One summer night in June 2009, Edwin Rist broke into the Tring natural history museum and stole nearly 300 preserved birds worth some quarter of a million pounds. Join us for the second part of our story as we go through the details of how Edwin committed his heist, was eventually caught and then how the court case shook out. It is one wild ride, so strap yourself in.

This story was brought to public attention by Kirk Wallace Johnson in his amazing book, The Feather Thief: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-feather-thief-9780099510666

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Notes

• Alfred Russel Wallace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace
• Wallace's Standardwing: https://ebird.org/species/walsta2
• Buy your own glass cutter: https://www.mitre10.com.au/supercraft-glass-cutter-diamond-180mm
• Sir Simon Baron-Cohen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron-Cohen
• Gibson court case: https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/grave-robbers-caught-after-posing-for-photos-56637
• Rist court case: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14352867

Disclaimer:
We touch on some legal issues in this episode, so just in case you get any ideas - Nothing in this podcast constitutes legal advice and should not be relied on as such. You should seek your own legal or other professional advice in relation to any particular matter.