Ep. 189: the unluckiest art piece on earth

Jack of All Graves

CoRri brings back two souvenirs from Europe: Covid, and the mystery of the most influential AND most stolen painting in Western art history!

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri talks Mark about the mysterious missing panel of the most stolen painting in history
[34:57] Mark gets prayed for, trump almost gets got
[49:15] CoRri has covid and a broken computer; we have a watch-along coming July 27th
[67:20] Some bananas murders hit the UK, causing Marko to once again reflect on his own perfect murder method
[80:00] What we watched! (The Bear, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Longlegs, MaXXXine, Telemarketers, Turbulence)
[112:54] A macabre question from Marko: How do you think you're going to die?

Stuff we referenced:

• Brief history of Ghent, the rebellious city of Flanders
• Ghent over the centuries
• The mystery of the disappearance of the Just Judges 90 years on
• Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece and the many thefts of a masterpiece
• Missing Van Eyck panel - the end to Belgium’s biggest mystery?
• Treasure-hunting Belgians warned to keep pickaxes away after claim lost masterpiece hidden beneath street
• Who Stole the Ghent Altarpiece?
• The Van Eycks
• The disappearance of the Just Judges panel
• The Ghent Altarpiece, Most Stolen Painting of All Time
• Lost art: chasing the elusive Ghent Altarpiece panel
• From Napoleon to Nazis, this is the story of one of the most stolen artwork of all time – the Ghent Altarpiece
• The Ghent Altarpiece: the truth about the most stolen artwork of all time