Stephen Kurkjian
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Stephen Kurkjian is the consulting producer of Last Seen. Stephen spent nearly 40 years as an editor and reporter for The Boston Globe before retiring in 2007. During his career, he shared in three Pulitzer Prizes and won more than 20 regional and national reporting awards. Kurkjian was a founding member of The Globe’s investigative Spotlight Team, and its editor for 1979-1986. In 1986, he was named chief of The Globe's Washington Bureau for six years. Returning to Boston in the early 1990s, he completed numerous investigative projects including the clergy abuse scandal inside the Boston Archdiocese and the devastating fire at a Rhode Island nightclub. His book on the theft of 13 pieces of artwork from the Isabella Stewart, “Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist,” was published to critical acclaim in 2015.
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Episode 10: 'Last Seen' Live
A behind-the-scenes conversation about how we investigated the most sensational unsolved art heist in history.
Anne Hawley's Best Lead
Over the years, the Gardner Museum director received a lot of crazy tips. But an anonymous letter she received in 1994 remains the most hopeful she had ever been about...
Bulger And The Gardner Heist — A Lot Of Speculation, And Very Little Evidence
Considering his reach in the underworld at that time, Bulger could have known who pulled off the heist, if not where the artwork might have been stashed.
If Bobby Donati Pulled Off The Gardner Heist, This Man Was The Reason Why
The idea that returning art of major value could act as a get-out-of-jail-free card was not lost on Bobby Donati, who had been working for crime boss Vincent Ferrara.
Why Bobby Guarente May Be The Key In Learning Who Pulled Off The Gardner Heist
In a saga littered with con artists and dead ends, I have come to view Guarente as a legitimate suspect -- and and worthy of further investigation, writes reporter Stephen...
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The Possible Criminal Underworld Ties To The Gardner Museum Theft
WBUR's Kelly Horan and The Boston Globe's Stephen Kurkjian discuss the many ties the thefts could have to the criminal underworld in Boston.
Could The Gardner Museum Thefts Be An Inside Job?
WBUR's Kelly Horan and The Boston Globe's Stephen Kurkjian discuss the possibility that the Gardner Museum thefts were an inside job.
What A Grateful Dead Concert Has To Do With The Gardner Heist
With tickets to a Grateful Dead concert in Hartford that day, the last thing Rick Abath wanted was to be arrested by two cops who showed up at the museum...
After 28 Years, Why We Are 'Still Essentially Where We Began' With The Gardner Heist Case
WBUR's Kelly Horan and The Boston Globe's Stephen Kurkjian discuss why they decided to re-examine the Gardner heist in the new podcast, "Last Seen."
Why The Gardner Heist Captivates
"It seemed very natural for me to see the Gardner case in a similar way, in need of hard reporting."