Looting History

E1 • Robbing The Cradle: The Looting Of The Iraq Museum

In 2003 Baghdad falls to US forces. Over the 36 - hour period the Iraq Museum is unprotected, 15,000 antiquities are stolen. Time is ticking as two men join forces, determined to hunt them down. How far will they go to retrieve the loot?

44m • 2022

In 2003 Baghdad falls to US forces. Over the 36 - hour period the Iraq Museum is unprotected, 15,000 antiquities are stolen. Time is ticking as two men join forces, determined to hunt them down. How far will they go to retrieve the loot?

E2 • Blood Antiquities: Islamic State and the Theft ...

ISIS funded its murderous regime by ripping loot out of the ground and selling it to the highest bidder. But will dealers, auction houses, museums and collectors acknowledge that their cash was directly funding murder and mayhem?

44m • 2022

ISIS funded its murderous regime by ripping loot out of the ground and selling it to the highest bidder. But will dealers, auction houses, museums and collectors acknowledge that their cash was directly funding murder and mayhem?

E3 • Behind the Mask: Robbing the Land of The Pharaohs

A tiny fragment of papyrus worth more than its weight in gold is the beginning of the end for superstar Oxford don Dirk Obbink. It’s the latest chapter in the pillage of Ancient Egypt, where looting is a way of life.

44m • 2022

A tiny fragment of papyrus worth more than its weight in gold is the beginning of the end for superstar Oxford don Dirk Obbink. It’s the latest chapter in the pillage of Ancient Egypt, where looting is a way of life.

E4 • Thou Shalt Not Steal: Hobby Lobby And The ...

Customs officials in Memphis find looted antiquities in a shipment labeled "tile samples." A chase across continents leads to Muslim extremists in Iraq. The Green family is impacted by the scandal.

43m • 2022

Customs officials in Memphis find looted antiquities in a shipment labeled "tile samples." A chase across continents leads to Muslim extremists in Iraq. The Green family is impacted by the scandal.

E5 • Stealing Beauty: The Morgantina Goddess and The...

Curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s antiquities collection, Marion True, is in disgrace. Her downfall is brought about by jet-setting antiquities dealer, Robin Symes, and his business partner, shipping heir, Christo Michaelides.

44m • 2022

Curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s antiquities collection, Marion True, is in disgrace. Her downfall is brought about by jet-setting antiquities dealer, Robin Symes, and his business partner, shipping heir, Christo Michaelides.

E6 • Risky Business: Michael Steinhardt and the ...

Michael Steinhardt, the largest private collector of antiquities, is forced to turn over $70 million dollars’ worth of stolen loot and banned from collecting. Steinhardt’s undoing comes after a four-year investigation known as Operation Demetra.

44m • 2022

Michael Steinhardt, the largest private collector of antiquities, is forced to turn over $70 million dollars’ worth of stolen loot and banned from collecting. Steinhardt’s undoing comes after a four-year investigation known as Operation Demetra.

E7 • Making A Killing: Douglas Latchford and the ...

As Douglas Latchford is accused of masterminding a multimillion-dollar racket in loot stolen from Cambodia's killing fields, museums and collectors face the grim reality that they're in possession of stolen property.

44m • 2022

As Douglas Latchford is accused of masterminding a multimillion-dollar racket in loot stolen from Cambodia's killing fields, museums and collectors face the grim reality that they're in possession of stolen property.

E8 • A Deal With The Devil: Hitler's Museum Of ...

The search of a flat in Munich, owned by elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, reveals how Gurlitt’s part-Jewish father, Hildebrand, struck a deal with the devil – and became an art dealer for Adolf Hitler.

44m • 2022

The search of a flat in Munich, owned by elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, reveals how Gurlitt’s part-Jewish father, Hildebrand, struck a deal with the devil – and became an art dealer for Adolf Hitler.