Stealing Mona Lisa
In the dimly lit halls of the Louvre, as Paris slumbered on the eve of August 21st, 1911 a plot was unfolding that would send shock waves throughout the art-world. The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's unparalleled masterpiece was about to vanish from its revered place on the museum walls. A theft so audacious, so brazen that it almost seems impossible. Who would dare to steal the most famous painting in the world? You're listening to Casual History.. New episodes weekly! - CH