The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece
A podcast by Brazen
76 Episoade
-  Introducing The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and MadnessPublicat: 04.11.2024
-  Introducing Death of an Artist: Krasner and PollockPublicat: 05.06.2024
-  Introducing The BurdenPublicat: 21.03.2024
-  Episode 4: The FugitivePublicat: 18.12.2023
-  Episode 3: Money for NothingPublicat: 11.12.2023
-  Episode 2: The Go-BetweenPublicat: 04.12.2023
-  Episode 1: The NativityPublicat: 27.11.2023
-  Introducing The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing MasterpiecePublicat: 22.11.2023
-  Meeting Simon Willis: Unlocking the secrets of a stolen masterpiecePublicat: 20.11.2023
-  Introducing Hidden WorldsPublicat: 13.11.2023
-  Introducing Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering FallPublicat: 12.09.2023
-  Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear BetrayalPublicat: 15.08.2023
-  Introducing Ritually: Exploring spirituality in a secular worldPublicat: 19.07.2023
-  Two Journalists, Two Regimes, Two Trumped-Up ArrestsPublicat: 05.07.2023
-  How the US Women’s Soccer Team scored their victory for equal payPublicat: 22.06.2023
-  The Man For Whom the Underworld ShiversPublicat: 20.06.2023
-  Reporting True Crime During the Crime: Meet Mitchell ProtheroPublicat: 07.06.2023
-  Free Evan Gershkovich: How a US reporter was imprisoned in Putin's RussiaPublicat: 18.05.2023
-  Introducing Night of Show: Prince's Super Bowl Comeback Shakes the Music IndustryPublicat: 02.05.2023
-  The Collapse of Silicon Valley BankPublicat: 28.03.2023
William Veres is in trouble. In 2018 he was arrested following the largest ever investigation by the Italian police’s art squad. They accuse him of running a pan-European art-smuggling ring with ties to the Sicilian mafia. He is alleged to have stolen $40 million worth of art and antiquities from Italy. Charged with 14 counts, including money laundering, forgery, wire fraud and conspiracy, he faces a jail term of up to 20 years. But he has a plan to get out of trouble. In this four-part podcast, host Simon Willis follows him as he puts that plan into action. It’s a story that takes listeners deep into the underworld, and into the dark heart of the most famous criminal organization of them all – Cosa Nostra. It 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. The Professor is a series for Hidden Worlds, the home of unbelievable true stories and gripping investigations into shadowy places. Stay subscribed to Hidden Worlds and get brand new series delivered to your favorite podcast app year-round. One podcast, endless stories. For more, visit brazen.fm/hidden-worlds. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://brazen.fm/plus/
