The Rikers Island Dalí

达利赖克斯岛酒店

Scamtown

社会与文化

2024-09-09

34 分钟
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An original drawing by famed artist Salvador Dalí is donated to the Rikers Island jail inmates in the 1960s. It survives years bouncing around the prison—displayed in a mess hall, shunted into deep storage, and finally locked behind glass near a lobby soda machine—until 2003, when it suddenly goes missing. Strap in for a heist and an ongoing mystery that’s almost as surreal as the artist himself.  Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown

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  • Who doesn't like a good art heist story?

  • I'm personally a fan.

  • Oh, yeah, 100%.

  • Who doesn't love the high low mix of the exclusive art world versus the sneaky underworld of being a criminal?

  • Well, this heist enters into new territory.

  • Our thieves didn't shimmy a museum wall to gain access to one of a kind artwork, but the facility was extremely secure.

  • That would be the famed Rikers island.

  • Historically the largest jail complex in the United States.

  • Well, you have to wonder why was an original artwork by the famed surrealist Salvador Dali hanging in a house of detention at all?

  • Not to mention who stole it and how.

  • Welcome to Scamtown, an Apple original podcast produced by Fun Meter.

  • I'm Brian Lazarthe.

  • And I'm James Lee Hernandez.

  • We're filmmakers who've been trading stories now for quite some time.

  • Obsessed and compelled to bring some of our favorites to life.

  • We love a surprising heist, an intricate scam, or just pulling back the curtain on something you think you know.

  • Entering a world that's stranger than fiction, and riding that line between comedy and tragedy.

  • This is Scam Town, a A place for our favorite stories that do just that.

  • Today's episode, the Rikers Island Dali.

  • Rikers island, just a few miles from midtown Manhattan.