Vanishing Point

The Transylvania University Rare Book Heist


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In this episode, Olivia tells Emma the wild story of the rare book heist that took place at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 2004. 

“I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.” - Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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American Animals. Directed by Bart Layton. Film4Productions. 2018

“John J. Audubon’s Birds of America.” Audubon, http://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america.

Falk, John. “The Untold Story of the ‘Transy Book Heist.’” Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2015, http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/02/transy-book-heist.

Stegemeyer, Pete. HEIST: An Inside Look at the World’s 100 Greatest Heists, Cons, and Capers (From Burglaries to Bank Jobs and Everything In-Between). Simon and Schuster, 2021.

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Vanishing PointBy Olivia Huntley & Emma Kimbrough