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Episode 42 – Facets of Evil

October 28, 2019Episodescursed, Diamonds, Italy, Jewels, russia, USAMaxwell

The “cursed jewel” is a pop cultural trope with a very complicated history–the The Hope Diamond being the most famous example. Some of these dark gems have also gone missing. Was the Florentine Diamond’s disappearance due to bad luck and greed, or did it, The Hope, and Black Orlov curse their owners into misfortune and despair?

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Episode 38 – To Catch a Panther

June 19, 2019EpisodesCrimes, Diamonds, England, Europe, France, heists, Interpol, Japan, Jewels, London, Paris, Pink Panthers, Robberies, Tokyo, UKMaxwell

Since the early 2000s, a number of high stakes diamond heists have taken the world’s wealthiest cities by storm. At first, the only evidence connecting the robberies was the extravagant, theatrical, and meticulously planned heists that often saw the perpetrators eluding international authorities. Yet slowly but surely, a pattern began to emerge, pointing to the largest, anonymous diamond thieving ring in the world. Who are the Pink Panthers? Where did the come from? And where will they strike next?

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