Synopsis
Welcome to Empty Frames: an art crime experience. Season 1: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist: In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two thieves posing as police officers were admitted into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. In 81 minutes they stole 13 pieces of artwork, among the paintings stripped from their frames were works by Vermeer, Degas, and Rembrandt. In this series Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna (of the Missing Maura Murray and Crawlspace podcasts) will dig as deep as possible into the case, theories, and social and economic impact the greatest unsolved art heist of all time had on the community.Season 2: Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna broaden their art crime horizons with a six episode season exploring a wide range of topics in the art crime genre. We talk to Turbo about a stolen da Vinci, the guys from Manzanita Ridge in Silver City, New Mexico who share an amazing story of stolen art recovery, and we talk to reporter Asa Romano about Banksy's shredding stunt at Sotheby's in London.Season 3: We hope to return to the Gardner heist. Coming Spring 2019. This show is available in full on Stitcher Premium. Use code FRAMES for a free month.
Episodes
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S3E16 - Suspect Brian McDevitt Updates w/ Eric Ulis
12/04/2025 Duration: 01h30minIn this new episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Eric Ulis about the Gardner heist suspect Brian McDevitt. We discuss Brian's timeline and his girlfriend at the time of the heist (Stephanie Rabinowitz)'s diary from 1990 and much more. Follow Eric Ulis: https://ericulis.com/. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewfNi-lPOshvd9t55NXbbA/. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericulis. IG: https://www.instagram.com/ericulisofficial/. Last Seen's episode with Stephanie: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/11/05/flimflammer. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/. Follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/empty_frames. https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/. https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Follow Missing: TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@miss
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S3E15 - Artists as Thieves - Live w/ Charles Pinning
01/04/2025 Duration: 01h27minIn this new episode recorded live on Youtube, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna again speak with Charles Pinning about his theory from episodes 6, 7, and 14 of season 3. Charles and Pamela Wall have developed a compelling theory on the Gardner heist. Check out our Youtube video or this Google Doc for some visuals: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQWBTvMmyPXyu5sqDYFdQT_wQaha5FEXOWnK5iN69anLjodQ39eaIsTDXdmWBNP1g8Gua3a4W9wwk9j/pub. Links to some articles of note: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sociopath-scholar-who-made-films-of-his-crimes-tried-to-confess-to-americas-most-famous-art-heist, https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/10/27/joe-gibbons-artist-or-thief/. Buy Charles's book: https://www.amazon.com/Irreplaceable-Charles-Pinning/dp/0615853943/ref. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isab
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S3E14 - New Info on Compelling Theory
16/03/2025 Duration: 01h17minIn the first new episode in nearly two years, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna once again speak with Charles Pinning. Charles discusses some new details to his theory from episodes 6 and 7 of season 3. Charles and Pamela Wall have developed a compelling theory on the Gardner heist. Check out our Youtube video or this Google Doc for some visuals: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQWBTvMmyPXyu5sqDYFdQT_wQaha5FEXOWnK5iN69anLjodQ39eaIsTDXdmWBNP1g8Gua3a4W9wwk9j/pub. Links to some articles of note: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sociopath-scholar-who-made-films-of-his-crimes-tried-to-confess-to-americas-most-famous-art-heist, https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/10/27/joe-gibbons-artist-or-thief/. Buy Charles's book: https://www.amazon.com/Irreplaceable-Charles-Pinning/dp/0615853943/ref. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-a
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S3E13 - Remains from the Fireplace
18/05/2023 Duration: 01h12minIn episode 12 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Stephanie Rabinowitz and Eric Ulis about their search for the stolen Gardner art. Stephanie was a friend of Brian McDevitt's. Brian was considered a suspect in the Gardner heist. Eric and Stephanie visited the house in Los Angeles where Brian McDevitt lived and searched his fireplace for any remnants of the stolen art. What they found is quite interesting. Check out Eric's site: https://ericulis.com/. Last Seen's episode with Stephanie: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/11/05/flimflammer. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/. Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty
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S3E12 - Exploring the Brian McDevitt Theory
01/03/2022 Duration: 01h19minIn episode 12 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Stephanie Rabinowitz and Eric Ulis about their thoughts on the Gardner heist. Stephanie was a friend of Brian McDevitt's. Brian was considered a suspect in the Gardner heist. Check out Eric's site: https://ericulis.com/ Last Seen's episode with Stephanie: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/11/05/flimflammer Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames. https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/. https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S3E11 - Warming Up a Cold Case w/ Eric Ulis
15/02/2022 Duration: 01h11minIn episode 11 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Eric Ulis about his thoughts on the Gardner heist. Check out Eric's site: https://ericulis.com/. Check out NBC10's article here: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-clue-reportedly-surfaces-in-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-heist/2578309/. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/. Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames. https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/. https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S3E10 - Reporter Dennis House on Robert Gentile Interview
17/11/2021 Duration: 50minIn episode 10 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with news anchor Dennis House about his interview with reputed mobster Robert Gentile. Check out Dennis House's interview here: https://dennishouse.tv/2021/02/12/my-interview-with-a-reputed-mobster/ Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames. https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/. https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S3E9 - Hunting Down the Art w/ Charley Hill
11/05/2021 Duration: 01h10minIn episode 9 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with art investigator Charley Hill about the Gardner art and his impressive history in recovering stolen art. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames. https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/. https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S3E8 - Season 3 Debrief
02/03/2021 Duration: 01h03minThis episode was originally published on Empty Frames on Stitcher Premium and Youtube on August 25th, 2020. In episode 8 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak about season 3 so far and where it's going for the remaining episodes. Follow Casey Sherman: https://twitter.com/caseysherman123 Check out Hunting Whitey: https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Whitey-Capture-Killing-Americas-ebook/dp/B07X2JSHFX Follow Turbo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtHostage And check out his blog: http://stolenvermeer.blogspot.com/ Follow the Muddy River Fact Checker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gardnerheist And check out his site: http://gardnerheist.com/ Follow Charles Pinning on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlespinning Check out Charles Pinning's book: https://www.amazon.com/Irreplaceable-Charles-Pinning/dp/0615853943/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 Joe Gibbons's site: http://joegibbonsfilmmaker.com/about/ Check out StitcherPremium.com for the rest of season 3 as it's released! Otherwise check it out on Youtube
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S3E7 - The Gibbons Theory Continues
16/02/2021 Duration: 01h02minIn episode 7 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Charles Pinning and Pamela Wall to dig deeper into their theory. Charles and Pamela have developed a compelling theory on the Gardner heist. Check out our Youtube video or this Google Doc for some visuals: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQWBTvMmyPXyu5sqDYFdQT_wQaha5FEXOWnK5iN69anLjodQ39eaIsTDXdmWBNP1g8Gua3a4W9wwk9j/pub Links to some articles of note: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sociopath-scholar-who-made-films-of-his-crimes-tried-to-confess-to-americas-most-famous-art-heist, https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/10/27/joe-gibbons-artist-or-thief/. Buy Charles's book: https://www.amazon.com/Irreplaceable-Charles-Pinning/dp/0615853943/ref. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www
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S3E6 - The Art Liberation Front
02/02/2021 Duration: 01h15minIn episode 6 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Charles Pinning and Pamela Wall. Charles and Pamela have developed a compelling theory on the Gardner heist. Check out our Youtube video or this Google Doc for some visuals: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQWBTvMmyPXyu5sqDYFdQT_wQaha5FEXOWnK5iN69anLjodQ39eaIsTDXdmWBNP1g8Gua3a4W9wwk9j/pub. Links to some articles of note: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sociopath-scholar-who-made-films-of-his-crimes-tried-to-confess-to-americas-most-famous-art-heist, https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/10/27/joe-gibbons-artist-or-thief/. Buy Charles's book: https://www.amazon.com/Irreplaceable-Charles-Pinning/dp/0615853943/ref. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/. Check out
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S3E5 - Laissez-faire w/ Cheyna Roth
19/01/2021 Duration: 55minIn episode 5 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna talk with Cheyna Roth about the Gardner heist and her new book. Order Cheyna's book Cold Cases, which has a chapter on the Gardner: https://smile.amazon.com/Cold-Cases-Collection-Unidentified-Kidnappings/dp/1646040341/ And follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cheyna_R Check out StitcherPremium.com for the rest of season 3 as it's released! Otherwise check it out on Youtube now or on the public podcast feed six months after it's released. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames. https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespod
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S3E4 - Gardner Theory Tour w/ Bill Thomas
05/01/2021 Duration: 01h20minIn episode 4 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna talk with Bill Thomas about the Gardner heist and a roundtable of theories. Bill also discusses the time he and Steve Kurkjian toured the Gardner together. Bill has previously been on our other shows Missing Maura Murray and Crawlspace. You can subscribe to those shows here: http://crawlspace-media.com Subscribe to Bill's show Mind Over Murder: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-over-murder/id1494058129, https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mind-over-murder, https://open.spotify.com/show/2jl4P567AGYJkg8XHkuw32 And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillThomas56 Check out StitcherPremium.com for the rest of season 3 as it's released! Otherwise check it out on Youtube now or on the public podcast feed six months after it's released. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-mu
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S3E3 - Motion Sensors & Silent Alarms w/ Muddy
22/12/2020 Duration: 01h06minIn episode 3 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna check in with the Muddy River Fact Checker about the art recovery effort, the motion sensors, the silent alarm and more. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames, https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/, https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S3E2 - The Turbo Train
08/12/2020 Duration: 01h09minIn episode 2 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna talk with Turbo Paul Hendry about the recovery effort for the stolen Gardner artwork. Follow Turbo: https://www.instagram.com/arthostageturbopaul/. Check out Turbo's blog: http://stolenvermeer.blogspot.com/. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/. Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitter.com/Empty_Frames, https://www.instagram.com/emptyframespodcast/, https://www.facebook.com/EmptyFramespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S3E1 - Casey Sherman
24/11/2020 Duration: 01h05minIn episode 1 of season 3, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna talk with author and journalist Casey Sherman. Casey discusses his thoughts on the direction of the stolen Gardner artwork recovery effort. Check out Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Casey-Sherman/e/B001JRVP5C. Some articles he wrote on the Gardner heist recovery effort: https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/05/art-sleuth-says-its-time-to-change-strategy-on-gardner-heist/, https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/22/art-detective-eyes-ira-in-gardner-art-heist/. Follow him here: https://twitter.com/caseysherman123. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4xoWHxXY1fWrK93A84zkg. Sign the petition for a reward price list: https://www.change.org/p/let-s-bring-home-the-stolen-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-a-new-approach. Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/. Check out the entire Crawlspace Network and make sure to follow Empty Frames on social media. http://crawlspace-media.com/. https://twitte
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Bonus - The Hands Resist Him
07/02/2020 Duration: 01h43sIn this episode Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna are joined by artist Bill Stoneham, painter of The Hands Resist Him, a painting known as "haunted". We talk to Bill about his art, life, and this incredible painting. Check out Bill Stoneham's work at https://www.stonehamstudios.com/. Follow Missing: IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. X: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Follow Crawlspace: IG: https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast. X: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1
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S2E6 - Gardner Heist Minutia
20/08/2019 Duration: 01h18minIn season 2 of Empty Frames Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna continue their dive into the subject of art heists by getting a broader scope of the world in which these crimes take place. In episode 6 of season 2 Tim & Lance again talk to the Muddy River Fact Checker. He helped us out on season one with keeping the Gardner heist facts straight. And now he's back to help us break down some Gardner heist minutia. Our topics include the crime scene photos of Rick Abath, and the surveillance video that was shot the night before the heist. Crime scene photo: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/09/24/inside-job Night Before Heist video: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/historic-footage-connected-to-gardner-museum-burglary-released-public-assistance-sought. In season 1 of Empty Frames Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna (Missing Maura Murray, Crawlspace) dig into the mystery of the greatest art heist of all time. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts was robbed
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S2E5 - Stolen da Vinci
06/08/2019 Duration: 01h25minIn season 2 of Empty Frames Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna continue their dive into the subject of art heists by getting a broader scope of the world in which these crimes take place. In episode 5 of season 2 Tim & Lance again talk to Turbo Paul Hendry. He's a former "knocker" who went on to be a firewall between people who possess stolen artwork and their owners. We talk about the stolen Madonna of the Yarnwinder by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting was stolen in 2003 from Drumlanrig Castle by two thieves posing as tourists, who said "Don't worry love, we're the police. This is just practice" to two tourists from New Zealand as they exited through a window. Check out Turbo's blogs: http://arthostage.blogspot.com/, http://stolenvermeer.blogspot.com/. In season 1 of Empty Frames Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna (Missing Maura Murray, Crawlspace) dig into the mystery of the greatest art heist of all time. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts was robbed of thirteen pieces of artwork on Ma
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S2E4 - Dr. No w/ Turbo Paul
23/07/2019 Duration: 01h24minIn season 2 of Empty Frames Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna continue their dive into the subject of art heists by getting a broader scope of the world in which these crimes take place. In episode 4 of season 2 Tim & Lance talk to Turbo Paul Hendry. He's a former "knocker" who went on to be a firewall between people who possess stolen artwork and their owners. We talk about the idea of a Dr. No character who might possess famous stolen artworks. Do Dr. No's exist? Turbo has a few real life Dr. No examples for us. And what exactly is a Dr. Yes? Listen to find out. Check out Turbo's blogs: http://stolenvermeer.blogspot.com/, http://arthostage.blogspot.com/. In season 1 of Empty Frames Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna (Missing Maura Murray, Crawlspace) dig into the mystery of the greatest art heist of all time. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts was robbed of thirteen pieces of artwork on March 18th, 1990. The frames remain empty today, awaiting their return. Please sign and share the