Dark As Hell: A True Crime Podcast Maggie Burgess

The thing about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist is that, on the surface, it might seem like a simple whodunnit, a true instance of the stars aligning for an almost perfect crime to have taken place.

But as Anthony Amore, the security director of the museum says, “The deeper and deeper you dig, the more questions are raised.”

Let’s get ready to get Dark As Hell.

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The art world is, undeniably, almost inextricably linked to crime — and history has shown how true that connection is.

And the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist is a crime truly like no other.

It’s a tale of millions — hundreds of millions of dollars, that is; a serendipitous middle of the night robbery on St. Patrick’s Day; and ties to the bloody gang wars that were fought in the streets of 1980s Boston.

But when you strip down the story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, what is at its heart is art and crime.

As well as one simple, but mystifying question:

How does all that art...simply vanish? 

Let's get ready to get Dark As Hell. 

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We’ve all heard the classic set up for an even more classic joke: a guy walks into a bar, and some sort of groan-worthy play of word and punninness occurs.

It’s a classic — if cringe-worthy — way to get a laugh out of people.

And when it comes to the case of Brian Shaffer, this is a story that, when the very basic elements are considered, it reads like a bad slapstick joke.

A guy walks into a bar...but never walks out.

Let's get ready to get Dark As Hell. 

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In locked room mystery novels, the reader finds themselves trying to piece together the clues to answer the question of how such a heinous crime could be committed, with the victim seeming to have fallen prey to a perpetrator that has more or less vanished into thin air. It’s enough to drive a person crazy, looking for rational explanations to a situation that seems more or less completely irrational.

Which is why Ellen Greenberg’s very real death in a locked room mystery circumstance has continued to baffle ever since she was found dead on her kitchen floor with dozens of stab wounds to the back of her head, her neck, and with the knife itself lodged into her chest — all while she was alone, and in her locked apartment.

Let's get ready to get Dark As Hell. 


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This week, we’re continuing to dive deeper into the strangeness that has surrounded Shelly Miscavige since even before the last time she was seen in public. It’s difficult to truly nail down a term to describe what it is that happened to Shelly, the woman who once carried the title of First Lady of Scientology.

How has an entire organization simply...forgotten this former high priestess of its highest ranks, seemingly pretending as if she never existed?

What has Scientology done to — and done with — Shelly Miscavige?

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You might think this episode is asking what happened to Shelly Miscavige in terms of her disappearance, but you’d be wrong.

It’s not only about her disappearance.

Because this week, we’re asking: what exactly happened to Shelly Miscavige, the once high priestess of Scientology who seemingly fell from grace...and vanished into thin air on her way down.

Let's get ready to get Dark As Hell. 

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