On the night of April 11th, a priceless, 15th-century masterpiece is stolen from Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent. Thieves manage to run off with a side panel of the Ghent Altarpiece. What follows, reads like a crime novel: threatening letters, ransom demands, deathbed confessions, secret codes, international conspiracies, Templars, Nazis, the Holy Grail, murder and … a cheese theft.

Almost a hundred years after the theft, the panel still hasn't surfaced. And this was not the first time this painting had been stolen. It is actually considered the most stolen painting in history. Why do people keep stealing this particular painting? Could the answer finally be found in the tomb of King Albert I of Belgium?

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Or my upcoming book, Camino Negro, A Hiker's Guide to Spain's Historic Crime Scenes. Available from the end of April.

On the night of April 11th, a priceless, 15th-century masterpiece is stolen from Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent. Thieves manage to run off with a side panel of the Ghent Altarpiece. What follows, reads like a crime novel: threatening letters, ransom demands, deathbed confessions, secret codes, international conspiracies, Templars, Nazis, the Holy Grail, murder and … a cheese theft.

Almost a hundred years after the theft, the panel still hasn't surfaced. And this was not the first time this painting had been stolen. It is actually considered the most stolen painting in history. Why do people keep stealing this particular painting? Could the answer finally be found in the tomb of King Albert I of Belgium?

If you'd like to support this podcast: please share this episode, leave a comment or give me a five star review.

More In search of Lost Crime? Follow me on Instagram: @insearchoflostcrime

Or buy my book: Smalltalk Survival: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Talk-Survival-meaningful-graceful-ebook/dp/B09DW91Z77

The walk from the crime scene at the Ibis Hotel to the Pico Reja mass grave is one of the walks from my upcoming book, Camino Negro, A Hiker's Guide to Spain's Historic Crime Scenes. Available from the end of April.

On February 17, 1934, the lifeless body of King Albert I of Belgium was discovered at the foot of a peak in Marche-les-Dames. The king has a large head wound and has clearly been dead for some time. A climbing accident, according to the official sources. 

But before the king is even cold in his grave,  the first rumors start popping up. Why was the king out there, climbing alone in the mist? Why were his glasses found fifty meters away? King Albert was blind as a bat without hs glasses. Why didn't the body have any bruises, despite allegedly falling 49 meters - about 160 feet? Why did it take hours to find the king's body when it was quite out in the open? Was Albert I perhaps …. murdered?

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The walk from the crime scene at the Ibis Hotel to the Pico Reja mass grave is one of the walks from my upcoming book, Camino Negro, A Hiker's Guide to Spain's Historic Crime Scenes. Available from the end of April.

The Ibis hotel on Avenida Kansas City in Sevilla may look like your average hotel. It has hot showers, friendly staff and cold, if indifferent, beer. What makes this hotel more memorable is that it comes with a built in Crime scene.

Every year on the 28th of February, all of Andalusia celebrates Andalusia Day and when they do they usually honour the father of the Andalusian idea, Blas Infante. Who was murdered almost a century ago, on what is now the Ibis parking lot and probably buried in the largest mass grave of Spain, Pico Reja in Sevilla.

Who was Blas Infante? Why did his killer, general Quiepo de Llano want him dead so badly that he was on his hitlist twice? And what happened after Infante died, because his remains have never been recovered...

More In search of Lost Crime? Follow me on Instagram: @insearchoflostcrime Or buy my book: Smalltalk Survival: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Talk-Survival-meaningful-graceful-ebook/dp/B09DW91Z77

The walk from the crime scene at the Ibis Hotel to the Pico Reja mass grave is one of the walks from my upcoming book, Camino Negro, A Hiker's Guide to Spain's Historic Crime Scenes. Available from the end of April.

(Part 2 of 2) 🐟 On  September 13th 1915 a Norwegian steamship comes across a drifting  herring lugger in the middle of the sea. The ship, from the Dutch port of Katwijk, has been dismantled, the crew is  singing hymns incessantly and on the deck they see... Pools of blood. 🐟 The ship would go down in history as the Gekkenlogger, the Crazy Lugger, and in Katwijk they still prefer not to talk about it. 🐟 What happened here? Was it religious madness or was there something else behind it? Something from the murky past...? 🐟

This is a revamp from an episode I did about a year ago, in the run op to a whole new season of episodes. So hit that subscribe button and get ready for lots of... murder.

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Books featured in this episode: The Mad Logger or the Sanctification of Arie Vlieland by Joop Burgerhout - available to order from the author. 🐟 Cray-Sea by Robert Haasnoot 🐟 Off the deep end by Nic Compton 🐟 And of course endless Delpher.nl's delicious newspaper archive 🐟 #herring #katwijk #katwijkaanzee #gekkenlogger #herringfishing #history #murder #moordpodcast #lizluyben #zeilloger #seafaring #fishing #history #netherlands #historical #podcaster #netherlandspodcast #waargebeurd #crime #truecrime #religious #madness #insearchoflostcrime #demoordopmrjacqueswijsman #history #thenetherlands #dutch #dutchnavy #lugger #herring

(Part 1 of 2) 🐟 On  September 13th 1915 a Norwegian steamship comes across a drifting  herring lugger in the middle of the sea. The ship, from the Dutch port of Katwijk, has been dismantled, the crew is  singing hymns incessantly and on the deck they see... Pools of blood. 🐟 The ship would go down in history as the Gekkenlogger, the Crazy Lugger, and in Katwijk they still prefer not to talk about it. 🐟 What happened here? Was it religious madness or was there something else behind it? Something from the murky past...? 🐟

This is a revamp from an episode I did about a year ago, in the run op to a whole new season of episodes. So hit that subscribe button and get ready for lots of... murder.

More In search of Lost Crime? Follow me on Instagram: @insearchoflostcrime Or buy my book: Smalltalk Survival: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Talk-Survival-meaningful-graceful-ebook/dp/B09DW91Z77

Books featured in this episode: The Mad Logger or the Sanctification of Arie Vlieland by Joop Burgerhout - available to order from the author. 🐟 Cray-Sea by Robert Haasnoot 🐟 Off the deep end by Nic Compton 🐟 And of course endless Delpher.nl's delicious newspaper archive 🐟 #herring #katwijk #katwijkaanzee #gekkenlogger #herringfishing #history #murder #moordpodcast #lizluyben #zeilloger #seafaring #fishing #history #netherlands #historical #podcaster #netherlandspodcast #waargebeurd #crime #truecrime #religious #madness #insearchoflostcrime #demoordopmrjacqueswijsman #history #thenetherlands #dutch #dutchnavy #lugger #herring

Maria Catherina van der Linden-Swanenburg, also known as Goeie Mie, or 'Kind Mary', was a Dutch mass murderer who killed at least 27 people and was suspected of killing over 90. Mostly her own family memebers and her neighbours.

How did she get away with it for so long and what drove her to kill most of her family? And what is the delightful Dutch word for pin worms?  Listen right now!

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In the early morning of 21 April 1932, a gunshot rings out in a bungalow in the small Florida town of Coral Gables. The victim is a young man, one Haden Clarke and he appears to have committed suicide: he has left behind two letters for his housemates, aviation pioneers Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller and Captain Bill Lancaster.

But when the police find the diaries of Haden's roommate, Captain Bill, these shed a very different light on the case. The trial of captain Bill Lancaster would make history because of its scandalous details and highly dubious forensic science. it has adultery, a love triangle, crashing planes, human smuggling and the breakneck feats of history's greatest female aviation pioneers: Chubbie Miller.

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In the early morning of 21 April 1932, a gunshot rings out in a bungalow in the small Florida town of Coral Gables. The victim is a young man, one Haden Clarke and he appears to have committed suicide: he has left behind two letters for his housemates, aviation pioneers Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller and Captain Bill Lancaster.

But when the police find the diaries of Haden's roommate, Captain Bill, these shed a very different light on the case. The trial of captain Bill Lancaster would make history because of its scandalous details and highly dubious forensic science. it has adultery, a love triangle, crashing planes, human smuggling and the breakneck feats of history's greatest female aviation pioneers: Chubbie Miller.

Please follow me on Instagram: @insearchoflostcrime and be sure to subscribe to my feed!

In the early morning of 21 April 1932, a gunshot rings out in a bungalow in the small Florida town of Coral Gables. The victim is a young man, one Haden Clarke and he appears to have committed suicide: he has left behind two letters for his housemates, aviation pioneers Jessie Chubbie Miller and Captain Bill Lancaster. But when the police find the diaries of Haden's roommate, Captain Bill, these shed a very different light on the case. 

The trial of captain Bill Lancaster would make history because of its scandalous details and highly dubious forensic science. it has adultery, a love triangle, crashing planes, human smuggling and the breakneck feats of the largely forgotten one of history's greatest female aviation pioneers.

#aviation #aviatrix #chubbiemiller #truecrime #aviation #captainBillLancaster #murder #trial