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What a strange story. The worlds most successful art thief did it not for profit or prestige, but apparent mental illness (compulsion). He was only caught becau
by ohdannyboy 3y ago
What a strange story. The worlds most successful art thief did it not for profit or prestige, but apparent mental illness (compulsion). He was only caught because he was spotted, escaped but returned 2 days later to finish the job. He got 3 years, did it again, got another 3 years and still hasn't stopped! Compulsive behavior is the only way this makes sense to me.
Another piece of trivia is that when he was arrested his mother destroyed a lot of the art. She got 3 years for doing that.
- red369 3y agoSounds a lot like Bill Mason’s story too. Amazing book as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mason_(jewel_thief) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mason_(jewel_thief)
- sllabres 3y agoThere was a thief of famous old books from the monastery Mont Sainte-Odile in France / Alsace. As they found out after some time (riddled as he broke in several times without them noticing) the the thief entered through secret stairways and chambers. [1] If I remember correctly the thief didn't try to sell them but hoarded them. There are many other articles about the heist if you google for "Book Thief Mont Sainte-Odile". [1] https://www.goodnightandgodbless.com/travelogues/the-book-thief-of-mont-sainte-odile/25 https://www.goodnightandgodbless.com/travelogues/the-book-th...
- alberto_ol 3y agoThere was also the case of the man who stole manuscripts. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/24/book-fraudster-filippo-bernardini-spared-jail https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/24/book-fraudster... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%932021_literary_phishing_thefts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%932021_literary_phi...