December 3, 2019 12:19 pm PST
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In 1965, a retired truck driver was convicted of one of the greatest art heists in British history
In 1961, Goya's famous portrait of the Duke of Wellington went missing from London's National Gallery. The case went unsolved for four years before someone unexpectedly came forward to confess to the heist. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe one of the greatest art thefts in British history and the surprising twists that followed.
We'll also discover Seward's real folly and puzzle over a man's motherhood.
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