The Boston Globe and public radio station WBUR-FM have partnered to produce a new, real crime podcast dissecting what is described as the largest art theft in history, the 1990 heist of masterpieces from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum said to be valued at more than half a billion dollars.

The ambitious 10-episode podcast series launches today. It certainly looks like it’s going to be quite an investigative ride.

From the announcement of the series:

Listen to “Last Seen,” a podcast about the Gardner art heist that re-examines the crime in a brand new way

It’s the largest art heist in modern history, a theft that has bedeviled amateur and expert detectives alike. On March 18, 1990, two people posing as police officers robbed Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of 13 prized artworks. For 28 years, authorities have chased leads across the country, eying mafia members and even the museum’s own guards. Despite a $10 million reward, the pieces remain missing. In “Last Seen,” a brand new podcast, the Globe and WBUR are re-examining this epic heist, digging up new details, and more.

Sign up for the “Last Seen” newsletter. You’ll see all the material we’ve gathered in the course of reporting this podcast, including video stories, extended interviews and transcripts, along with the latest developments in the case.

Come along on this adventure, analyze the evidence and posit your own theories here or on our Facebook Group.

And WBUR adds this:

Last Seen offers unprecedented access to many of the key players involved in the case including:
• Richard Abath, the night watchman who let in the robbers who were disguised as policemen;
• A first-ever interview with the second security guard on duty the night of the heist;
• Anthony Amore, the Gardner Museum’s chief investigator for the past 12 years;
• Shelley Murphy, renowned Boston Globe investigative journalist and co-author of “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice;”
• Brian Kelly, former assistant US attorney who oversaw the investigation for a decade;
• David Nadolski, a former FBI agent who ran the robbery task force and had the infamous Anthony Romano as an informant;
• Myles Connor, lifelong thief, suspect, would be rock star and Mensa member; and
• the lawyers and family members of numerous suspects.

Last Seen, a 10-episode series, will launch on September 17, 2018 with new weekly episodes available every Monday to stream or download on Apple Podcasts. The podcast, along with supporting documentation, photographs and additional reporting will be online at bostonglobe.com and wbur.org/lastseen—users can also subscribe to be notified when the podcast becomes available.