredo?
Cqnsistency I love Alfredo
I’m not sure why everyone hates the reenactments, I really like them. It makes it easier to understand and really adds a lot to unsolved.
Elle Hancock I don’t hate it, but cartoon versions would be so cool lmao
Elle Hancock It's just that people say it takes the spooky vibe away
Cartoon versions would be cool, but animation would take a long time. I guess I get the spooky vibe thing, but with true crime, I never really found this series spooky or creepy, but I can get if others think that.
buzzfeed made it work
I was the person who made it 1k! I feel proud of myself.
I think fact that the heist took place while security systems were being updated furthers the theory that it was an inside job.
Finna woke
i’m only at 1:20 and this is the theory im sticking with already
Yeah like they knew there was updates and knew where the police call button was? Yeeeeeeeah
Amy Lockwood probably former guards
I wonder if they checked the people installing the new security equipment or their friends.
I don’t understand why they keep saying they robbed a rich person. They robbed a museum. A rich person undoubtedly sponsored the thieves, so really it was a rich person robbing the public.
well many of the pieces in museums are someone's property, just rented and displayed
@@denied7616 Not in this case.
facts!!
@@camiiii31 are you asking for facts? It’s a museum created by a woman via her will. All the artifacts inside were hers and she stipulated that the museum be created and her collection be displayed to the public forever. So no donated items. If you want to research it, I suggest you look it up or visit the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum yourself. It’s my favorite museum in Boston. I’ve visited many times, before and after the theft.
kathleen guay - im sorry, by "facts" i meant that the post was stating truth, basically saying i agree with the post!! i disagreed with that aspect of the video too! i was just expressing a shorthand statement of agreement/support!! :) i will look this up though! sounds like an amazing museum!
Thieves Got Talent: A Show Judged by Shane Madej “Next time I would like a mustache, and a guy sitting on the telephone pole”
"That being said..." Ryan's favorite thing to say.
Bridgett Beardsley nah, his favourite thing to say is "now for the last theory, aliens!"
I love how buzzfeed unsolved is getting more and more professional
This aged poorly lol
i love how ryan manages to roast shane's head in almost every episode
According to the Netflix documentary, there were probably fake mustaches, Shane. Wish granted 😂
What Netflix documentary?
@@oriyanbarnes it's called This is a robbery on Netflix
I just noticed that 8:05 does show moustaches and they do look hella fake 😂
See but I hate that Isabel is described as just some rich woman. She spent her life collecting hundreds of pieces of art and instead of keeping it to herself she made her house a museum so others could enjoy it. After she died she ensured that it stayed that way by putting in her will that none of the pieces could be moved from where she had hung them. You can still see the empty frames from where the thieves cut the paintings out to this day because they legally can’t be moved. I’ve been to the museum multiple times and it’s gorgeous and a shame that this happened.
this comment is really lovely.
Julia Cote Yeah. And the varnish is going to brown and ruin the painting!!
Shut up
Colleghting hudereds pices
the fact that you can see the empty frames where they cut it out is more interesting to me than some classical art shit i’m going there to see that stfu
8:40 Stolen art is often used as a form of currency by criminal organizations. A lot harder to trace than money, and it only goes up in value.
But you could never use it outside the underworld, or could you?
@@georgewilson7432 you could exchange it to the underworld for unmarked currency.
How could stolen paintings be harder to trace than money? It's a Rembrandt painting being moved around suspiciously, and you miss that?
Scott Velez Most likely it’s because only the people who are making the deal know where the art will go, and even then it’s possible that the trail can go could, but cash is easier to track because it’s all marked and recorded somewhere.
@@scottvelez3154 Not really, all you have to do is search around the underground art auctions and unload it, none of the people involved in those will display the painting publicly anyway and most household or office visitors would think it is simply a high end replica. Granted it's harder to unload than other things and you couldn't use a typical fence, but as a prearranged transaction? Get your own guys to move it and it never gets seen publicly anyway, what is there to trace? In fact most of the art still missing from Nazi looting in WWII is suspected to be in private hands, but it's unlikely anyone will come forward with it.
I work as a security guard at an art museum. We are pretty much aware that we exist for insurance reasons and to keep people from opening drinks in the galleries. I have never been trained on what to do if someone tries to steal anything (other than call the police) because it just doesn't happen. It is a very boring job.
What do you get paid?
@@ELHersh431 About 15 or 16 an hour.
Robber: *breaks into my dorm* Me: just take what ever you want Robber: you...you own like 1 plastic fork, a paper plate, and a printed picture of Mr. Rodgers. Me: don’t forget about the empty pizza box that I am currently using as a table!
Why is this so me
don't leave out the part about not getting paid enough to get hurt...
I have a suggestion for y'all.... How bout putting polls on videos so ppl can vote like who they think was the murderer...The poll would consist of all the suspects in the video and u could reveal the results at the end of the post mortem Hope y'all like this idea
Himawari 216 YES!! THIS IS AWESOME
Thats such a good idea!!!
Himawari 216 i need this
Himawari 216 isn’t this buzzfeed UNSOLVED though
reddiestozier "reveal the results" of the polls, not the cases
To answer the question about what happens to all these priceless stolen paintings (since obv they can't be just sold on) - apparently many of them trickle down and end up in the hands of Italian mafia bosses. It's something to do with a loophole in Italian law which means that if you can donate or return something of value to the public, then your jail sentence is shortened - so basically big crime bosses steal these artworks as a sort of insurance so that if they ever get arrested they can get their sentence cut by almost half. There's a fantastic documentary about it on BBC iplayer (if you're in the UK) called "Stealing Van Gogh", makes for a really interesting watch.
Naya I never knew that. Thanks for sharing, yeah?
"America's biggest property crime" isn't that just America's existence?
😳
im screaming
Gogo tryhard shut up Brit we won the war
@@Grahambhatt bro I'm talking, like, Chris Columbus, please explain
Underrated comment👏
I worked a nightshift security job, and Abath sounds better at his job than half of my coworkers. Remarkably few shits are given by workers in such a lowly position. And speaking for myself, it's not uncommon to plan a hypothetical "inside job" out of sheer boredom.
Clearly the buyer wanted specific pieces if they left more expensive paintings
How has this crime not been made into a "based on a true story" movie, it would make such a good comedy crime film XP
omg i really want to watch this x'D
THEStephenBroady you could write it!
righttt?? the whole time i was thinking “WHY ISNT THIS A MOVIE YET”
yes because that is definitely how it works
Oceans 11?
0:33 Hahahha this was their whole problem when they thought they could charge their fan base for subscriptions. They thought that people would root for the robbers!!! 😄🤣
Gotta remember, they started at Buzzfeed. Their brains were never fully developed.
Shane must be a fan of Megamind, because he likes his villains to have PRESENTATION!!
i know fully well every case is unsolved but i still get surprised when they say it's unsolved
video: *mystery* *gets* *labeled* *as* *unsolved* me: no way 😮 series: *is* *literally* *called* *unsolved* *mysteries*
lmao yeh same
hi im tired LMAO ME TOO IM ALWAYS LIKE WTF?!? I KNOW ITS UNSOLVED BUT IDK I GUESS I GET SO INTO IT
LOL ARMYS ARE HERE TOO!!😂😂
hi im tired fr! 😂
this is the lightest episode ever
This is is so ideological they are shitting on rich people
But might be my favorite
Rhys Austin my favourite one
Dank Samosa rich people are not a marginalised group, I'm sure they'll live
This is such an interesting case. The security guard was definitely a person of interest, particularly because of the way he was restrained. Both guards were in the basement but separated and Abarth was covered in an excessive amount of duct tape. Was basically around his entire head. Another theory is that the paintings were stolen by the Mafia. It wasn't uncommon to negotiate lesser sentences in exchanged for stolen artwork to be returned. This is supported by the fact they took the painting out of the frames. An experienced art theif would be a fool to risk damage to the art by cutting it out of the frame. And it took them additional time to remove them. Another theory states that the theifs were after a specific list that was given to them by someone that wanted art for their collection. This could be why they missed some more expensive pieces and why they returned to several rooms. I also wouldn't consider it a victimless crime neccesarilly. One of the paintings they stole was the only painting of the sea Rembrandt ever painted. It's a shame that it is no longer possible to see it in person.
"They don't pay me enough to get hurt" I FELT THAT! 😂
So a security expert comes in and sees their whole setup, and knows when they're going to be updating it, and then they get robbed RIGHT before they update it... hmmmmmm
Valerie Macias They did say they waited a while
Valerie Macias it does seem sketchy, or it just could of been bad timing..
Black Kakarot good timing
A Toaster well for the thieves yes... but we’re talking about security.
Valerie Macias I read that the Philly Mob may have been involved. This would explain support your theory as I'm sure they have connections in the security industry.
Soooo did he make it to the Grateful Dead show
Nerd Nuf Said probably not since it took all night
Amalia Larios rip
the real tragedy here
S T A T I C s h o c k probably not, this is the actual tragedy
Sorry for the late reply. I'm happy to report Rick actually did make it to the Grateful Dead show in Hartford! He was planning to see them the next day as well but when he found out the next morning that so much had been stolen he headed back to Boston. He realized it would make him seem even more suspicious if he was skipping town so soon after the robbery.
came back to rewatch this after 3 years because of the new netflix mini-series about this heist, definitely wish they'd mentioned the "they don't pay me enough to get hurt" line in the show though
the security guard was a young man, only 23, when the 'police' arrived. the young man was just doing his job and being obedient to the "police." : It's automatic to respect and obey police officers. it's very hard to buy the Gardner Museum's saying they had a rule: "When police show up, if the security guards haven't called them, then the security guards are supposed to call the police station to make sure they're authentic." Oh, Right...That sounds ridiculous. Did they have practice sessions for that rule? Did they have it posted on the wall in the security guard room? So -what had occasioned that rule? Did they often have fake police officers showing up? no, they're just saying that to blame someone because so many important artworks were stolen. Because i remember how the Whole Country was awe-struck by the amazing ingenuity of those art thieves of the Gardner Museum. , The museum should stop casting public suspicion on the former security guards. The former guards should file suit against the museum for defamation of character that is still going on to this day. BTW - why was everyone working at that museum back then so very very young??? You can bet those thieves had noted that aforehand .
I agree with this completely. Personally I think the guards did have something to do with it, this makes a lot of sense if that wasn't the case. Ever since I was like six they beat it into my head "Respect the police, you trust them no matter what" so even if it was again protocol, I would open the door and do what they say.
I love how you guys re-enact the crime, it helps a lot to visualise it.
Shane's glasses are rocking my life.
I want it now, wonder what they are
Neko Chan *NO I WANT IT*
agreed
NO I WANT IT
Where are those frames from?
"They don't pay me enough to get hurt" is the 1990s version of "boss makes a dollar, i make a dime, that's why i poop on company time"
Comments missing? Sounds like a job for C.C Tinsley!
When I went to the museum over the summer, there were still empty frames on the walls in the hope that the artwork may one day be returned
that's so sad omg lol
Wow.... But I do hope the return. :(
Boston Book Bitty And thats why this case is called *_UNSOLVED_* Okay?!?! OK
Boston Book Bitty there are stipulations on the museum. Elizabeth Gardner had made it to where after she died, no new peices could be added and nothing can be removed. That's why the empty frames are still displayed.
That ain’t happening. Bet, all of these paintings are on the walls of some unscrupulous collectors around the world. They’re probably on display somewhere only their closest friends/co-conspirators can view them and barring a mistake or vendetta by one of those people, they’ll never be found.
It was me. I needed something soothing for the bathroom. Only a Rembrandt would do.
Krystle Barnes Titian are WAY too serious.
*FBI knocks on door*
*2 knocks at door* FBI OPEN UP!
Krystle Barnes hey Krys can I borrow some of them Rembrandt now? just for a few days will do. It's me the one who lend you guys the duct tape 🙂
Nothing like a Rembrandt to help with the constipation.
they rip the skin off to reveal they have a mustache
I think it was an inside job, but Richard A had nothing to do with it. I think it was someone else in the museum who knew exactly who was gonna be working that night, but knew that Abath and the other gurad didn't know them. To do it when the security is being uodated, knowing what's going on in the area, knowing who's gonna be there and their lazy actions. Definitely inside job.
OMG Y'ALL GOT ACTORS NOW!!! BUZZFEED UNSOLVED MOVING ON UP!!!!
I think the actors are only for non-murder/non-supernatural related videos though XC I wish that they could do it in every video thooouuggghhh...
OH MY GOD!!!! A non-murder!!!! I can watch this before bed!
Clotted Scream honestly tho... me
I was still scared. You should google how they duct tape the security guard.
Clotted Scream uuiiyy
Eeeeeeeep. Jesus.
Ikr they should do more of these
Where did the comments go? That remains... unsolved
i'm quite upset that the comments has vanished, they were like historical artifacts in a way and now the past is gone
Like the paintings
I love that this one wasn't like a murder or anything. It's nice to just have a nice, fun, non-violent crime every now and then
I love the new addition of reenactments! It’s like one of those ID shows but with less stuffy hosts.
slimkt o
slimkt and it’s really helpful to envision it
I don’t just bc I imagined them filming them and being like okay now you will be pushing him against the wall and tell him your robbing him
slimkt YES!
I LOVEEEEE ID SHOWS! they have sparked my continuously growing love for criminal investigating 😊
While I’m all for the steal from the “steal from the rich” theme, this is still a terrible thing to happen. As a current museum studies student, we’ve learned about how to take care of stuff like paintings. Paintings tend to be delicate and need specific temperatures, relative humidities, and light levels. Fluctuations of the these factors over time can greatly effect a painting, and possibly lead to its destruction. Also, the thieves may not have been stealing from the rich at all if the museum had legal title. Museums want legal title over objects because it makes it easier with regards to legal issues and deaccessioning, but they consider themselves public repositories. Objects owned by museums are Meant to seen by the public (unless an object is too delicate to leave storage). By stealing them, the thieves deprived the community of pieces of culture. (Also, please don’t come from me about museums being places of white, imperial culture. We have learned about NAGPRA and UNESCO laws regarding repatriation of stolen works in class, and I am fully on board with them. We also discuss how museums can become places for all peoples, and how to market to non-white communities. We are trying to fix this. Plus, the stolen works don’t appear to be Native American, African, Jewish, or any other sort of marginalized people as far as I call tell.)
If you favor actually “stealing from the rich” you have no foundational belief in individual rights and a cartoonishly inaccurate perception of money and how it’s made.
Yes! I was thinking this the whole time, the public are the ones losing here! I’m too poor to buy any art so I go to the museum instead, I’d be upset if it was robbed.
Wow who cares. get some friends so you dont have to tell youtube about your class.
Exactly, thank you
@@XbunkerXballerX7127 there's no need to be rude, Hadley was just expressing his concerns.
If Shane was a security guard there he would’ve been like “can I get it on this guys? Looks fun!” to the robbers 😂
Abath was living his best life lmaO
300th like
anna black must you really????
anna black shut up
ashleyxo this has 666 likes... i don't want to ruin it!!! D:
ashleyxo besides getting his face smashed into the wall. 🙁
Did Abath get to go to that concert? I’d be mad too if he didn’t. Imagine having concert tickets but not being able to go because somebody had to pull a heist on the museum you work at. Tragic.
^
I was thinking the same thing throughout the whole video
Can we please get a new post mortem bc the Netflix doc dropped????
title?
@@LemmyKon it’s called this is a robbery in netflix
The whole time I was watching the Netflix documentary I kept thinking of how much Shane loved the mustaches
The visitor from the night before was his weed dealer and didnt want to expose him
Sarena Wiebe Is this a fact or a theory?
Theory
Probably lmao
“Did he have a moustache” “No” “Maybe look into that, do a little more research” “Actually let me write that down, get me that pen, wait I don’t care” These two kill me 😂
it honestly doesn't even matter to who took it, doesn't matter to find them. it's much more crucial to find the artwork itself and hope that whoever has had it all this time knew how to keep it properly. the risk of damage to artwork by people who don't know what they're doing is insurmountable. and the fact that they're rembrandts, who is regarded as the greatest renaissance painter in history, is a huge loss to history, art, and culture.
I like that the security guard basically didn't have to admit he came to work high since he wasn't on the day of the heist, but still volunteered that information.
if someone robbed me i would lose a total of: $0
Literally same. I'm broke af.
Same.
Same
And 6 organs maybe
There was nothing there to rob you of to begin with. :o
ok this is kind of weird but... does anyone else find ryan's voice extremely relaxing? like it's lowkey asmr, i was watching the jack the ripper video and i felt really bad for falling asleep to descriptions of people being brutally murdered
I fell asleep to that one too lol
I fell asleep too to that one. I was in the bath 😂 his voice is just so relaxing
Yeah me too!! I listen to these at night, his voice helps me fall asleep 😂
I fell asleep five minutes into that episode😂😂😂😂
Jess G I feel the same, his voice is definitely relaxing. It may seem weird because of the dark subject matter of many of these episodes, but I use these to actually help me fall asleep nearly every night. Weirdly it helps with my anxiety and helps me be calm and get to sleep. I'm just so happy Ryan created this wonderful, fantastic show.
17:07 LMFAO
😭
I really feel like this is one of, if not their best video. The acting and editing are on point, and its overall just a good story .
am I the only one who needs to know if Abath ended up going to the Grateful Dead concert?
Anna Chandler I hope he managed to go!
It said that he was duct taped in the basement all night
I honestly think he was in on the theft, too bad the museum pretty much deserved to be stolen from
I wonder if the people that pulled this of are watching this video and just thinking: got ‘em.
Ofcoz lol
I did it
Justin Time for the Parties And I’m Madonna
@@zahrah8512 Ay YO Bruh can I get an autograph
The thing is, even though the robbery was victimless, it's not like these people are stealing from the rich to give to the poor. They stole art from a public museum to sell to some super rich person who probably has it on a yacht somewhere. I would've loved to see Rembrandt's only surviving seascape but I probably never will
It's a privately owned museum (partially open to the public for viewing) held by a private trust.
Having visited the Museum twice since watching this when it came out, it makes it even more heart breaking. Nothing at the museum is labeled and walking around it is truly an experience. It's like walking through a history and art textbook. Isabella Gardner made a legal rule where if any piece is moved from its original spot, that everything would be put up for auction. Because of this you can still see the empty frame of the Rembrandts hanging on the walls of the museum. You can even see the jagged edges of where they cut out the paintings. The little edges of canvas still leftover. This wasn't some glamorous movie style heist. This wasn't a European museum full of stolen art. And seeing the museum in 2023, it's hard to imagine the place being robbed. It's in the heart of the art district of Boston right next to 3 colleges and a dozen apartment complexes. The security there now is so tight it's almost overbearing. There are offices on the top floor of the museum. But I have to remember 30 years ago, there hadn't been a heist in half a century and they were updating security. Not an ad, but If you're ever in Boston, it's well worth the trip. It's like 20-30$, it takes roughly 1 to 2 hours to walk through and see everything and there is a Cafe, art gallery, and a gift shop in the adjacent building.