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Heist at the Louvre Episode 2: Hundred-Million-Dollar Questions

October 9, 2026

James Longman (0:00)

Hi, this is James Longman, back with another episode of the latest True Crime series from ABC Audio and 2020, Heist at the Louvre. Remember, you can listen to the entire series ad free and access so much more from 2020 on Apple podcasts when you subscribe to 2020 True Crime Plus. Just click the link in the…

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SPEAKER_2 (0:24)

You're listening to a quick ad. You know what else is quick? Selling your car on Carvana. Just put in your vehicle information and we'll give you an offer. Done. No hassle, no negotiation, no guy from an online listing lowballing you.

Which means by the time I'm done explaining this, you could have basically done it.

James Longman (0:55)

There's something so spooky about being in a place that's normally crowded with people and finding it almost empty. You feel like a big kid doing something you're not meant to.

I'd heard about the heist hours after it happened on the morning of October 19th, 2025 And I was soon on the train to Paris. Now, you know a story's big when you overhear conversations about it all around you. I remember really clearly an elderly couple near me on the train discussing whether they thought it was an…

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