Last Seen
Last Seen
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Last Seen

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Season 4: "Postmortem" is about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the gray market for human remains. Find out what happened at Harvard Medical School: how body parts were stolen and sold across the country. Who did this and why?
Introducing 'Last Seen'
16 July 2018

Introducing 'Last Seen'

A look into the largest unsolved art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. "Last Seen" begins Sept. 17.
Episode 1: '81 Minutes'
14 September 2018

Episode 1: '81 Minutes'

In 1990, two thieves stole 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. We take a closer look at what happened that night.
Episode 2: 'Inside Job?'
24 September 2018

Episode 2: 'Inside Job?'

On the night of the heist, security guard Rick Abath made the critical mistake of letting the thieves into the museum. In this episode, we ask if it was indeed a mistake.
Episode 3: 'Not A Bunch Of Jamokes'
01 October 2018

Episode 3: 'Not A Bunch Of Jamokes'

Was the heist planned in the belly of Boston's criminal underworld operating out of a Dorchester auto body shop?
Episode 4: 'Two Bad Men'
08 October 2018

Episode 4: 'Two Bad Men'

Were George Reissfelder and David Turner involved in the Gardner heist?
Episode 5: 'The Bobbys'
15 October 2018

Episode 5: 'The Bobbys'

We trace the art's possible path from Boston to Connecticut to Philadelphia.
Episode 6: 'Befriend And Betray'
22 October 2018

Episode 6: 'Befriend And Betray'

This is a story about how to plot an art recovery, and then blow it entirely.
Episode 7: 'I Was The One'
29 October 2018

Episode 7: 'I Was The One'

Was the world's greatest art thief the inspiration, or actually the mastermind, of the Gardner heist?
Episode 8: 'Flimflammer'
05 November 2018

Episode 8: 'Flimflammer'

After a parallel heist gone wrong, did Brian McDevitt succeed at the Gardner Museum?
Episode 9: 'The Big Dig'
12 November 2018

Episode 9: 'The Big Dig'

We follow a mobster's tip to excavate a lot in Orlando.