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#200 | Stéphane Breitwieser: The Greatest Art Thief of All Time
Manage episode 304094279 series 2576053
👉 "The News Challenge" starts on April 22nd. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3xyUoGC
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From 1995 to 2001, a man from eastern France stole 239 different pieces of art from 172 museums, an average of one theft every 14 days.
It's estimated that the value of all the stolen art was over 1 billion Euros, but he never sold a single piece of it.
- The early life of Stéphane Breitwieser
- Breitwieser's life falls apart
- Meeting (and falling in love with) his accomplice
- The first theft
- Why he was such an unusual art thief
- How the thefts would take place
- Why he was a billionaire with no money
- Being arrested for the first time
- Promising to do things differently
- Becoming even bolder
- Breaking promises
- Getting caught
- The aftermath of the crime
- Breitwieser's hopeless addiction to theft
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/stephane-breitwieser
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Manage episode 304094279 series 2576053
👉 "The News Challenge" starts on April 22nd. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3xyUoGC
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From 1995 to 2001, a man from eastern France stole 239 different pieces of art from 172 museums, an average of one theft every 14 days.
It's estimated that the value of all the stolen art was over 1 billion Euros, but he never sold a single piece of it.
- The early life of Stéphane Breitwieser
- Breitwieser's life falls apart
- Meeting (and falling in love with) his accomplice
- The first theft
- Why he was such an unusual art thief
- How the thefts would take place
- Why he was a billionaire with no money
- Being arrested for the first time
- Promising to do things differently
- Becoming even bolder
- Breaking promises
- Getting caught
- The aftermath of the crime
- Breitwieser's hopeless addiction to theft
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/stephane-breitwieser
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🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists
🧑💼 Demystifying Business English Course
📹 A look inside Leonardo English membership
⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English
✍️ Free English Grammar Checker
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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
250 episodes
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