👂 True crime is a well-established fascination, but art crime carries its own kind of allure. The buzz surrounding the eight-minute Louvre heist, the many analyses, the ironic yet somewhat telling admiration for the criminals, and the sheer virality of the case are proof enough. If that particular category of thrill gets to you, you’ll want to tune in to The Art of Crime.

Voiced by history and drama enthusiast Gavin Whitehead, The Art of Crime is an ode to storytelling. The podcast tells all about the world’s most notorious art crimes with painstaking detail using first-hand accounts and secondary sources that make each episode’s story truly engrossing. Each season explores a new theme, stringing together moments of history into one cohesive story. From intensive border-crossing spy stories and mystery-fueled artist assassinations to Met museum thefts and crimes of old New York, the seasons are crime-history deep dives like you’ve never seen before.

From entertainment to espionage: Across two hour-long episodes, American-born French singer and dancer Josephine Baker is under the spotlight as Whitehead brings listeners along on her journey into espionage. We’re taken all the way back to her poverty-stricken upbringing when her early years of involuntary employment and child labor led her to look for salvation on the stage. When the US failed to recognize her, her allegiance to France grew — as did her stardom there. Under the reign of Nazi Germany, she agreed to spy for the French resistance.

In meticulous detail and with historical accuracy, the episodes chronicle Baker’s involvement in French espionage and resistance to Hitler’s Germany. Vividly and almost cinematically, the episodes’ narrations miss no detail. If you’re in for an engrossing story and a deeply informative history lesson, The Art of Crime is well worth adding to your podcast rotation.

WHERE TO LISTEN- You can tune in on Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeart | Spotify | YouTube

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