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Meeting Simon Willis: Unlocking the secrets of a stolen masterpiece

Meeting Simon Willis: Unlocking the secrets of a stolen masterpiece

FromThe Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece


Meeting Simon Willis: Unlocking the secrets of a stolen masterpiece

FromThe Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece

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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.

Episode one of The Professor will be released on 27 November 2023, with new episodes out on Mondays. Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Subscribe to Brazen+ on Apple Podcasts or at brazen.fm/plus and binge all four episodes, uninterrupted, on release day.
Released:
Nov 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (7)

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