On March 18th, 1990 2 men disguised as police officers tied up both security guards in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The two men went on to steal 13 pieces of art in which is one of the biggest heists in world history.

References  

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Kriti Mehrotra, “Who Was Bobby Donati? Who Kiled Him?” , The Cinemaholic, Who Was Bobby Donati? Who Killed Bobby Donati? Gardner Museum Robbery Update (thecinemaholic.com) , accessed 05-21-2024 

Kriti Mehrotra, “Where is TRC Auto Electric Located? Is It Open or Closed?” The Cinemaholic , TRC Auto Electric: Where is it Located? Is it Open or Closed? Who Were the Members? (thecinemaholic.com) , Accessed 05-21-2024 

This Is a Robbery: The World’s Greatest Art Heist , Colin Barnicle , 2021 

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What happened to Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 9 whose door blew off?, Al Jazeera English, https://youtu.be/9qg7lXpGNSM, accessed May 26, 2024 

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Julia Cardi, “Parents of Oxford shooting victims request removal of two school board members”, The Detroit News, May 29, 2024, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2024/05/29/oxford-parents-board-member-removal/73893759007/, accessed May 29, 2024 

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On the afternoon of November 24th 1971 a man by the name of Dan Cooper purchased a ticket to a flight from Portland to Seattle. What followed is one of the most famous unsolved cases in the history of the United States.

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On Sept 19, 1978, 15-year-old, Mary Vincent would accept a ride from a seemingly safe stranger, Lawrence Singleton. However, things would take a dark turn and Mary would end up fighting for her life. Mary would survive and seek justice against her attacker, but was justice truly served when Lawrence would go on to murder Roxanne Hayes, 19 years after attacking Mary? 

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Christina Maxouris and Cheri Mossburg, “‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter to be sentenced today”, CNN, April 15, 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html, accessed April 15, 2024. 

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Over a 12-year period from the 1970s through to the 1980s, multiple women would go missing in Anchorage Alaska. Alaska State Troopers thought they could have a serial killer on their hands and even brought in the FBI to do a profile on who the killer could be. 

In 1983 a young, 17-year-old Cindy Paulsen would come forward and tell police about her harrowing escape from Robert Hansen, who was the local baker in town. But could it really be the friendly, local baker who was responsible for all these women going missing? 

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On November 22, 2013, 18 year old Lukas Strasser-Hird had just come home to Canada from studying abroad for a year. What should have been a fun night catching up with friends at a downtown club took a tragic turn when Lukas was attacked by a group of men. Join us as we discuss what happened to Lukas and the long path to justice his family had to navigate through the Canadian justice system.  

References 

Nancy Hixt, “The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird Part: 1|6", Crime Bear, Global News, Dec 2, 2019. 

Nancy Hixt, “The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird Part 2:7”, Crime Beat, Global News, Dec 16, 2019. 

Bill Kaufmann, "Man Guilty In Swarming Murder Gets Earlier Parole Eligibility", Calgary Herald, Sept 3, 2021. Pg. AS6 

Kevin Martin, “Dad Ordered to pay $100 000 for Son's Flight From Justice”, Calgary Herald, June 23, 2017, https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/dad-ordered-to-pay-100000-for-sons-flight-from-justice, accessed April 3, 2024. 

Meghan Grant, "Man Who Helped Murdered Flee Country on Forged Passport Pleads Guilty", CBC News, March 2, 2020, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/marshall-quillian-guilty-nathan-gervais-guilty-flee-passport-1.5482777, accessed April 5, 2024. 

Sarah Rieger, "Canada Spent $550K To Track Down Calgary Murder Suspect Who Fled to Vietnam", CBC News, May 14, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nathan-gervais-breach-bail-vietnam-1.4662827, Accessed April 5, 2024. 

Kevin Martin, "Gervais Told Undercover Officer Strasser-Hird wasn't Supposed to Die", Calgary Sun, Jan 21, 2019, https://calgarysun.com/news/crime/gervais-told-undercover-officer-strasser-hird-wasnt-supposed-to-die-trial, accessed April 3, 2024.   

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