Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-vault-a68f5acf-a00f-44c4-9303-383a91f157c5 The most valuable things in Europe keep disappearing. True crime stories about lost art. Art theft, museum heists, and stolen treasures, the stories behind Europe's most dramatic cultural crimes. From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to Nazi looted art, told with the warmth of an art historian and the precision of a detective. New episodes every Wednesday. © 2026 Crimes from Europe bd619873-55fb-5377-95b8-9646d741bbcf yes en Tue, 05 May 2026 01:22:11 -0700 Tue, 05 May 2026 01:22:25 -0700 https://crimesfromeurope.com/shows/the-vault https://img.transistorcdn.com/XTA6v0EXMAq8FYM8UR097WLQb7tlhTvWTl4qTSeToPQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNzYy/NDBjOGNhMjFkNTg0/MWJjZTYwZTI1N2I1/NDAxNy5wbmc.jpg https://crimesfromeurope.com/shows/the-vault episodic The Vault by Crimes from Europe The most valuable things in Europe keep disappearing. True crime stories about lost art. Art theft, museum heists, and stolen treasures, the stories behind Europe's most dramatic cultural crimes. From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to Nazi looted art, told with the warmth of an art historian and the precision of a detective. New episodes every Wednesday. The most valuable things in Europe keep disappearing. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary Peter Walda No No 18 18 The Just Judges full 79aa6db7-3990-4e18-a96d-12abdb1a17f2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/26cf8a88 Tue, 05 May 2026 01:22:10 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 590 Ghent, Belgium, the night of 10-11 April 1934. One panel of twelve, cut out of a fifteenth-century altarpiece in Saint Bavo's Cathedral. Never recovered. The single most famous unsolved art theft in northern European history. Ghent, Belgium, the night of 10-11 April 1934. One panel of twelve, cut out of a fifteenth-century altarpiece in Saint Bavo's Cathedral. Never recovered. The single most famous unsolved art theft in northern European history. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 19 19 The Schiphol Diamond Heist full f8bc6d03-5bb3-449c-9fc9-87aba41217f7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/91546886 Tue, 05 May 2026 01:21:26 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 542 Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands, 4 AM on Friday 25 February 2005. Two men in KLM uniforms, in a stolen KLM cargo van, drive through a perimeter gate of the cargo terminal. The single guard with a clipboard waves them through — the uniforms are correct, Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands, 4 AM on Friday 25 February 2005. Two men in KLM uniforms, in a stolen KLM cargo van, drive through a perimeter gate of the cargo terminal. The single guard with a clipboard waves them through — the uniforms are correct, art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 15 15 The Hatton Garden Heist full aa1d1ee4-6ed8-43c3-977f-4119aba5cbbd https://share.transistor.fm/s/2b7656c0 Tue, 05 May 2026 01:21:08 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 557 London, Easter weekend 2015. A small group of British career criminals — average age 62, the eldest of them 76 — drilled their way into a safe-deposit vault below the central London jewellery district over a four-day Bank Holiday closure. They climbed thr London, Easter weekend 2015. A small group of British career criminals — average age 62, the eldest of them 76 — drilled their way into a safe-deposit vault below the central London jewellery district over a four-day Bank Holiday closure. They climbed thr art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 16 16 The Caravaggio full 72f01eac-2014-42ec-a763-59800fa66e0f https://share.transistor.fm/s/851cef39 Tue, 05 May 2026 01:20:48 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 550 Palermo, Sicily, the night of 17-18 October 1969. A heavy rainstorm has emptied the streets. Two men force the front door of the Oratorio di San Lorenzo, a small Baroque oratory in the centre of the old city, walls entirely covered in Giacomo Serpotta's s Palermo, Sicily, the night of 17-18 October 1969. A heavy rainstorm has emptied the streets. Two men force the front door of the Oratorio di San Lorenzo, a small Baroque oratory in the centre of the old city, walls entirely covered in Giacomo Serpotta's s art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 17 17 The Singer Laren Van Gogh full d991a412-0414-4c0f-8e64-23d416b8b82c https://share.transistor.fm/s/6183698e Tue, 05 May 2026 01:16:28 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 501 The Netherlands, 30 March 2020. The third week of the first European COVID lockdown. The streets of the small wooded village of Laren, thirty kilometres east of Amsterdam, are emptier at three in the morning than they have been at any point in fifty years The Netherlands, 30 March 2020. The third week of the first European COVID lockdown. The streets of the small wooded village of Laren, thirty kilometres east of Amsterdam, are emptier at three in the morning than they have been at any point in fifty years art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 12 12 The Spider Man Of Paris full 84b3249a-5cb0-4ef2-9224-e4e514e46a10 https://share.transistor.fm/s/03877b68 Sat, 02 May 2026 07:39:07 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 515 Paris, the night of 19-20 May 2010. Vjeran Tomic — a career thief and climber the French press would soon call the Spider-Man of Paris — works for an hour on a window of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Loose bolts on a removable iron grille. Paris, the night of 19-20 May 2010. Vjeran Tomic — a career thief and climber the French press would soon call the Spider-Man of Paris — works for an hour on a window of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Loose bolts on a removable iron grille. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 14 14 The Boat Heist full 54569197-77ed-4994-8bcd-8c85d7ee0055 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cc5e666d Sat, 02 May 2026 07:38:47 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 534 Stockholm, 22 December 2000. Fifteen minutes before the Nationalmuseum closes for the Christmas holiday, two car bombs go off in central Stockholm. Six hundred metres from the museum at one location, a kilometre away at another. They are not large bombs. Stockholm, 22 December 2000. Fifteen minutes before the Nationalmuseum closes for the Christmas holiday, two car bombs go off in central Stockholm. Six hundred metres from the museum at one location, a kilometre away at another. They are not large bombs. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 13 13 The Big Maple Leaf full 9a76e330-4493-4929-9ead-aac69e6c2b6a https://share.transistor.fm/s/f9ef8895 Sat, 02 May 2026 07:37:39 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 466 Berlin, 27 March 2017. At 3:45 in the morning, three men cross a regional railway track at the rear of the Bode Museum on Museum Island. They place a ladder against the back wall. They climb to a second-floor window — left ajar by staff for ventilation — Berlin, 27 March 2017. At 3:45 in the morning, three men cross a regional railway track at the rear of the Bode Museum on Museum Island. They place a ladder against the back wall. They climb to a second-floor window — left ajar by staff for ventilation — art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 11 11 The Scream full 6632c94b-fa03-40c9-9cd8-0429b07a6786 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d6f1e503 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:31:34 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 482 Oslo. Edvard Munch's most reproduced work. Tempera on cardboard, 1893. One of four versions of The Scream. Taken twice, ten years apart, from two different museums in the same city. Oslo. Edvard Munch's most reproduced work. Tempera on cardboard, 1893. One of four versions of The Scream. Taken twice, ten years apart, from two different museums in the same city. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 9 9 The Art Thief full 1c4ed886-12cf-4838-bb92-89ee7af0c3da https://share.transistor.fm/s/ee255aa1 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:17:40 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 535 Stéphane Breitwieser was a French waiter, working in Switzerland, who lived with his mother. Between 1995 and 2001, he stole over two hundred and thirty artworks from museums in seven European countries. Renaissance panels. Brueghel. Watteau. Tapestries. Stéphane Breitwieser was a French waiter, working in Switzerland, who lived with his mother. Between 1995 and 2001, he stole over two hundred and thirty artworks from museums in seven European countries. Renaissance panels. Brueghel. Watteau. Tapestries. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 10 10 The Buhrle Heist full b8f70023-7b49-4fdc-855d-6245cc1065de https://share.transistor.fm/s/3dcdb606 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:16:58 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 443 Zurich, Sunday 10 February 2008. Around 4:30 PM, half an hour before closing, three men in ski masks walk into the E.G. Bührle Foundation — a private museum in a converted villa in the Seefeld district, holding one of the most significant private Impressi Zurich, Sunday 10 February 2008. Around 4:30 PM, half an hour before closing, three men in ski masks walk into the E.G. Bührle Foundation — a private museum in a converted villa in the Seefeld district, holding one of the most significant private Impressi art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 8 8 The Green Vault full d14462b6-15a4-4d2d-a48a-80d58f5ec689 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1848a977 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:42:15 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 579 Dresden, 25 November 2019. At 4:47 in the morning, a fire is set in a street-side electrical distribution box on the Augustusbrücke side of the Residenzschloss — the royal palace of the Saxon kings. The fire is small but specific. It disables the streetli Dresden, 25 November 2019. At 4:47 in the morning, a fire is set in a street-side electrical distribution box on the Augustusbrücke side of the Residenzschloss — the royal palace of the Saxon kings. The fire is small but specific. It disables the streetli art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 7 7 The Antwerp Diamond Heist full 981bea29-39e6-4ec6-89eb-ff3890f2fbcf https://share.transistor.fm/s/d89271e9 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:33:00 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 577 Antwerp, Belgium. The weekend of 15-16 February 2003. The Antwerp Diamond Centre vault — sixty metres below ground, behind a steel door three feet thick, protected by ten distinct security systems including heat sensors, Doppler radar, magnetic field dete Antwerp, Belgium. The weekend of 15-16 February 2003. The Antwerp Diamond Centre vault — sixty metres below ground, behind a steel door three feet thick, protected by ten distinct security systems including heat sensors, Doppler radar, magnetic field dete art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 6 6 The Golden Toilet full b5d9e188-f839-4042-b624-af8bdb01ff4c https://share.transistor.fm/s/f35a6373 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:32:32 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 512 Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. 14 September 2019. Five hours after Maurizio Cattelan's solid-gold artwork "America" — a fully functional eighteen-carat gold toilet, valued at £4.8 million — has opened to the public, a small team breaks in, rips the piece f Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. 14 September 2019. Five hours after Maurizio Cattelan's solid-gold artwork "America" — a fully functional eighteen-carat gold toilet, valued at £4.8 million — has opened to the public, a small team breaks in, rips the piece f art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 5 5 The Speedboat full 72db2cc4-a36f-4bb3-950f-7622bb515d96 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bef5ba9b Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:23:43 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 312 Two men smashed a display case in a Swedish cathedral during visiting hours, grabbed royal crown jewels dating from 1600, and escaped on a speedboat across a lake. While tourists watched. Two men smashed a display case in a Swedish cathedral during visiting hours, grabbed royal crown jewels dating from 1600, and escaped on a speedboat across a lake. While tourists watched. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 4 4 The Salt Cellar full 664216af-9229-476f-8ac7-c601bf32c8d6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7896a665 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:23:33 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 315 An alarm technician used his professional skills to steal a 50 million euro Renaissance masterpiece from Vienna. He buried it in the woods for three years. Then he called the police himself. An alarm technician used his professional skills to steal a 50 million euro Renaissance masterpiece from Vienna. He buried it in the woods for three years. Then he called the police himself. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 3 3 The Mother Who Burned the Monets full b22305b3-b76a-4203-aaca-b66b5e0c8ca3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d58da038 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:23:29 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 290 In 2012, a Romanian gang stole seven paintings from Rotterdam in 108 seconds. Picasso. Monet. Matisse. Then the ringleaders mother burned them in her wood-burning stove to protect her son. In 2012, a Romanian gang stole seven paintings from Rotterdam in 108 seconds. Picasso. Monet. Matisse. Then the ringleaders mother burned them in her wood-burning stove to protect her son. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 2 2 The Man Who Stole a Smile full a2029fd4-2172-44bb-89f1-fa177c1496a2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/92d00698 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:23:26 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 365 In 1911, a handyman hid overnight in the Louvre, tucked the Mona Lisa under his jacket, and walked out. He kept it under his bed for two years. The police questioned Picasso. The real thief was filing fingerprints away. In 1911, a handyman hid overnight in the Louvre, tucked the Mona Lisa under his jacket, and walked out. He kept it under his bed for two years. The police questioned Picasso. The real thief was filing fingerprints away. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No 1 1 The Empty Frames full 6ca3c45b-d393-4121-8254-eef810a2f4ef https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f5ebf23 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:46:51 -0700 The Vault by Crimes from Europe The Vault by Crimes from Europe 470 In 1990, two men stole 13 works of art worth half a billion dollars from the Gardner Museum. The empty frames still hang on the walls. In 1990, two men stole 13 works of art worth half a billion dollars from the Gardner Museum. The empty frames still hang on the walls. art theft, museum heist, stolen art, true crime, europe, european crime, art crime, cultural heritage, nazi looted art, forgery, podcast, documentary No