FBI Concludes Successful Sting Operation To Retrieve Stolen Slippers
(KCRA) “A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday.
The FBI said a man approached the insurer in summer 2017 and said he could help get them back. Grand Rapids police asked for the FBI’s help and after a nearly yearlong investigation, the slippers were recovered in July during a sting operation in Minneapolis.
The FBI said no one has yet been arrested or charged in the case, but they have “multiple suspects” and continue to investigate. As they unveiled the recovered slippers at a news conference Tuesday, they asked anyone with information about the theft to contact them.”
How excited do you think the head of the FBI’s feetie division was to have this high profile of a case come across their desk? You get some good press, you get to see a famous movie prop, and you get to sniff some high quality footwear. Good for you, Chief investigator Buddy Pounds!
Make sure to listen to the pod to get our amazing inside jokes. In all seriousness, I have no idea how you would even begin to fence famous movie props, especially ones as famous as the slippers. Diamonds and jewels or whatever is one thing, but when it’s something so obviously identifiable, it has to be a hot item to hold. Imagine trying to fence a prop lightsaber or a the LOTR ring? I’d be terrified!
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