Meeting Simon Willis: Unlocking the secrets of a stolen masterpiece
Is the coldest cold case in the history of art crime about to be solved? Brazen co-founder Tom Wright speaks with Simon Willis about his upcoming podcast series, The Professor.
The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece
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Show Notes
Can an accused criminal solve the coldest cold case in the history of art crime?
In this special pre-season bonus episode, Brazen co-founder Tom Wright speaks with Simon Willis about his upcoming podcast series, The Professor. Simon shares his experience following William Veres – an art merchant accused of stealing $40 million worth of antiquities – as he attempts to solve a legendary cold case and save himself from jail in the process.
The Professor is a story of drug dealers, hitmen, smugglers, spies – even a corrupt prime minister. And in the middle of it all is William Veres’s quest to save himself. How? By solving the coldest cold case in the history of art crime – the theft of Caravaggio’s Nativity.
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