Imagine a theft in which the culprit gets away with $8 million. Now imagine he does it without a single weapon, in front of dozens of people.
This is the story of the Carnegie Library Theft.
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Resources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/theft-carnegie-library-books-maps-artworks-180975506/
- https://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/history-of-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
- https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/06/14/Carnegie-Library-recovers-6-75-mililon-from-insurer-in-library-theft/stories/202006120088
- https://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/history-of-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/06/14/Sentencing-Thursday-for-two-men-accused-in-Carnegie-Library-rare-book-theft/stories/202006110122
- https://www.rarebookhub.com/articles/2401?id=2401
- https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2018/12/a-crime-against-culture/578623/
- https://www.artisticfuel.com/literary-arts/carnegie-library-robbery-sees-rare-titles-recovered-most-lost-forever/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/eo7oqs/men_plead_guilty_in_carnegie_library_rare_books/