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    The TRUE STORY about an art heist thievery grabbin' that happened in 2000 and how the people responsible were caught.
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    Cast:
    GamerFromMars - / @thegamerfrommars
    Whang! - / @justinwhangyt
    Fredrik Knudsen - / @fredrikknudsen
    The Right Opinion - / @therightopinion
    SumitoMedia - / superkinkyninja
    ChavezzSlovakia - / @chavezzslovakia
    Cooksux - / cooksux
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    All information presented is accurate to the degree we could surmise from articles, official records and published works.
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  • @JustinWhangYt
    @JustinWhangYt 4 года назад +30284

    Don't talk to me or my son ever again

    • @commandergree9275
      @commandergree9275 4 года назад +511

      Sons son up for talking?

    • @serbronnoftheblackwater798
      @serbronnoftheblackwater798 4 года назад +258

      damn I was really beginning to wonder if anyone was gonna mention mr. whang!. comment section mentioned every other name but yours lol

    • @RodoChaska
      @RodoChaska 4 года назад +119

      Best collaboration ever, you rock Mr Whang

    • @apollo_en
      @apollo_en 4 года назад +107

      Can i be #2 dad

    • @s.oddity3640
      @s.oddity3640 4 года назад +54

      Wait was that your real son?

  • @drzombie2215
    @drzombie2215 4 года назад +4940

    and we would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that pesky boat seller.

    • @404_coffee9
      @404_coffee9 4 года назад +52

      That's pretty true

    • @someperson3807
      @someperson3807 4 года назад +283

      In a stroke of genius, they used their real phone number

    • @chrissi.enbyYT
      @chrissi.enbyYT 4 года назад +74

      Like why would you give your real number? Why not make up excuses or buy the trailer too? Amateurs

    • @BrgArt
      @BrgArt 4 года назад +20

      @@chrissi.enbyYT or fake a number on the spot

    • @theotv5522
      @theotv5522 4 года назад +23

      @@BrgArt Well you see people (not even people who are robbers) do call the number that the other person give to them cuz that way you also give the other person your phone number. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone.i guess when your head is above the clouds, you can't see what's under your feet hence making such mistakes.

  • @everestismad2560
    @everestismad2560 4 года назад +3601

    I love how the "Ad Man" canonically now has an entire lore behind his character

    • @drifterduckygaming4646
      @drifterduckygaming4646 4 года назад +118

      Damn, so there's a reason not to skip the ad segments?
      Epic

    • @michaelh.2567
      @michaelh.2567 4 года назад +32

      It's so good.

    • @shinqqing5161
      @shinqqing5161 4 года назад +80

      What is the lore of the Nord VPN guy? I think I saw him once but I don't think the story related. Unlike shadowman whose wife died on a plane accident and also a father of two.

    • @homelessswede9675
      @homelessswede9675 4 года назад +46

      Someone make internet historian fandom wiki

    • @aegis9292
      @aegis9292 4 года назад +5

      @@shinqqing5161 prety sire they are the same guy

  • @ASMRDoodlez
    @ASMRDoodlez 3 года назад +5118

    I thought that lawyer who tried to blatantly extort the police was an absolute idiot, but when he got acquitted, I figured he must be a legal genius.

    • @khuudylan
      @khuudylan 3 года назад +358

      Probably has his licensed revoked

    • @fugyfruit
      @fugyfruit 3 года назад +619

      I guess when you're a lawyer you learn what crimes you can get away with just a slap on the wrist

    • @suezuccati304
      @suezuccati304 3 года назад +61

      I wonder how much money did he make to do that

    • @foxbuns
      @foxbuns 2 года назад +307

      he likely claimed he only participated out of fear for his safety

    • @someidiot420
      @someidiot420 2 года назад +100

      it must be awesome to be a lawyer and get accused of a crime, NO lawyer fees

  • @bobafettjr85
    @bobafettjr85 3 года назад +2216

    200,000 Krona is about 25,000 USD in 2005. Imagine going through the trouble of setting up a heist involving 30+ people, stealing art worth over $30million, sitting on it for 5 years while it all goes tits up because someone used their actual phone number, then finally finding a buyer, then selling it for less than Toyota.

    • @notsojharedtroll23
      @notsojharedtroll23 2 года назад +86

      Gains are gains

    • @tankhead2645
      @tankhead2645 2 года назад +165

      That wouldn't even cover the cost in the escape car they bought for the Heist.
      Possibly not even the guns

    • @curlyguy2790
      @curlyguy2790 2 года назад +21

      Considering there was no consequence for their actions, not that bad a deal

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Год назад +29

      That's actually pretty common from what I've heard. Stolen goods that are easy to sell often sell for 50% to a fence but if something is hard to sell like artwork then even if you can find a buyer they'll want a low price

    • @tomtheconqerur
      @tomtheconqerur Год назад +6

      That is now 38,991 USD today. God I love inflation(economic).

  • @you_just
    @you_just 4 года назад +4814

    “Alexander Petrov” and “Stefan Nordstrom” are, respectively, the most Russian and Swedish names I’ve ever heard.

    • @TFaceFalone
      @TFaceFalone 4 года назад +194

      Just wait till you hear about the letter ö

    • @haroldsen4238
      @haroldsen4238 4 года назад +18

      TFaceFalone ö

    • @hakkapeliittain6439
      @hakkapeliittain6439 4 года назад +41

      @Alt Swede That's the most Swedish translation I've seen, nice

    • @GothKatt
      @GothKatt 4 года назад +14

      @@TFaceFalone Also a thing in German. Idk if the pronunciation is different, though.

    • @Dropkickgopnik
      @Dropkickgopnik 4 года назад +10

      @@GothKatt the pronunciation in german is different

  • @lukapejkovic918
    @lukapejkovic918 3 года назад +822

    Jesus Christ just the fact they were even able to execute initial plan is mindblowing

    • @xzenitramx666
      @xzenitramx666 2 года назад +11

      Luck is always with the idiots.

    • @thisisntmedicine4004
      @thisisntmedicine4004 2 года назад +55

      @@xzenitramx666 I'd say this was less luck and more them having laughable security

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave 3 года назад +1229

    My favorite character in this heist is the Swedish justice system. Jails you can leave on weekends and overturning the sentence of 3 of the culprits in the end.

    • @andymancan_
      @andymancan_ 2 года назад +12

      Based Sweden

    • @thecakecakecake8198
      @thecakecakecake8198 2 года назад +28

      @@andymancan_ say that after finding out they let rapists walk and sometimes refuse to prosecute them simply because they're not white

    • @Khunark
      @Khunark 2 года назад +10

      @@thecakecakecake8198 wouldn't want their race to go extinct,,

    • @Peter_Griffaaa
      @Peter_Griffaaa 2 года назад +48

      @@Khunark I think you didn't read that the right way

    • @ericamcqueen5607
      @ericamcqueen5607 2 года назад +98

      @@thecakecakecake8198 I mean, I'm not Swedish and I have 0 clue how their justice system works, but didn't he say that only not dangerous criminals may leave the prison?
      So they let out a pity thief but they wouldn't let out a rapist. Or something like that.
      Then again I might be wrong, I really hope I'm not though.

  • @E100Omega123
    @E100Omega123 4 года назад +6896

    What if we kissed under the Nord VPN servers? *O_O*

  • @Campbell197
    @Campbell197 4 года назад +4710

    Internet Historian: Hey do you know what time it is?
    Me: Ad time?
    Internet Historian: Its time for a montage
    Me: A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

  • @unwillfullyignorant7805
    @unwillfullyignorant7805 2 года назад +403

    They could of become legends for robbing a museum with no traces, true legendary masterminds, if they used a fucking burner phone.

    • @PannierLaw
      @PannierLaw Год назад +13

      Just that one damn mistake. And it all spiraled down.

    • @KaleidosXXI
      @KaleidosXXI Год назад +18

      @@PannierLaw If you consider the longterm it really didn't matter much, the break in the case was the FBI overhearing the sale setup by sheer coincidence because they were already observing one of the involved parties for drug activity. The initial group and their incriminating book led to a dead-end in the case, and the paintings were already handed off by the time they got arrested.

    • @PannierLaw
      @PannierLaw Год назад +6

      @@KaleidosXXI Fair enough, but would’ve had less heat on them early on. Doubt they would’ve managed get those paintings sold anyway lol

    • @adog3129
      @adog3129 10 месяцев назад +2

      they could have just made up a phone number

  • @wibo3272
    @wibo3272 3 года назад +270

    19:51 is absolute gold
    "sorry sorry, reflex"
    "thats okay."

  • @Kitsco45
    @Kitsco45 3 года назад +8361

    This is exactly one of those “I dunno, I didn’t think I get this far”

    • @strawberrypencl
      @strawberrypencl 3 года назад +242

      Story of my life

    • @clonkers
      @clonkers 3 года назад +90

      @@strawberrypencl cheers i'll drink to that bro

    • @Soul-OnFire
      @Soul-OnFire 3 года назад +29

      Ditto!! Except i dont drink so ill smoke.... and can there be giraffes 🦒 i want 🦒 to be in this commentary for some reason...

    • @gordonramsdale
      @gordonramsdale 3 года назад +27

      @@Soul-OnFire that's a bee bro

    • @th3omachos
      @th3omachos 3 года назад +10

      When you're asked if you have std's

  • @iqgamemaster6280
    @iqgamemaster6280 3 года назад +5988

    The art thieves wouldn’t have been caught...if they used Nord VPN

    • @slimcharles1479
      @slimcharles1479 3 года назад +175

      There's a famous German rapper who with associates stole an armored gold transporter with a worth of about 2 million dollars. Interpol arrested his ass in Irak, after he posted on his social media that "it's pretty damn cold in russia", trying his luck with a very clumsy decoy attempt. In his case, Nord VPN probably would've actually saved him.

    • @epicghandi6141
      @epicghandi6141 3 года назад +34

      @@slimcharles1479 Jep, rappers are usually not the brightest type.

    • @tylermustardloooser386
      @tylermustardloooser386 3 года назад +11

      if they had a burner number

    • @Skyforger23
      @Skyforger23 3 года назад +4

      @@slimcharles1479 still no gold was found till today afaik.

    • @peebay3515
      @peebay3515 3 года назад

      Or played Raid Shadow Legends.

  • @themadrat1495
    @themadrat1495 2 года назад +256

    Something similar happened recently.
    A bank was clearing all it's valuables and hauling it to an offshore bank. Every employee, and guard left the bank but kept the security systems up and the front of the bank was locked down tighter than the Seirre Madre of absolute pain. Someone that following night broke into the bank quite easily: for you see while they locked down the main entrance, there was a maintenance tunnel connecting the garage to the rest of the bank. Person broke in via the now unguarded maintenance tunnel and into the bank armed to the teeth...
    he...
    was pissed...
    Why was he pissed? He thought there would be valuables there. So he did something radicicolous and sundance reject worthy. He shot out every possible window, bashed open every ventilation cover with a baseball bat, smashed the keypads on the vaults, broke every window, shot out every TV, cut cable lines, broke the hinges off every door, bashed executives worthless yet pretty paintings off their walls: anything he could access he destroyed, and to end it? He shot all the cameras watching him until that point.
    The next day the bank agents came back to see the place in tatters, the bank had to get $5.7M spent to fix or replace everything. Guess where this all took place?
    Somewhere very special and known for insane hijinks like this...
    florida...
    florida man gets arrested for mass destruction of bank property

    • @doot7730
      @doot7730 2 года назад +15

      This is some of the most madman thing ice read

    • @themadrat1495
      @themadrat1495 2 года назад +18

      @@doot7730 And yet it all happened. That's the actually good part about it.

  • @DSchana6
    @DSchana6 3 года назад +536

    These videos feel like historian is playing with some action figures

    • @yuzuichikawa
      @yuzuichikawa 2 года назад +8

      LOL Look at @16:51. IT literally DOES. and they are walking to the beat LOL

    • @SBImNotWritingMyNameHere
      @SBImNotWritingMyNameHere 2 года назад +5

      He is actually
      Sumito even said he looks forward to being his "plaything"

  • @jimbob4447
    @jimbob4447 4 года назад +1910

    The Nord VPN ad is actually the story of how Internet Historian met Internet Herstorian.

    • @kin-3877
      @kin-3877 4 года назад +112

      And one day had Internet Kidstorian

    • @30catsinacardigan22
      @30catsinacardigan22 4 года назад +12

      this comment took me out lmfao

    • @ZetsubouJohnny
      @ZetsubouJohnny 4 года назад +29

      @@kin-3877 Who grew up to be the angry drunk Internet Comment Etiquette

    • @Daemonussy
      @Daemonussy 4 года назад +1

      Good god this is brilliant

  • @jeffdunhamvevo953
    @jeffdunhamvevo953 3 года назад +7884

    But I thought it was illegal to commit crimes in Sweden?

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 3 года назад +123

      You think criminals ever ask permission?

    • @NathanCassidy721
      @NathanCassidy721 3 года назад +43

      Since when do criminals care about laws?

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 года назад +844

      People clearly didn't get the reference. It was a Swedish politician who pointed out that crimes were illegal in Sweden.

    • @charleswinters9567
      @charleswinters9567 3 года назад +511

      It is. It's in fact illegal BY LAW to be a criminal in Sweden. If only other countries were like Sweden....

    • @emilianocastillejos1330
      @emilianocastillejos1330 3 года назад +252

      Crime rates drop to 0%

  • @jesterzubrata
    @jesterzubrata 3 года назад +124

    "half scholar half daredevil and 100% men with alignment of chaotic good"what a man

  • @TransformersBoss
    @TransformersBoss Год назад +124

    Imagine being a stock image guy and ending up with one of your pictures in an Internet Historian video

  • @juliansanchezharris5773
    @juliansanchezharris5773 3 года назад +3163

    Love how All cops, no matter nationality, looks like Cole Phelps.

    • @shlorbleflorbnad6927
      @shlorbleflorbnad6927 3 года назад +160

      Just like real life

    • @ahmedhasanica6120
      @ahmedhasanica6120 3 года назад +134

      ACAC - All Cops Are Cole

    • @TheUnnamedAssailant
      @TheUnnamedAssailant 3 года назад +8

      yeap 101 all the cops are banging German side pieces?

    • @FilthyCasualty
      @FilthyCasualty 3 года назад +11

      Carl
      Only one German buddy. Cole hive mind only has hots for two women. Anymore than that breaks code.

    • @colemiller1
      @colemiller1 3 года назад +15

      Wait all the Cops are me?

  • @Laerei
    @Laerei 4 года назад +7057

    I have to say, the criminals bringing a decoy painting to the sale was a 200 IQ 4D chess move but unfortunately for them, the police was playing 5D chess with their 300 IQ brains.

    • @RagafragaMuffin
      @RagafragaMuffin 4 года назад +330

      except not really, because the guys got released anyway because they were entrapped

    • @lainroseheart
      @lainroseheart 4 года назад +299

      @@RagafragaMuffin but they got the painting, that's the important part

    • @TheDragonProject
      @TheDragonProject 4 года назад +492

      Get this high IQ move. I heard one of the cops involved in the sting, turned himself in to a pickle to go undercover, funniest shit I've ever seen, no lie.

    • @glipk
      @glipk 4 года назад +7

      Stdu

    • @suavemanharv4937
      @suavemanharv4937 4 года назад +15

      How the fuck is that such a perfect analogy

  • @Sprite_of_Soot
    @Sprite_of_Soot 11 месяцев назад +54

    The most unbelievable part of this story, is the FBI agent calling up a Swedish person who doesn't speak English fluently 21:06

  • @cutler_beckett
    @cutler_beckett 2 года назад +23

    “Art thief?”
    “Yes, are you the buyer?”
    Brilliant

  • @crazyphilosopher1049
    @crazyphilosopher1049 4 года назад +1953

    I work at an art museum and while we never had someone steal a piece, it once happened that somone hung up their own painting in one of the galleries

    • @bobbyferg9173
      @bobbyferg9173 4 года назад +220

      That's actually pretty amazing, so did they instantly catch the person or did it just stay there for awhile?

    • @soap7203
      @soap7203 4 года назад +106

      Was it any good?

    • @crazyphilosopher1049
      @crazyphilosopher1049 4 года назад +266

      well, it happened before I worked there, so I don't know much about the painting, but the security guy who worked then told me that they only noticed it the next day and then they immediately took it off the wall and increased security slightly

    • @johnLennon255
      @johnLennon255 4 года назад +8

      Was it lushsux?

    • @RobertEPS12
      @RobertEPS12 4 года назад +7

      Are there any rules against that specifically?

  • @flugenegu7777
    @flugenegu7777 4 года назад +1019

    "You don't need a criminal lawyer, you need a *criminal* lawyer"

    • @piterpraker3399
      @piterpraker3399 4 года назад +32

      *YEAAAAAAAAH*

    • @Momon143
      @Momon143 4 года назад +26

      It's all good, man.

    • @skullhawqsyz8432
      @skullhawqsyz8432 4 года назад +6

      @@Momon143 cant wait for season 6

    • @quintonthevillain2745
      @quintonthevillain2745 4 года назад +2

      I mean, is there a difference really?

    • @thecreator4296
      @thecreator4296 4 года назад +6

      @@quintonthevillain2745 Yeah. *Criminal* lawyers are lawyers that are popularly known to get even the most obvious, blatant criminals out of prison, whereas normal criminal lawyers just defend people or try to make it so their lives aren't ruined on one mistake.

  • @paulmahoney7619
    @paulmahoney7619 2 года назад +70

    imagine if they'd used a burner phone. Then they would've had all the time in the world to get the paintings to a buyer

    • @haku8135
      @haku8135 6 месяцев назад +8

      I'm still trying to figure out why they went for these 3 paintings in particular if they DIDN'T have a buyer already lined up for them.

  • @dwoh4345
    @dwoh4345 3 года назад +164

    laughing at the fact they pulled everything of perfectly but
    - had no buyer or any idea how to get a buyer
    - gave their lur

  • @keystrix3704
    @keystrix3704 4 года назад +1321

    _"Nothing was stolen ever again."_
    Oh, so I don't need Nord VPN. Sweet!

    • @PrismTheKid
      @PrismTheKid 4 года назад +25

      'was', not *will be*...

    • @Greendogblue
      @Greendogblue 4 года назад +25

      Its because they used Nord VPN that nothing else was stolen. They realized the err of their ways

    • @nicewater894
      @nicewater894 4 года назад +2

      YOU WERE THE CHO-
      oh sorry wrong comment

  • @JDMoriarty
    @JDMoriarty 4 года назад +1505

    I don't know, "nothing has ever been stolen again" seems like an overblown statement, since Whitman stole my heart.

  • @minprez
    @minprez 2 года назад +46

    "... and nothing has ever been stolen again".
    what a heartwarming story this has been

  • @user-ro2nn7lt3r
    @user-ro2nn7lt3r 2 года назад +35

    "... it's a drug bust with some Bulgarians..."
    As a Bulgarian, I am somehow not surprised.

  • @imaginary-unit
    @imaginary-unit 4 года назад +809

    This is a little far-fetched ... there's no way BOTH of them washed their hands.

  • @ripstik1
    @ripstik1 4 года назад +3316

    So if he didn’t use his real phone number... they would’ve gotten away.

    • @snakekingblues3017
      @snakekingblues3017 4 года назад +216

      seem so or just burn the boat

    • @ENGCS_AnkitaSingh
      @ENGCS_AnkitaSingh 4 года назад +304

      but they still wouldn't know what to do w the paintings

    • @spacehitler4537
      @spacehitler4537 4 года назад +452

      @@snakekingblues3017 They blow up two cars, but they don't bother to dispose of the boat?

    • @snakekingblues3017
      @snakekingblues3017 4 года назад +61

      @@spacehitler4537 ikr sometime being smart can only get u so far
      that and having a using there really numbers

    • @mr.sunshine1444
      @mr.sunshine1444 4 года назад +7

      they basically did with the sentencing :l

  • @karmatraining
    @karmatraining 3 года назад +66

    How amazing is it that you can take a bunch of blurry memes and make something 9000 times better than your average Sundance film

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED 2 года назад +85

    Internet Historian has got to be one of the most entertaining and infinitely rewatchable content in all of RUclips

  • @johnnydavidson5238
    @johnnydavidson5238 4 года назад +1885

    So is this ad man trying to get back into the dating game after his wife's tragic passing? I'm happy for him man, hope he gets lucky soon and stops having everyone around him die in car crashes.

    • @silverstarthehybrid8122
      @silverstarthehybrid8122 4 года назад +7

      Well, he needs to find somebody who will use NordVPN, I guess

    • @zoedorrahm
      @zoedorrahm 4 года назад +20

      Wrong guy, that was RAID Shadowman. This is NordVPN guy, a different character.

    • @Lucky-bk4qq
      @Lucky-bk4qq 4 года назад +7

      What an all encompassing lore.

    • @cattypatty445
      @cattypatty445 4 года назад +3

      ad man:i like you, but i dont think that we should go to a relationship-
      girl: i use nord vpn
      ad man: we should marry rn and have 2 kids.

    • @Rob.r95
      @Rob.r95 4 года назад +2

      He can't find love because he doesn't browse in incognito mode.

  • @potato111111able
    @potato111111able 4 года назад +55658

    This man deserves to retrieve the password of his main channel.

    • @sinnlos229
      @sinnlos229 4 года назад +2948

      Wait what?

    • @victors3136
      @victors3136 4 года назад +4526

      Did he actually lose his main channel password lmao?

    • @user-fe8ms9ht7j
      @user-fe8ms9ht7j 4 года назад +1708

      WHAT

    • @bubblewrap324
      @bubblewrap324 4 года назад +2835

      IT'S BEEN 4 MONTHS PLEASE

    • @kaia-di4pq
      @kaia-di4pq 4 года назад +3356

      @@victors3136 its a running joke between youtubers that take long to upload that they lose their password between uploads

  • @SarpSpeaksSometimes
    @SarpSpeaksSometimes 3 года назад +107

    Every officer and their wives being Cole Phelps just makes this 500% better

  • @ShogunRyuusha
    @ShogunRyuusha 3 года назад +34

    I will always love how the entire police force is just Phelps in different poses.

  • @ArnoldsKtm
    @ArnoldsKtm 4 года назад +1704

    All this just because they used a real phone. What a mess.

    • @ramlover33
      @ramlover33 4 года назад +66

      actually because they didnt get rid of the boat. nothing to do about the phone number

    • @dannymunch4633
      @dannymunch4633 4 года назад +175

      @@ramlover33 Actually because of some bored fisherman with quite the curiosity.

    • @vatinklin997
      @vatinklin997 4 года назад +107

      They did get their lawyer to contact the police asking for a ransom and then proceeded to meet said lawyer in person tho, so tbf they were donezo either way

    • @IronicHavoc
      @IronicHavoc 4 года назад

      Maybe.

    • @theonlyplain
      @theonlyplain 4 года назад +6

      @@dannymunch4633 Actually because they stole high valued paintings.

  • @jongwood
    @jongwood 4 года назад +707

    I love how he has the thief putting the laundry bag into the engine bay of his Porsche. XD

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern18 3 года назад +24

    It has only just dawned on me that each scene is meticulously handcrafted in photoshop. So much effort put in.

  • @SleeplessStreams
    @SleeplessStreams 3 года назад +14

    I don't know what's worse, them using their real phones or the Swedish museum using lackluster security on a Rembrandt painting.

    • @rayres1074
      @rayres1074 3 года назад +1

      Well tbh museums have generally tight budgets and hundreds of valuable goods so imagine if you had to assign a guard for every one of those... I do think however it should have some GENERAL security that is strong

  • @mattelollol1
    @mattelollol1 4 года назад +483

    But it's illegal to do crime in Sweden.

    • @itsdag6720
      @itsdag6720 4 года назад +14

      Yes, and also if you don't like meatballs you might get neutered.

    • @calska140
      @calska140 4 года назад +7

      I saw that interview too. Glad the record was finally set straight.

    • @kidtea
      @kidtea 4 года назад +3

      @@itsdag6720 Must have some real dedication if you want to be vegetarian.

    • @Meatspinner
      @Meatspinner 4 года назад +3

      Fun fact: That woman is a second generation immigrant from Canada.

    • @uboa8012
      @uboa8012 4 года назад

      only if you get caught

  • @TheMasterTelevision
    @TheMasterTelevision 3 года назад +5855

    When the Mona Lisa was stolen, the guy just walked up to it and took it off the wall and hid it under a jacket. He tried to exit out of a side door but it was locked.
    By then an employee came by and saw a guy in a trench coat holding a framed painting trying to get out.
    The guard unlocked the door for him and let him out.
    Nobody noticed the Mona Lisa was stolen for something like 2 or 3 days, when an artist who wanted to paint a copy complained, and a bored guard went searching. Only then they realized it's gone.
    That's why it's behind inches of glass now.

    • @Light-qx8iq
      @Light-qx8iq 3 года назад +717

      with security so finely tuned it's a wonder it was ever misplaced

    • @TheMasterTelevision
      @TheMasterTelevision 3 года назад +1197

      @@Light-qx8iq back then the Mona Lisa was of little historic note. It wasnt a painting people traveled from around the world to see. In fact, it only got popular in the modern era because it was stolen, and the news hype that created.
      I also think he was an ex-employee at that museum, The Louvre. Thats why the guard let him out when he was obviously holding a painting, he thought "oh i know this guy, he works here. Id be happy to help a co-worker"

    • @_cloudface_
      @_cloudface_ 3 года назад +319

      @@TheMasterTelevision yeah, it's a great example of art imbued with importance due to hype; it's really not that great a painting but going to see it and either be disappointed or fooled in person has become an event...

    • @cursedmailman3999
      @cursedmailman3999 3 года назад +194

      That's why it's heavily guarded, but the glass is to protect the painting from exposure which could damage it. Things like someone sneezing, throwing something at it, camera flashes, etc. All those things actually contribute to deteriorating the paint and ruining the piece.

    • @dylan-5287
      @dylan-5287 3 года назад +49

      Lmao how long ago was that? I went like ten years ago. Very surprising how small the painting is and super thick glass. The crowd around the painting was crazy, you had to push your way up front to even get a good look. This wasn't some peak time either, just the normal crowd. Hard to imagine walking away with it when there's minimum 100 other tourists snapping photos and watching it. Pretty sure there was a guard nearby as well. Times have changed.

  • @janekrutsch1246
    @janekrutsch1246 Год назад +21

    I'm writing my thesis on art crime currently, I LOVE that you cited Anthony A. Amore's book, he does great writing on art crime!

  • @savakirilov5263
    @savakirilov5263 2 года назад +23

    17:16 as a bulgarian I am offended , but agree with this portrayal.

  • @d3vastat0r89
    @d3vastat0r89 4 года назад +2352

    How come the police and the lawyer sound so similar? Was it an inside job?

    • @brandon9172
      @brandon9172 4 года назад +8

      No you idiot. These are actors. They used the same actors to read the lawyer and Police scripts

    • @z1no3n
      @z1no3n 4 года назад +83

      @@brandon9172 really ??? Wow I didn't know that

    • @skhighglitch4217
      @skhighglitch4217 4 года назад +19

      Astoris found the whooooshed.

    • @clanwargods
      @clanwargods 4 года назад +5

      @@brandon9172 WHOOOSH

    • @snipergunner1761
      @snipergunner1761 4 года назад +3

      @@clanwargods r/whooosh

  • @Mernom
    @Mernom 3 года назад +3629

    As a museum guard, the security in that museum almost gave me a stroke.

    • @eatberries3173
      @eatberries3173 3 года назад +81

      THE GOD HIMSELF

    • @EinFelsbrocken
      @EinFelsbrocken 3 года назад +509

      Wow; cool! And which museum may I ask? How many colleagues do you have? Is there maybe a free job? Maybe a shift plan lying around somewhere? Any...alternative entrances? Haha; me? Im just an inconspicuous citizen! 😳😳😳

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman 3 года назад +168

      That must be the chillest job ever. Do you ever do naughty things to the statues?

    • @jogasaracco5056
      @jogasaracco5056 3 года назад +201

      solmoman ok bud I think u should stop there

    • @ExDud
      @ExDud 3 года назад +27

      It’s the Smithsonian night shift isn’t it?

  • @moogamooga2100
    @moogamooga2100 3 года назад +13

    9:47 Hearing a screaming voice juxtaposed to such a calm narrator is just hilarious.

  • @rogelioortiz3003
    @rogelioortiz3003 4 месяца назад +7

    24:00
    5 years to get $200k?? $40k a year? He coulda just gotten, like, a regular job.

  • @kerb7555
    @kerb7555 4 года назад +653

    This would never have happened if the painting had a gun to protect itself.

    • @Fell_the_Dabus
      @Fell_the_Dabus 4 года назад +94

      This would have never happened if the painting used Nord VPN.

    • @tommapar
      @tommapar 4 года назад +22

      No joke, if this was done in the US the one guy managing the hostages and the guard would've been shot to hell and back

    • @koboldengineering7687
      @koboldengineering7687 4 года назад +9

      This but unironically

    • @TheIrishYoshi
      @TheIrishYoshi 4 года назад +4

      @@koboldengineering7687 how

    • @tommapar
      @tommapar 4 года назад +8

      @@TheIrishYoshi You cut a small, gun shaped hole in the wall, put the gun in the wall with a string and a pulley system attached to the trigger, then tie the other end to the frame of the painting then when the robber lifts the painting he gets shot THROUGH THE PAINTING. Then take the painting to baumgartner's restoration to fix the hole left by the bullet. Piece of cake

  • @memyselfandyourcat799
    @memyselfandyourcat799 4 года назад +17345

    This was a beautiful tale. I wish Sweden was a real place.

    • @greenrooster9274
      @greenrooster9274 4 года назад +947

      it did! Now its just called Swedistan

    • @johangodoy1074
      @johangodoy1074 4 года назад +342

      I wish it was real i really want to see some dwarfs making swords

    • @arami187
      @arami187 4 года назад +181

      Before the Shaia Law! Uh, I mean *Sharia

    • @electron6825
      @electron6825 4 года назад +223

      Sharia LeBouf

    • @kimjongniller7776
      @kimjongniller7776 4 года назад +356

      Its hilarious how I, as a Scandinavian, know that people are full of shit when they walk around spouting islamophobic comments about Sweden. From my frequent travelling in Scandinavia I know that the region as a whole is doing great. Just shows how uneducated and/or ignorant many people are.

  • @CSLGSKS
    @CSLGSKS 3 года назад +25

    I love how he made Summito play the Russian and had that white guy play the Iraqis.

  • @zanseinofan01
    @zanseinofan01 3 года назад +8

    Trade alert
    I receive: priceless painting
    You receive: jail sentence

  • @YourLordMobius
    @YourLordMobius 4 года назад +5102

    Can we just admire the fact that Nord VPN still sponsor this man after his last ad. Impressive.

    • @fadammte_aggst
      @fadammte_aggst 4 года назад +377

      It is quiet obvious that he stole their VPNs and is now ransome them back to the "sponsor"...

    • @realdoomerhours
      @realdoomerhours 4 года назад +373

      A company willing to have a sense of humour generates a lot of good will, I guess.

    • @Artsificial
      @Artsificial 4 года назад +150

      What do you mean. His ads make the PR lady cringe so hard her hair falls out. It boosts the morale of the rest of the team.

    • @stavanger1361
      @stavanger1361 4 года назад +114

      He has a huge follower base and some people (including myself) were actually convinced to get NordVPN by his silly ads, they only gain from it, nobody stops using their service just because one of the RUclipsrs they sponsor takes the piss out of their sponsorship.

    • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
      @gaiusjuliuspleaser 4 года назад +21

      It's what we colloquially know as a "Big Money Salvia" move.

  • @jmchichstudio9145
    @jmchichstudio9145 3 года назад +6544

    As a russian I can say that "Alexander Petrov" is the most generic russian name I ever heard

    • @maksymmerkulov7875
      @maksymmerkulov7875 3 года назад +144

      И не поспоришь

    • @pancake3027
      @pancake3027 3 года назад +93

      аминь

    • @stuglife5514
      @stuglife5514 3 года назад +511

      Hahaha nice its like when I hear an actual American named John Smith

    • @abmstudio3678
      @abmstudio3678 3 года назад +92

      Is it like the Steve Smith of Russia

    • @jmchichstudio9145
      @jmchichstudio9145 3 года назад +172

      @@abmstudio3678 We have example names like "Ivan Ivanov" or "Pyotr Petrov", but combining this pair of legit name and surname feels almost uncanny

  • @joecool4656
    @joecool4656 3 года назад +26

    He put so much detail into this. Even the Detroit Become Human interrogation track is in there 1t 19:48

  • @MZZE-my7hz
    @MZZE-my7hz 3 года назад +13

    the fact that TRO can sound like that intimidates me a bit

  • @renkanestark6945
    @renkanestark6945 4 года назад +401

    Whatever amount nordvpn pays him, it’s not enough.

    • @tomlever
      @tomlever 4 года назад +6

      Only RUclips video I've ever watched where the sponsor ad was better than the main content! 🤣
      And make no mistake, the main content was 🔥

    • @EvilCerealBoX
      @EvilCerealBoX 4 года назад +1

      @@tomlever Flashgitz does good ads too.

    • @Danilego
      @Danilego 4 года назад +2

      He gets payed based on how many people click the link, so maybe we should help him out :)

    • @renkanestark6945
      @renkanestark6945 4 года назад

      @@Danilego thanks for spreading the teachings of the lord.

  • @BLUEKOMMEH
    @BLUEKOMMEH 4 года назад +506

    "NordVPN: If you don't get it, you'll die."

    • @NotQuiteFirst
      @NotQuiteFirst 4 года назад +10

      That's right, I've got NordVPN and I'm still alive.
      I dare not cancel.

  • @TheBeesKnees13579
    @TheBeesKnees13579 2 года назад +6

    I love how much effort is put into citing sources in these vids

  • @The_Remster
    @The_Remster 2 года назад +12

    I honestly love these nordvpn ads. They're the best advertisements I've ever seen. And they're unironically actually funny. Thank you for the laughs.

  • @maximusthedude8305
    @maximusthedude8305 4 года назад +4871

    "Can I get the weekends off jail time?"
    "To behave responsibly?"
    "Yessssss"
    Actually steals paintings LIKE A BOSS

  • @spaceytraveller6971
    @spaceytraveller6971 4 года назад +167

    I love the idea that every single person in law enforcement throughout the entirety of Sweden is just Cole Phelps.

    • @alyshay82597
      @alyshay82597 4 года назад +18

      Are you suggesting he isn't the entire Swedish law enforcement?

    • @vanargrand3199
      @vanargrand3199 4 года назад +4

      Also moonlights as most of the FBI

  • @FULLMETAL380
    @FULLMETAL380 2 года назад

    I love all your videos from both channels. I like your humor and the way you weave the stories. Thanks for the hard work. And also, I liked the way you portray the ads. Genius!!

  • @blackosprey2219
    @blackosprey2219 3 года назад +159

    You'd think that they'd have a plan on how to sell these things before going through the trouble of an elaborate heist. What a bunch of goobers.

  • @sebastienpirodon4633
    @sebastienpirodon4633 4 года назад +1252

    theory, internet historian is actually james bond illegitimate child.

    • @bibblyboing
      @bibblyboing 4 года назад +6

      Separated from his father at birth, and was placed in new zealand

    • @sameggenton1077
      @sameggenton1077 4 года назад +2

      Naw he legit af

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 4 года назад +2

      What if we have a movie where Steven Seagal kills James Bond?

    • @andrewkvk1707
      @andrewkvk1707 4 года назад +11

      His mother was using nord VPN at birth so no one actually knows who his parents are

    • @itscrumbelivable
      @itscrumbelivable 4 года назад +1

      Which one

  • @alululululu
    @alululululu 4 года назад +254

    "and nothing has ever been stolen, again." we did it boys, crime is no more!

  • @Rebelrenaissance
    @Rebelrenaissance 3 года назад +14

    "Swedish corona" .
    So we find the true source.

  • @AE1OU
    @AE1OU 2 года назад +2

    20:24 "I GASPED" *Inception Fog Horn Sound Effect*

  • @rachelsoika7367
    @rachelsoika7367 4 года назад +1423

    Me: "why's he got a #1 dad beanie?"
    20 minutes later
    "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh best foreshadowing I've ever seen"

  • @MegaNightmare4
    @MegaNightmare4 3 года назад +1097

    It’s not an Internet Historian ad if a woman doesn’t die tragically.

    • @nuclearbomb9483
      @nuclearbomb9483 3 года назад +45

      Should've just used nordvpn smh.

    • @bird2793
      @bird2793 3 года назад +2

      This channel has over one fridge per person (or was it vending machines?)

    • @--.._
      @--.._ 2 года назад +3

      this sounds so cancel-worthy lol

    • @Channel9iNE
      @Channel9iNE 2 года назад

      @Bold Coward he's joking man

    • @spooderlover3512
      @spooderlover3512 2 года назад

      What about the Nord noir one? Where a guy does instead

  • @Zandorf68
    @Zandorf68 Год назад +1

    I share this video to as many people as I can because I know how amazing it is.
    Thank you man. Hope you’re doing well

  • @jackbright7367
    @jackbright7367 2 года назад +3

    This is one of the best videos this man has produced.
    Change my mind

  • @DragonHammer91
    @DragonHammer91 3 года назад +8842

    One of the cars that were used to distract the police were stolen from my step-father, whom I finally got to show this video for as he's been locked in Portugal due to Corona. He claimed they only set it on fire, but he loved the presentation and has become a fan on the channel! Due to how long it took to solve the case proper, he forgot all about it until I brought it up to him now... so it took almost 20 years but now he's laughing over the idiocy of the guys that stole his car

    • @SadisticAngel
      @SadisticAngel 3 года назад +478

      Fucking wild man.

    • @analleakage8050
      @analleakage8050 3 года назад +1059

      wouldn’t have happened if he had nord vpn

    • @pandamonium8182
      @pandamonium8182 3 года назад +120

      @@analleakage8050 unless...?

    • @SumeaBizarro
      @SumeaBizarro 3 года назад +143

      Plot twist: Your father was such a good man that all the rest was karma blessing the robbers for the theft.
      Of the car, not the paintings.

    • @Arcademan09
      @Arcademan09 3 года назад +13

      Does he have any pics of when it happened?

  • @sirdiesalot2975
    @sirdiesalot2975 4 года назад +201

    I just love the idea that Cole Phelps goes to sleep in his suit alongside his wife, Cole Phelps.

    • @metalmugen
      @metalmugen 4 года назад +13

      He definitely wears it when cheating on her too.

    • @tyrroo
      @tyrroo 4 года назад +4

      Only the top half of his suit, he was in just his boxers on the bottom

    • @sirdiesalot2975
      @sirdiesalot2975 4 года назад +3

      @@metalmugen Of course! A man has to have standards you know.

    • @Bob-bs9ok
      @Bob-bs9ok 4 года назад

      @@metalmugen with Cole Phillips?

  • @BovineDesigns
    @BovineDesigns 3 года назад +12

    I love that it was an almost airtight crime due to pure luck, considering how many goofs they made after they found they found their phone number.

  • @trixylizard6970
    @trixylizard6970 Год назад

    Man your ads are the only ones on the planet that I genuinely enjoy watching!

  • @jamescrab6887
    @jamescrab6887 4 года назад +1103

    Sundance Rejects is why I can no longer tolerate real movies.

  • @danhelsting6308
    @danhelsting6308 4 года назад +685

    Morals of this story:
    The hard part is not to do the sting - it's to get away with it.
    And
    Always confirm that the suspect has the goods before busting them - otherwise you might just get a bag full of laundry.

    • @GelberStuhl
      @GelberStuhl 4 года назад +24

      Also 200.000 for 4 people after 5 years (even after a couple got already into jail) + a shit load of time and effort trying to sell it.... they could have just worked a job making 10.000 bucks a year and would have come ahead. Prbly. with less time put into it, lol

    • @TheDirtysouthfan
      @TheDirtysouthfan 4 года назад +20

      @@GelberStuhl It's not 200,000$ it was 200,000 Swedish Krona, which at the time was more like 28,000$. To be fair, the painting by that point was more of a liability than an asset. They did not know how to get into contact with buyers, and the police were hot on their tail, arresting everyone involved. At that point it would be worth it just to pay someone to take it. Supply was low but demand was low too.

    • @emmanuelgallant3871
      @emmanuelgallant3871 4 года назад

      Dan Helsting pas le

    • @TrueKaras
      @TrueKaras 4 года назад +5

      The true art is the videos we made along the way.

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 4 года назад +1

      You could say that crime doesn't pay.

  • @ProtonFilms_Mark
    @ProtonFilms_Mark 2 года назад +6

    18:05 - I guarantee you Historian knows that the engine lives there in that car and is having the biggest piss ever. I love these little satirical details.

  • @AApron
    @AApron 3 года назад

    Great channel 😁. I think that I could also just as easily watch an entire hour back-to-back of your homemade Nord VPN commercials... absolutely hilarious... fantastic!

  • @dudeist_priest
    @dudeist_priest 4 года назад +310

    "Nothing has ever been stolen again."
    *Press X to doubt*

  • @washboardman7435
    @washboardman7435 4 года назад +1824

    This is as good as theAntwerp diamond heist where the thieves defeated a world-class alarm system with a can of hair spray and trash bags to steel $100M of jewels.
    The whole reason they got busted was because one of the guys had a panic attack and botched destroying the evidence and an old French hunter was mad kids were on his lawn.

    • @josephstalin7353
      @josephstalin7353 4 года назад +106

      If it wasn't for those pesky kids...

    • @manlamp7531
      @manlamp7531 4 года назад +113

      Except the Italian mastermind got away with 80 million, and the heist itself was way more complex

    • @bloodstoneore4630
      @bloodstoneore4630 4 года назад +5

      Any more elaborated explanations you know of?

    • @testname4464
      @testname4464 4 года назад +18

      Damn, panic attacks really aren't a joke

    • @JaneDoeValentine
      @JaneDoeValentine 4 года назад +36

      Quiptipt Nyqtphimq it’s just... how come he didn’t have a panic attack DURING the heist? He handled that adrenaline rush, but not burning evidence?

  • @samofsamnation7523
    @samofsamnation7523 3 года назад +9

    I’ve only ever heard TRO use his serious voice, so his cameo makes me fucking weep every time I rewatch this video.

  • @MEMUEROOO
    @MEMUEROOO 6 месяцев назад +1

    Unbelievable. Great video as always.

  • @dylanovdiyenko5964
    @dylanovdiyenko5964 3 года назад +7144

    Sweden: 8 year sentence for 30 million dollar art heist
    US: 30 year sentence for routine drug bust

    • @matthewbruns8613
      @matthewbruns8613 3 года назад +549

      Difference being you can actually use the drugs

    • @eugkra33
      @eugkra33 3 года назад +249

      Saudis: Get out of jail free twice!

    • @Sm0khey
      @Sm0khey 3 года назад +517

      "Victimless" crime - no killings. No need to ruin someones life (even if they are a thief) for stealing a painting :)

    • @alanritchie7850
      @alanritchie7850 3 года назад +251

      @@Sm0khey plus 8 years is a long time.

    • @qenten05
      @qenten05 3 года назад +138

      Gotta enforce rules with heavy consequences so they won’t try it again.

  • @Flapjack3734
    @Flapjack3734 4 года назад +806

    Moral of the story: never use your real phone number

    • @RandomPerson-nd2ey
      @RandomPerson-nd2ey 4 года назад +76

      Burner phones are a thing. I mean, don't do crime but burner phones are a thing. Just saying.

    • @hipposupremacist3215
      @hipposupremacist3215 4 года назад +11

      or steal the boat too

    • @Masked_SVincent
      @Masked_SVincent 4 года назад +22

      Cover. Your. Tracks. Common sense. Hell, they could've atleast repainted the boat or something

    • @gearloose703
      @gearloose703 4 года назад +3

      Boats sink.

    • @physical_insanity
      @physical_insanity 4 года назад +5

      I only use the most disposable of email addresses when making porn site accounts.

  • @East16
    @East16 5 месяцев назад +3

    i feel like any theif who steals art is one of those people who is mechanically good at a game, but absolutely terrible when it comes to strategy

  • @doorjamm23
    @doorjamm23 2 года назад +5

    I feel like this could get into Sundance festival for how well-crafted it is

  • @pentapeener6676
    @pentapeener6676 4 года назад +1437

    i swear, internet historian is the only channel that actually makes me want to get the products that they advertise

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 4 года назад +64

      I think it's because it doesn't feel like an actual advertisement. I don't know how he gets away with it, but now I want Nord VPN to prevent car accidents.

    • @FreeButtSex
      @FreeButtSex 4 года назад +12

      I agree. Except for raid: shadow legends. Fuck that game.

    • @Valarius_J
      @Valarius_J 4 года назад +6

      @@RohannvanRensburg Something something "Use Nord VPN and the feds can't hack your smart car to make you crash at 90 miles per hour while you try to escape with stolen art."
      How's that?

    • @botbadger
      @botbadger 2 года назад

      The paintings?

  • @formerctgovernordannelmall1452
    @formerctgovernordannelmall1452 4 года назад +256

    0:20 “never talk to me or my son ever again”
    -Justin Whang, 2020

  • @nefwaenre
    @nefwaenre 3 года назад +2

    OMG the voice-over guests!! OMG that's TRO!! oh, i know Whang and GamerFromMars but don't recognise the others but that was so cool! ♥

  • @AlexLopez-tv
    @AlexLopez-tv 9 месяцев назад

    3 years and my favorite video of all time from you

  • @justtime3027
    @justtime3027 4 года назад +126

    Remember, this was all started by someone using their real phone number for a boat.

  • @maxproulx8235
    @maxproulx8235 4 года назад +380

    the voice actor breaking character is hillarious

  • @Wetknees
    @Wetknees Год назад +7

    What’s a Swedish minimum security prison like? A 4 star hotel? Just staying in your home

  • @WraithTDK
    @WraithTDK 2 года назад +1

    God, this was fantastic. A collection of my favorite "explaining crazy shit on the internet" people doing a heist movie. Perfect.