Last Seen

During the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship, tens of thousands of people were forcibly disappeared. For decades, few people knew this — and no one talked about it. Then, one man started to dig into his past to find his missing grandfather. What he discovered allowed him to break his own silence, and the silence of an entire country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

When three friends went on a rum-fueled rampage one night deep in the Nevada desert, they never expected the trouble they would find themselves in a week later. What unfolds is a bite-size crime story starring an obscure species of tiny fish, and some hedonistic humans who stepped a little too far over the line, and suffered some big consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Using traditional griot storytelling, writer Brenton Zola transports listeners to a turning point in Congo's path to independence, when a pair of bold leaders fanned the flames of hope and liberation in the Belgian colony of Congo. He explores what happened to the country's hope for a brighter future, and why it was dashed by outside forces, with lasting consequences. Learn more about your ad choi...

Everyone knows there are exactly eight planets in our solar system. But what if there were a ninth? Two scientists, separated by a century, are convinced it exists. They've spent their lives searching, but no one has seen it. Yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jack Murphy, or "Murph the Surf," is known for pulling off the biggest jewel heist in New York City history in 1964. But this idol's legacy also contains a secretive, much darker chapter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freeports are the most expensive and secretive warehouses in the world, hiding the world’s most valuable art pieces from the public eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new season, coming out Feb. 1, has 10 new true-crime mysteries that you don’t want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WBUR’s popular true-crime podcast returns in 2022 with a brand new anthology of mysterious tales about people, places, ashes, planets, endangered species, feelings and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to the trailer for Anthing For Selena, a new podcast from WBUR coming in January 2021. Subscribe now so you don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Madness" is Endless Thread's new investigative series. Told in 5 parts, the series unravels the shocking history of CIA-funded mind-control experiments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last Seen's sister podcast, Kind World, recently produced a special series featuring stories of kindness and compassion at the U.S.-Mexico border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Once considered “the eighth wonder of the world,” the Amber Room was a treasure of kings and an architectural marvel before being stolen by Nazis and lost to history. So…what happened? It all depends on who you ask. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Infectious: The Strange Past and Surprising Present of Vaccines — and Anti-Vaxxers" explores the weird, winding story of scientific innovation, medical disasters and online virality that radicalized new parents and created a movement that threatens to send us back to the disease-ridden dark ages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last Seen wants to tell you about another great podcast: Kind World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another great mystery from our sister podcast, Endless Thread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A behind-the-scenes conversation about how we investigated the most sensational unsolved art heist in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Gardner's stolen artwork could be anywhere. Why not under a lot in Orlando? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a parallel heist gone wrong, did Brian McDevitt succeed at the Gardner Museum? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Was the world's greatest art thief the inspiration, or actually the mastermind, of the Gardner heist? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a story about how to plot an art recovery, and then blow it entirely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We trace the art's possible path from Boston to Connecticut to Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Were George Reissfelder and David Turner involved in the Gardner heist? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Was the heist planned in the belly of Boston's criminal underworld operating out of a Dorchester auto body shop? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the night of the heist, security guard Rick Abath made the critical mistake of letting the thieves into the museum. In this episode, we ask if it was indeed a mistake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The heist of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is something like the holy grail of art crime. This podcast will look at why not a single artwork has been recovered. But first, we'll revisit what happened that night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices