Longtime Boston Globe reporter Stephen Kurkjian joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his book, "Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist."  This is Part 1 of our discussion with Steve about the 1990 theft of 13 masterworks taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, still not recovered after 34 years.<br /><br />Master Thieves The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist<br /><br />https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-kurkjian/master-thieves/9781610396325/?lens=publicaffairs<br /><br />Won't you help the Mind Over Murder podcast increase our visibility and shine the spotlight on the "Colonial Parkway Murders" and other unsolved cases? Contribute any amount you can here:<br /><br />https://www.gofundme.com/f/mind-over-murder-podcast-expenses?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer<br /><br />Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Master-Thieves-Gangsters-World%C2%92s-Greatest/dp/1610394232/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BNHWYmLg3KykJTDhUai9iCN7ujPKVK66cvLTOp8KrPCeP2MeX-9yHsvBvfYsU3F4XB_CXnWVAVRlSeRNoEIvzG8gLXHaRAA_GMs-XwVmJIgG17o0Bp0MzeJBlMDkA4LG.NsYOlLoZ1dGseIZXWxz74bmRLd6B-h7sXKQmjuZ_Gqw&amp;qid=1714350441&amp;sr=8-1<br /><br /><br /><br />WTVR CBS News:  Colonial Parkway murders victims' families keep hope cases will be solved:<br /><br />https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/colonial-parkway-murders-update-april-19-2024<br /><br />WAVY TV 10 News:  New questions raised in Colonial Parkway murders:<br /><br />https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/new-questions-raised-in-colonial-parkway-murders/<br /><br />WTKR News 3: Colonial Parkway Murders podcast records in Yorktown:<br /><br />https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/historic-triangle/colonial-parkway-murders-podcast-records-in-yorktown<br /><br />WVEC 13 News Now:  Live Podcast to Discuss Colonial Parkway Murders Monday in Yorktown<br /><br />https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/live-podcast-to-discuss-colonial-parkway-murders-monday-yorktown/291-601dd2b9-d9f2-4b41-a3e1-44bce6f9f6c6<br /><br />Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. has been named as the killer of Robin Edwards and David Knobling in the Colonial Parkway Murders in September 1987, as well as the murderer of Teresa Howell in June 1989. He has also been linked to the April 1988 disappearance and likely murder of Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey, another pair in the Colonial Parkway Murders.<br /><br />13News Now investigates: A serial killer's DNA will not be entered into CODIS database:<br /><br />https://www.13newsnow.com/video/news/local/13news-now-investigates/291-e82a9e0b-38e3-4f95-982a-40e960a71e49<br /><br />WAVY TV 10 on the Colonial Parkway Murders Announcement with photos:<br /><br />https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/deceased-man-identified-as-suspect-in-decades-old-homicides/<br /><br />WTKR News 3<br /><br />https://www.wtkr.com/news/is-man-linked-to-one-of-the-colonial-parkway-murders-connected-to-the-other-cases<br /><br />Virginian Pilot: Who was Alan Wade Wilmer Sr.? Man suspected in two ‘Colonial Parkway’ murders died alone in 2017<br /><br />https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/01/14/who-was-alan-wade-wilmer-sr-man-suspected-in-colonial-parkway-murders-died-alone-in-2017/<br /><br />Colonial Parkway Murders Facebook page with more than 18,000 followers: https://www.facebook.com/ColonialParkwayCase<br /><br />You can also participate in an in-depth discussion of the Colonial Parkway Murders here:<br />https://earonsgsk.proboards.com/board/50/colonial-parkway-murders<br /><br />Mind Over Murder is proud to be a Spreaker Prime Podcaster:<br /><br />https://www.spreaker.com<br /><br />Join the discussion on our Mind Over Murder and Colonial Parkway Murders pages on Facebook.<br /><br />Mind Over Murder on Facebook:...

Mind Over Murder

William F. Thomas and Kristin M. Dilley

NEW: Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Heist (Part 1)

APR 29, 202434 MIN
Mind Over Murder

NEW: Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Heist (Part 1)

APR 29, 202434 MIN

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Longtime Boston Globe reporter Stephen Kurkjian joins "Mind Over Murder" hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley to talk about his book, "Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist."  This is Part 1 of our discussion with Steve about the 1990 theft of 13 masterworks taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, still not recovered after 34 years.<br /><br />Master Thieves The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist<br /><br />https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-kurkjian/master-thieves/9781610396325/?lens=publicaffairs<br /><br />Won't you help the Mind Over Murder podcast increase our visibility and shine the spotlight on the "Colonial Parkway Murders" and other unsolved cases? Contribute any amount you can here:<br /><br />https://www.gofundme.com/f/mind-over-murder-podcast-expenses?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer<br /><br />Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Master-Thieves-Gangsters-World%C2%92s-Greatest/dp/1610394232/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BNHWYmLg3KykJTDhUai9iCN7ujPKVK66cvLTOp8KrPCeP2MeX-9yHsvBvfYsU3F4XB_CXnWVAVRlSeRNoEIvzG8gLXHaRAA_GMs-XwVmJIgG17o0Bp0MzeJBlMDkA4LG.NsYOlLoZ1dGseIZXWxz74bmRLd6B-h7sXKQmjuZ_Gqw&amp;qid=1714350441&amp;sr=8-1<br /><br /><br /><br />WTVR CBS News:  Colonial Parkway murders victims' families keep hope cases will be solved:<br /><br />https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/colonial-parkway-murders-update-april-19-2024<br /><br />WAVY TV 10 News:  New questions raised in Colonial Parkway murders:<br /><br />https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/new-questions-raised-in-colonial-parkway-murders/<br /><br />WTKR News 3: Colonial Parkway Murders podcast records in Yorktown:<br /><br />https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/historic-triangle/colonial-parkway-murders-podcast-records-in-yorktown<br /><br />WVEC 13 News Now:  Live Podcast to Discuss Colonial Parkway Murders Monday in Yorktown<br /><br />https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/live-podcast-to-discuss-colonial-parkway-murders-monday-yorktown/291-601dd2b9-d9f2-4b41-a3e1-44bce6f9f6c6<br /><br />Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. has been named as the killer of Robin Edwards and David Knobling in the Colonial Parkway Murders in September 1987, as well as the murderer of Teresa Howell in June 1989. He has also been linked to the April 1988 disappearance and likely murder of Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey, another pair in the Colonial Parkway Murders.<br /><br />13News Now investigates: A serial killer's DNA will not be entered into CODIS database:<br /><br />https://www.13newsnow.com/video/news/local/13news-now-investigates/291-e82a9e0b-38e3-4f95-982a-40e960a71e49<br /><br />WAVY TV 10 on the Colonial Parkway Murders Announcement with photos:<br /><br />https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/deceased-man-identified-as-suspect-in-decades-old-homicides/<br /><br />WTKR News 3<br /><br />https://www.wtkr.com/news/is-man-linked-to-one-of-the-colonial-parkway-murders-connected-to-the-other-cases<br /><br />Virginian Pilot: Who was Alan Wade Wilmer Sr.? Man suspected in two ‘Colonial Parkway’ murders died alone in 2017<br /><br />https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/01/14/who-was-alan-wade-wilmer-sr-man-suspected-in-colonial-parkway-murders-died-alone-in-2017/<br /><br />Colonial Parkway Murders Facebook page with more than 18,000 followers: https://www.facebook.com/ColonialParkwayCase<br /><br />You can also participate in an in-depth discussion of the Colonial Parkway Murders here:<br />https://earonsgsk.proboards.com/board/50/colonial-parkway-murders<br /><br />Mind Over Murder is proud to be a Spreaker Prime Podcaster:<br /><br />https://www.spreaker.com<br /><br />Join the discussion on our Mind Over Murder and Colonial Parkway Murders pages on Facebook.<br /><br />Mind Over Murder on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindoverpodcast<br /><br />You can also participate in an in-depth discussion of the Colonial Parkway Murders here:<br />https://earonsgsk.proboards.com/board/50/colonial-parkway-murders<br /><br />Follow Othram's DNA Solves: You can help solve a case. Help fund a case or contribute your DNA. Your support helps solve crimes, enable the identification of John &amp; Jane Does, and bring closure to families. Joining is fast, secure, and easy.<br /><br />https://dnasolves.com/<br /><br />Daily Beast: "Inside the Maddening Search for Virginia’s Colonial Parkway Serial Killer" By Justin Rohrlich<br /><br />https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happened-to-cathleen-thomas-and-rebecca-dowski-inside-the-hunt-for-the-colonial-parkway-killer<br /><br />Citizens! Check out our new line of "Mind Over Murder" t-shirts and other good stuff !<br /><br />https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mind-over-murder-podcast?ref_id=23885<br /><br />Washington Post Op-Ed Piece by Deidre Enright of the Innocence Project:<br /><br />"The FBI should use DNA, not posters, to solve a cold-case murder" <br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/25/julie-williams-laura-winans-unsolved-murder-test-dna/<br /><br />Oxygen: "Loni Coombs Feels A Kinship To 'Lovers' Lane' Victim Cathy Thomas"<br /><br />Loni Coombs felt an immediate connection to Cathy Thomas, a groundbreaking gay woman who broke through barriers at the U.S. Naval Academy before she was brutally murdered along the Colonial Parkway in Virginia.<br /><br />https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/loni-coombs-feels-a-kinship-to-colonial-parkway-victim-cathy-thomas<br /><br />You can contribute to help "Mind Over Murder" do our important work:<br /><br />https://mindovermurderpodcast.com/support<br /><br /><br />Four one-hour episodes on the Colonial Parkway Murders are available on Oxygen as "The Lover's Lane Murders." The series is available on the free Oxygen app, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon, and many other platforms. https://www.oxygen.com/lovers-lane-murders <br /><br />Oxygen" "Who Were The Colonial Parkway Murder Victims? 8 Young People All Killed In Virginia Within 4 Years" https://www.oxygen.com/lovers-lane-murders/crime-news/who-were-the-colonial-parkway-murder-victims <br /><br />Washington Post Magazine: "Victims, Families and America’s Thirst for True-Crime Stories." "For Bill Thomas, his sister Cathy’s murder is a deeply personal tragedy. For millions of true-crime fans, it’s entertainment." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/30/feature/victims-families-and-americas-thirst-for-true-crime-stories/<br /><br />Daily Press excellent series of articles on the Colonial Parkway Murders: "The Parkway" http://digital.dailypress.com/static/parkway_cottage/main/index.html<br /><br />Colonial Parkway Murders website: https://colonialparkwaymurders.com <br /><br />Mind Over Murder Podcast website: https://mindovermurderpodcast.com<br /><br />Please subscribe and rate us at your favorite podcast sites. Ratings and reviews are very important. 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