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    The TRUE STORY about an art heist thievery grabbin' that happened in 2000 and how the people responsible were caught.
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    Cast:
    GamerFromMars - / @thegamerfrommars
    Whang! - / @justinwhangyt
    Fredrik Knudsen - / @fredrikknudsen
    The Right Opinion - / @therightopinion
    SumitoMedia - / superkinkyninja
    ChavezzSlovakia - / @chavezzslovakia
    Cooksux - / cooksux
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    All information presented is accurate to the degree we could surmise from articles, official records and published works.
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  • @JustinWhangYt
    @JustinWhangYt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30229

    Don't talk to me or my son ever again

    • @commandergree9275
      @commandergree9275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +511

      Sons son up for talking?

    • @serbronnoftheblackwater798
      @serbronnoftheblackwater798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      damn I was really beginning to wonder if anyone was gonna mention mr. whang!. comment section mentioned every other name but yours lol

    • @RodoChaska
      @RodoChaska 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Best collaboration ever, you rock Mr Whang

    • @apollo_en
      @apollo_en 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Can i be #2 dad

    • @s.oddity3640
      @s.oddity3640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Wait was that your real son?

  • @drzombie2215
    @drzombie2215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4899

    and we would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that pesky boat seller.

    • @404_coffee9
      @404_coffee9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      That's pretty true

    • @someperson3807
      @someperson3807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      In a stroke of genius, they used their real phone number

    • @chrissi.enbyYT
      @chrissi.enbyYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Like why would you give your real number? Why not make up excuses or buy the trailer too? Amateurs

    • @BrgArt
      @BrgArt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@chrissi.enbyYT or fake a number on the spot

    • @theotv5522
      @theotv5522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@BrgArt Well you see people (not even people who are robbers) do call the number that the other person give to them cuz that way you also give the other person your phone number. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone.i guess when your head is above the clouds, you can't see what's under your feet hence making such mistakes.

  • @you_just
    @you_just 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4777

    “Alexander Petrov” and “Stefan Nordstrom” are, respectively, the most Russian and Swedish names I’ve ever heard.

    • @TFaceFalone
      @TFaceFalone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      Just wait till you hear about the letter ö

    • @haroldsen4238
      @haroldsen4238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      TFaceFalone ö

    • @hakkapeliittain6439
      @hakkapeliittain6439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @Alt Swede That's the most Swedish translation I've seen, nice

    • @GothKatt
      @GothKatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TFaceFalone Also a thing in German. Idk if the pronunciation is different, though.

    • @Dropkickgopnik
      @Dropkickgopnik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@GothKatt the pronunciation in german is different

  • @ASMRDoodlez
    @ASMRDoodlez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5094

    I thought that lawyer who tried to blatantly extort the police was an absolute idiot, but when he got acquitted, I figured he must be a legal genius.

    • @khuudylan
      @khuudylan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +353

      Probably has his licensed revoked

    • @fugyfruit
      @fugyfruit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +614

      I guess when you're a lawyer you learn what crimes you can get away with just a slap on the wrist

    • @suezuccati304
      @suezuccati304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I wonder how much money did he make to do that

    • @foxbuns
      @foxbuns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +306

      he likely claimed he only participated out of fear for his safety

    • @someidiot420
      @someidiot420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      it must be awesome to be a lawyer and get accused of a crime, NO lawyer fees

  • @bobafettjr85
    @bobafettjr85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2177

    200,000 Krona is about 25,000 USD in 2005. Imagine going through the trouble of setting up a heist involving 30+ people, stealing art worth over $30million, sitting on it for 5 years while it all goes tits up because someone used their actual phone number, then finally finding a buyer, then selling it for less than Toyota.

    • @notsojharedtroll23
      @notsojharedtroll23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Gains are gains

    • @tankhead2645
      @tankhead2645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      That wouldn't even cover the cost in the escape car they bought for the Heist.
      Possibly not even the guns

    • @curlyguy2790
      @curlyguy2790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Considering there was no consequence for their actions, not that bad a deal

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That's actually pretty common from what I've heard. Stolen goods that are easy to sell often sell for 50% to a fence but if something is hard to sell like artwork then even if you can find a buyer they'll want a low price

    • @tomtheconqerur
      @tomtheconqerur 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That is now 38,991 USD today. God I love inflation(economic).

  • @Campbell197
    @Campbell197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4684

    Internet Historian: Hey do you know what time it is?
    Me: Ad time?
    Internet Historian: Its time for a montage
    Me: A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

    • @Cpt2much
      @Cpt2much 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      KettEgg legit the same thing I thought

    • @Puss1man
      @Puss1man 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same

    • @MachineManGabb
      @MachineManGabb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same

    • @bash5271
      @bash5271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @sirknave4794
      @sirknave4794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

  • @everestismad2560
    @everestismad2560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3585

    I love how the "Ad Man" canonically now has an entire lore behind his character

    • @drifterduckygaming4646
      @drifterduckygaming4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Damn, so there's a reason not to skip the ad segments?
      Epic

    • @michaelh.2567
      @michaelh.2567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It's so good.

    • @shinqqing5161
      @shinqqing5161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      What is the lore of the Nord VPN guy? I think I saw him once but I don't think the story related. Unlike shadowman whose wife died on a plane accident and also a father of two.

    • @homelessswede9675
      @homelessswede9675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Someone make internet historian fandom wiki

    • @aegis9292
      @aegis9292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@shinqqing5161 prety sire they are the same guy

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1214

    My favorite character in this heist is the Swedish justice system. Jails you can leave on weekends and overturning the sentence of 3 of the culprits in the end.

    • @andymancan_
      @andymancan_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Based Sweden

    • @thecakecakecake8198
      @thecakecakecake8198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@andymancan_ say that after finding out they let rapists walk and sometimes refuse to prosecute them simply because they're not white

    • @Khunark
      @Khunark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thecakecakecake8198 wouldn't want their race to go extinct,,

    • @Peter_Griffaaa
      @Peter_Griffaaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@Khunark I think you didn't read that the right way

    • @ericamcqueen5607
      @ericamcqueen5607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@thecakecakecake8198 I mean, I'm not Swedish and I have 0 clue how their justice system works, but didn't he say that only not dangerous criminals may leave the prison?
      So they let out a pity thief but they wouldn't let out a rapist. Or something like that.
      Then again I might be wrong, I really hope I'm not though.

  • @lukapejkovic918
    @lukapejkovic918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +811

    Jesus Christ just the fact they were even able to execute initial plan is mindblowing

    • @xzenitramx666
      @xzenitramx666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Luck is always with the idiots.

    • @thisisntmedicine4004
      @thisisntmedicine4004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@xzenitramx666 I'd say this was less luck and more them having laughable security

  • @Laerei
    @Laerei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7050

    I have to say, the criminals bringing a decoy painting to the sale was a 200 IQ 4D chess move but unfortunately for them, the police was playing 5D chess with their 300 IQ brains.

    • @RagafragaMuffin
      @RagafragaMuffin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      except not really, because the guys got released anyway because they were entrapped

    • @lainroseheart
      @lainroseheart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      @@RagafragaMuffin but they got the painting, that's the important part

    • @TheDragonProject
      @TheDragonProject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +490

      Get this high IQ move. I heard one of the cops involved in the sting, turned himself in to a pickle to go undercover, funniest shit I've ever seen, no lie.

    • @glipk
      @glipk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Stdu

    • @suavemanharv4937
      @suavemanharv4937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How the fuck is that such a perfect analogy

  • @iqgamemaster6280
    @iqgamemaster6280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5982

    The art thieves wouldn’t have been caught...if they used Nord VPN

    • @slimcharles1479
      @slimcharles1479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      There's a famous German rapper who with associates stole an armored gold transporter with a worth of about 2 million dollars. Interpol arrested his ass in Irak, after he posted on his social media that "it's pretty damn cold in russia", trying his luck with a very clumsy decoy attempt. In his case, Nord VPN probably would've actually saved him.

    • @epicghandi6141
      @epicghandi6141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@slimcharles1479 Jep, rappers are usually not the brightest type.

    • @tylermustardloooser386
      @tylermustardloooser386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      if they had a burner number

    • @Skyforger23
      @Skyforger23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@slimcharles1479 still no gold was found till today afaik.

    • @peebay3515
      @peebay3515 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or played Raid Shadow Legends.

  • @unwillfullyignorant7805
    @unwillfullyignorant7805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    They could of become legends for robbing a museum with no traces, true legendary masterminds, if they used a fucking burner phone.

    • @PannierLaw
      @PannierLaw ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Just that one damn mistake. And it all spiraled down.

    • @KaleidosXXI
      @KaleidosXXI ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@PannierLaw If you consider the longterm it really didn't matter much, the break in the case was the FBI overhearing the sale setup by sheer coincidence because they were already observing one of the involved parties for drug activity. The initial group and their incriminating book led to a dead-end in the case, and the paintings were already handed off by the time they got arrested.

    • @PannierLaw
      @PannierLaw ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@KaleidosXXI Fair enough, but would’ve had less heat on them early on. Doubt they would’ve managed get those paintings sold anyway lol

    • @adog3129
      @adog3129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      they could have just made up a phone number

  • @wibo3272
    @wibo3272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    19:51 is absolute gold
    "sorry sorry, reflex"
    "thats okay."

  • @E100Omega123
    @E100Omega123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6882

    What if we kissed under the Nord VPN servers? *O_O*

  • @annag7798
    @annag7798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8353

    This is exactly one of those “I dunno, I didn’t think I get this far”

    • @strawberrypencl
      @strawberrypencl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Story of my life

    • @clonkers
      @clonkers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@strawberrypencl cheers i'll drink to that bro

    • @Soul-OnFire
      @Soul-OnFire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Ditto!! Except i dont drink so ill smoke.... and can there be giraffes 🦒 i want 🦒 to be in this commentary for some reason...

    • @gordonramsdale
      @gordonramsdale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Soul-OnFire that's a bee bro

    • @th3omachos
      @th3omachos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When you're asked if you have std's

  • @DSchana6
    @DSchana6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    These videos feel like historian is playing with some action figures

    • @yuzuichikawa
      @yuzuichikawa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LOL Look at @16:51. IT literally DOES. and they are walking to the beat LOL

    • @SBImNotWritingMyNameHere
      @SBImNotWritingMyNameHere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He is actually
      Sumito even said he looks forward to being his "plaything"

  • @themadrat1495
    @themadrat1495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Something similar happened recently.
    A bank was clearing all it's valuables and hauling it to an offshore bank. Every employee, and guard left the bank but kept the security systems up and the front of the bank was locked down tighter than the Seirre Madre of absolute pain. Someone that following night broke into the bank quite easily: for you see while they locked down the main entrance, there was a maintenance tunnel connecting the garage to the rest of the bank. Person broke in via the now unguarded maintenance tunnel and into the bank armed to the teeth...
    he...
    was pissed...
    Why was he pissed? He thought there would be valuables there. So he did something radicicolous and sundance reject worthy. He shot out every possible window, bashed open every ventilation cover with a baseball bat, smashed the keypads on the vaults, broke every window, shot out every TV, cut cable lines, broke the hinges off every door, bashed executives worthless yet pretty paintings off their walls: anything he could access he destroyed, and to end it? He shot all the cameras watching him until that point.
    The next day the bank agents came back to see the place in tatters, the bank had to get $5.7M spent to fix or replace everything. Guess where this all took place?
    Somewhere very special and known for insane hijinks like this...
    florida...
    florida man gets arrested for mass destruction of bank property

    • @doot7730
      @doot7730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This is some of the most madman thing ice read

    • @themadrat1495
      @themadrat1495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@doot7730 And yet it all happened. That's the actually good part about it.

  • @jimbob4447
    @jimbob4447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1904

    The Nord VPN ad is actually the story of how Internet Historian met Internet Herstorian.

    • @kin-3877
      @kin-3877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      And one day had Internet Kidstorian

    • @30catsinacardigan22
      @30catsinacardigan22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      this comment took me out lmfao

    • @ZetsubouJohnny
      @ZetsubouJohnny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@kin-3877 Who grew up to be the angry drunk Internet Comment Etiquette

    • @Daemonussy
      @Daemonussy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good god this is brilliant

  • @johnnydavidson5238
    @johnnydavidson5238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1880

    So is this ad man trying to get back into the dating game after his wife's tragic passing? I'm happy for him man, hope he gets lucky soon and stops having everyone around him die in car crashes.

    • @silverstarthehybrid8122
      @silverstarthehybrid8122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well, he needs to find somebody who will use NordVPN, I guess

    • @zoedorrahm
      @zoedorrahm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wrong guy, that was RAID Shadowman. This is NordVPN guy, a different character.

    • @Lucky-bk4qq
      @Lucky-bk4qq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What an all encompassing lore.

    • @cattypatty445
      @cattypatty445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ad man:i like you, but i dont think that we should go to a relationship-
      girl: i use nord vpn
      ad man: we should marry rn and have 2 kids.

    • @Rob.r95
      @Rob.r95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He can't find love because he doesn't browse in incognito mode.

  • @Lord_of_the_Blue
    @Lord_of_the_Blue 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    The most unbelievable part of this story, is the FBI agent calling up a Swedish person who doesn't speak English fluently 21:06

  • @jesterzubrata
    @jesterzubrata 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    "half scholar half daredevil and 100% men with alignment of chaotic good"what a man

  • @potato111111able
    @potato111111able 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55657

    This man deserves to retrieve the password of his main channel.

    • @sinnlos229
      @sinnlos229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2949

      Wait what?

    • @victors3136
      @victors3136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4527

      Did he actually lose his main channel password lmao?

    • @user-fe8ms9ht7j
      @user-fe8ms9ht7j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1709

      WHAT

    • @bubblewrap324
      @bubblewrap324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2836

      IT'S BEEN 4 MONTHS PLEASE

    • @kaia-di4pq
      @kaia-di4pq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3357

      @@victors3136 its a running joke between youtubers that take long to upload that they lose their password between uploads

  • @JDMoriarty
    @JDMoriarty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1500

    I don't know, "nothing has ever been stolen again" seems like an overblown statement, since Whitman stole my heart.

  • @TransformersBoss
    @TransformersBoss ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Imagine being a stock image guy and ending up with one of your pictures in an Internet Historian video

  • @cutler_beckett
    @cutler_beckett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    “Art thief?”
    “Yes, are you the buyer?”
    Brilliant

  • @ripstik1
    @ripstik1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3314

    So if he didn’t use his real phone number... they would’ve gotten away.

    • @snakekingblues3017
      @snakekingblues3017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      seem so or just burn the boat

    • @ENGCS_AnkitaSingh
      @ENGCS_AnkitaSingh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +305

      but they still wouldn't know what to do w the paintings

    • @spacehitler4537
      @spacehitler4537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +453

      @@snakekingblues3017 They blow up two cars, but they don't bother to dispose of the boat?

    • @snakekingblues3017
      @snakekingblues3017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@spacehitler4537 ikr sometime being smart can only get u so far
      that and having a using there really numbers

    • @mr.sunshine1444
      @mr.sunshine1444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      they basically did with the sentencing :l

  • @juliansanchezharris5773
    @juliansanchezharris5773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3158

    Love how All cops, no matter nationality, looks like Cole Phelps.

    • @shlorbleflorbnad6927
      @shlorbleflorbnad6927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Just like real life

    • @ahmedhasanica6120
      @ahmedhasanica6120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      ACAC - All Cops Are Cole

    • @TheUnnamedAssailant
      @TheUnnamedAssailant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yeap 101 all the cops are banging German side pieces?

    • @FilthyCasualty
      @FilthyCasualty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Carl
      Only one German buddy. Cole hive mind only has hots for two women. Anymore than that breaks code.

    • @colemiller1
      @colemiller1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Wait all the Cops are me?

  • @dwoh4345
    @dwoh4345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    laughing at the fact they pulled everything of perfectly but
    - had no buyer or any idea how to get a buyer
    - gave their lur

  • @user-ro2nn7lt3r
    @user-ro2nn7lt3r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    "... it's a drug bust with some Bulgarians..."
    As a Bulgarian, I am somehow not surprised.

  • @keystrix3704
    @keystrix3704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1321

    _"Nothing was stolen ever again."_
    Oh, so I don't need Nord VPN. Sweet!

    • @PrismTheKid
      @PrismTheKid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      'was', not *will be*...

    • @Greendogblue
      @Greendogblue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Its because they used Nord VPN that nothing else was stolen. They realized the err of their ways

    • @nicewater894
      @nicewater894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YOU WERE THE CHO-
      oh sorry wrong comment

  • @crazyphilosopher1049
    @crazyphilosopher1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1948

    I work at an art museum and while we never had someone steal a piece, it once happened that somone hung up their own painting in one of the galleries

    • @bobbyferg9173
      @bobbyferg9173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      That's actually pretty amazing, so did they instantly catch the person or did it just stay there for awhile?

    • @soap7203
      @soap7203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Was it any good?

    • @crazyphilosopher1049
      @crazyphilosopher1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      well, it happened before I worked there, so I don't know much about the painting, but the security guy who worked then told me that they only noticed it the next day and then they immediately took it off the wall and increased security slightly

    • @johnLennon255
      @johnLennon255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Was it lushsux?

    • @RobertEPS12
      @RobertEPS12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Are there any rules against that specifically?

  • @SarpSpeaksSometimes
    @SarpSpeaksSometimes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Every officer and their wives being Cole Phelps just makes this 500% better

  • @minprez
    @minprez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    "... and nothing has ever been stolen again".
    what a heartwarming story this has been

  • @maximusthedude8305
    @maximusthedude8305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4870

    "Can I get the weekends off jail time?"
    "To behave responsibly?"
    "Yessssss"
    Actually steals paintings LIKE A BOSS

  • @TheMasterTelevision
    @TheMasterTelevision 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5855

    When the Mona Lisa was stolen, the guy just walked up to it and took it off the wall and hid it under a jacket. He tried to exit out of a side door but it was locked.
    By then an employee came by and saw a guy in a trench coat holding a framed painting trying to get out.
    The guard unlocked the door for him and let him out.
    Nobody noticed the Mona Lisa was stolen for something like 2 or 3 days, when an artist who wanted to paint a copy complained, and a bored guard went searching. Only then they realized it's gone.
    That's why it's behind inches of glass now.

    • @Light-qx8iq
      @Light-qx8iq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +717

      with security so finely tuned it's a wonder it was ever misplaced

    • @TheMasterTelevision
      @TheMasterTelevision 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1197

      @@Light-qx8iq back then the Mona Lisa was of little historic note. It wasnt a painting people traveled from around the world to see. In fact, it only got popular in the modern era because it was stolen, and the news hype that created.
      I also think he was an ex-employee at that museum, The Louvre. Thats why the guard let him out when he was obviously holding a painting, he thought "oh i know this guy, he works here. Id be happy to help a co-worker"

    • @_cloudface_
      @_cloudface_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +317

      @@TheMasterTelevision yeah, it's a great example of art imbued with importance due to hype; it's really not that great a painting but going to see it and either be disappointed or fooled in person has become an event...

    • @cursedmailman3999
      @cursedmailman3999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      That's why it's heavily guarded, but the glass is to protect the painting from exposure which could damage it. Things like someone sneezing, throwing something at it, camera flashes, etc. All those things actually contribute to deteriorating the paint and ruining the piece.

    • @dylan-5287
      @dylan-5287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Lmao how long ago was that? I went like ten years ago. Very surprising how small the painting is and super thick glass. The crowd around the painting was crazy, you had to push your way up front to even get a good look. This wasn't some peak time either, just the normal crowd. Hard to imagine walking away with it when there's minimum 100 other tourists snapping photos and watching it. Pretty sure there was a guard nearby as well. Times have changed.

  • @paulmahoney7619
    @paulmahoney7619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    imagine if they'd used a burner phone. Then they would've had all the time in the world to get the paintings to a buyer

    • @haku8135
      @haku8135 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I'm still trying to figure out why they went for these 3 paintings in particular if they DIDN'T have a buyer already lined up for them.

  • @karmatraining
    @karmatraining 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    How amazing is it that you can take a bunch of blurry memes and make something 9000 times better than your average Sundance film

  • @flugenegu7777
    @flugenegu7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1016

    "You don't need a criminal lawyer, you need a *criminal* lawyer"

    • @piterpraker3399
      @piterpraker3399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      *YEAAAAAAAAH*

    • @Momon143
      @Momon143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's all good, man.

    • @skullhawqsyz8432
      @skullhawqsyz8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Momon143 cant wait for season 6

    • @quintonthevillain2745
      @quintonthevillain2745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, is there a difference really?

    • @thecreator4296
      @thecreator4296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@quintonthevillain2745 Yeah. *Criminal* lawyers are lawyers that are popularly known to get even the most obvious, blatant criminals out of prison, whereas normal criminal lawyers just defend people or try to make it so their lives aren't ruined on one mistake.

  • @memyselfandyourcat799
    @memyselfandyourcat799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17306

    This was a beautiful tale. I wish Sweden was a real place.

    • @greenrooster9274
      @greenrooster9274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +946

      it did! Now its just called Swedistan

    • @johangodoy1074
      @johangodoy1074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

      I wish it was real i really want to see some dwarfs making swords

    • @arami187
      @arami187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      Before the Shaia Law! Uh, I mean *Sharia

    • @electron6825
      @electron6825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      Sharia LeBouf

    • @kimjongniller7776
      @kimjongniller7776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +356

      Its hilarious how I, as a Scandinavian, know that people are full of shit when they walk around spouting islamophobic comments about Sweden. From my frequent travelling in Scandinavia I know that the region as a whole is doing great. Just shows how uneducated and/or ignorant many people are.

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Internet Historian has got to be one of the most entertaining and infinitely rewatchable content in all of TH-cam

  • @ShogunRyuusha
    @ShogunRyuusha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I will always love how the entire police force is just Phelps in different poses.

  • @imaginary-unit
    @imaginary-unit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +808

    This is a little far-fetched ... there's no way BOTH of them washed their hands.

  • @jmchichstudio9145
    @jmchichstudio9145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6544

    As a russian I can say that "Alexander Petrov" is the most generic russian name I ever heard

    • @maksymmerkulov7875
      @maksymmerkulov7875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      И не поспоришь

    • @pancake3027
      @pancake3027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      аминь

    • @stuglife5514
      @stuglife5514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +511

      Hahaha nice its like when I hear an actual American named John Smith

    • @abmstudio3678
      @abmstudio3678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Is it like the Steve Smith of Russia

    • @jmchichstudio9145
      @jmchichstudio9145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@abmstudio3678 We have example names like "Ivan Ivanov" or "Pyotr Petrov", but combining this pair of legit name and surname feels almost uncanny

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It has only just dawned on me that each scene is meticulously handcrafted in photoshop. So much effort put in.

  • @SleeplessStreams
    @SleeplessStreams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I don't know what's worse, them using their real phones or the Swedish museum using lackluster security on a Rembrandt painting.

    • @rayres1074
      @rayres1074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well tbh museums have generally tight budgets and hundreds of valuable goods so imagine if you had to assign a guard for every one of those... I do think however it should have some GENERAL security that is strong

  • @jeffdunhamvevo953
    @jeffdunhamvevo953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7879

    But I thought it was illegal to commit crimes in Sweden?

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      You think criminals ever ask permission?

    • @NathanCassidy721
      @NathanCassidy721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Since when do criminals care about laws?

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +843

      People clearly didn't get the reference. It was a Swedish politician who pointed out that crimes were illegal in Sweden.

    • @charleswinters9567
      @charleswinters9567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +510

      It is. It's in fact illegal BY LAW to be a criminal in Sweden. If only other countries were like Sweden....

    • @emilianocastillejos1330
      @emilianocastillejos1330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +252

      Crime rates drop to 0%

  • @dylanovdiyenko5964
    @dylanovdiyenko5964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7145

    Sweden: 8 year sentence for 30 million dollar art heist
    US: 30 year sentence for routine drug bust

    • @matthewbruns8613
      @matthewbruns8613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +549

      Difference being you can actually use the drugs

    • @eugkra33
      @eugkra33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      Saudis: Get out of jail free twice!

    • @Sm0khey
      @Sm0khey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +518

      "Victimless" crime - no killings. No need to ruin someones life (even if they are a thief) for stealing a painting :)

    • @alanritchie7850
      @alanritchie7850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      @@Sm0khey plus 8 years is a long time.

    • @qenten05
      @qenten05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Gotta enforce rules with heavy consequences so they won’t try it again.

  • @rogelioortiz3003
    @rogelioortiz3003 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    24:00
    5 years to get $200k?? $40k a year? He coulda just gotten, like, a regular job.

  • @janekrutsch1246
    @janekrutsch1246 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm writing my thesis on art crime currently, I LOVE that you cited Anthony A. Amore's book, he does great writing on art crime!

  • @ArnoldsKtm
    @ArnoldsKtm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1702

    All this just because they used a real phone. What a mess.

    • @ramlover33
      @ramlover33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      actually because they didnt get rid of the boat. nothing to do about the phone number

    • @dannymunch4633
      @dannymunch4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      @@ramlover33 Actually because of some bored fisherman with quite the curiosity.

    • @vatinklin997
      @vatinklin997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      They did get their lawyer to contact the police asking for a ransom and then proceeded to meet said lawyer in person tho, so tbf they were donezo either way

    • @IronicHavoc
      @IronicHavoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe.

    • @theonlyplain
      @theonlyplain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dannymunch4633 Actually because they stole high valued paintings.

  • @YourLordMobius
    @YourLordMobius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5102

    Can we just admire the fact that Nord VPN still sponsor this man after his last ad. Impressive.

    • @fadammte_aggst
      @fadammte_aggst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      It is quiet obvious that he stole their VPNs and is now ransome them back to the "sponsor"...

    • @realdoomerhours
      @realdoomerhours 3 ปีที่แล้ว +373

      A company willing to have a sense of humour generates a lot of good will, I guess.

    • @Artsificial
      @Artsificial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      What do you mean. His ads make the PR lady cringe so hard her hair falls out. It boosts the morale of the rest of the team.

    • @stavanger1361
      @stavanger1361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      He has a huge follower base and some people (including myself) were actually convinced to get NordVPN by his silly ads, they only gain from it, nobody stops using their service just because one of the TH-camrs they sponsor takes the piss out of their sponsorship.

    • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
      @gaiusjuliuspleaser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's what we colloquially know as a "Big Money Salvia" move.

  • @blackosprey2219
    @blackosprey2219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    You'd think that they'd have a plan on how to sell these things before going through the trouble of an elaborate heist. What a bunch of goobers.

  • @moogamooga2100
    @moogamooga2100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    9:47 Hearing a screaming voice juxtaposed to such a calm narrator is just hilarious.

  • @jongwood
    @jongwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    I love how he has the thief putting the laundry bag into the engine bay of his Porsche. XD

  • @Mernom
    @Mernom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3630

    As a museum guard, the security in that museum almost gave me a stroke.

    • @eatberries3173
      @eatberries3173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      THE GOD HIMSELF

    • @EinFelsbrocken
      @EinFelsbrocken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +508

      Wow; cool! And which museum may I ask? How many colleagues do you have? Is there maybe a free job? Maybe a shift plan lying around somewhere? Any...alternative entrances? Haha; me? Im just an inconspicuous citizen! 😳😳😳

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      That must be the chillest job ever. Do you ever do naughty things to the statues?

    • @jogasaracco5056
      @jogasaracco5056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      solmoman ok bud I think u should stop there

    • @ExDud
      @ExDud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It’s the Smithsonian night shift isn’t it?

  • @savakirilov5263
    @savakirilov5263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    17:16 as a bulgarian I am offended , but agree with this portrayal.

  • @CSLGSKS
    @CSLGSKS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I love how he made Summito play the Russian and had that white guy play the Iraqis.

  • @kerb7555
    @kerb7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    This would never have happened if the painting had a gun to protect itself.

    • @Fell_the_Dabus
      @Fell_the_Dabus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      This would have never happened if the painting used Nord VPN.

    • @tommapar
      @tommapar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      No joke, if this was done in the US the one guy managing the hostages and the guard would've been shot to hell and back

    • @koboldengineering7687
      @koboldengineering7687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This but unironically

    • @TheIrishYoshi
      @TheIrishYoshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@koboldengineering7687 how

    • @tommapar
      @tommapar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheIrishYoshi You cut a small, gun shaped hole in the wall, put the gun in the wall with a string and a pulley system attached to the trigger, then tie the other end to the frame of the painting then when the robber lifts the painting he gets shot THROUGH THE PAINTING. Then take the painting to baumgartner's restoration to fix the hole left by the bullet. Piece of cake

  • @d3vastat0r89
    @d3vastat0r89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2352

    How come the police and the lawyer sound so similar? Was it an inside job?

    • @brandon9172
      @brandon9172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No you idiot. These are actors. They used the same actors to read the lawyer and Police scripts

    • @z1no3n
      @z1no3n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@brandon9172 really ??? Wow I didn't know that

    • @skhighglitch4217
      @skhighglitch4217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Astoris found the whooooshed.

    • @clanwargods
      @clanwargods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brandon9172 WHOOOSH

    • @snipergunner1761
      @snipergunner1761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@clanwargods r/whooosh

  • @joecool4656
    @joecool4656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    He put so much detail into this. Even the Detroit Become Human interrogation track is in there 1t 19:48

  • @MZZE-my7hz
    @MZZE-my7hz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    the fact that TRO can sound like that intimidates me a bit

  • @mattelollol1
    @mattelollol1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    But it's illegal to do crime in Sweden.

    • @itsdag6720
      @itsdag6720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes, and also if you don't like meatballs you might get neutered.

    • @calska140
      @calska140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I saw that interview too. Glad the record was finally set straight.

    • @kidtea
      @kidtea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@itsdag6720 Must have some real dedication if you want to be vegetarian.

    • @Meatspinner
      @Meatspinner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fun fact: That woman is a second generation immigrant from Canada.

    • @uboa8012
      @uboa8012 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      only if you get caught

  • @zanseinofan01
    @zanseinofan01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Trade alert
    I receive: priceless painting
    You receive: jail sentence

  • @Rebelrenaissance
    @Rebelrenaissance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Swedish corona" .
    So we find the true source.

  • @BLUEKOMMEH
    @BLUEKOMMEH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    "NordVPN: If you don't get it, you'll die."

    • @NotQuiteFirst
      @NotQuiteFirst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's right, I've got NordVPN and I'm still alive.
      I dare not cancel.

  • @renkanestark6945
    @renkanestark6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    Whatever amount nordvpn pays him, it’s not enough.

    • @tomlever
      @tomlever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Only TH-cam video I've ever watched where the sponsor ad was better than the main content! 🤣
      And make no mistake, the main content was 🔥

    • @EvilCerealBoX
      @EvilCerealBoX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tomlever Flashgitz does good ads too.

    • @Danilego
      @Danilego 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He gets payed based on how many people click the link, so maybe we should help him out :)

    • @renkanestark6945
      @renkanestark6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Danilego thanks for spreading the teachings of the lord.

  • @The_Remster
    @The_Remster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I honestly love these nordvpn ads. They're the best advertisements I've ever seen. And they're unironically actually funny. Thank you for the laughs.

  • @BovineDesigns
    @BovineDesigns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love that it was an almost airtight crime due to pure luck, considering how many goofs they made after they found they found their phone number.

  • @sirdiesalot2975
    @sirdiesalot2975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    I just love the idea that Cole Phelps goes to sleep in his suit alongside his wife, Cole Phelps.

    • @metalmugen
      @metalmugen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He definitely wears it when cheating on her too.

    • @tyrroo
      @tyrroo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only the top half of his suit, he was in just his boxers on the bottom

    • @sirdiesalot2975
      @sirdiesalot2975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@metalmugen Of course! A man has to have standards you know.

    • @Bob-bs9ok
      @Bob-bs9ok 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@metalmugen with Cole Phillips?

  • @sebastienpirodon4633
    @sebastienpirodon4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1251

    theory, internet historian is actually james bond illegitimate child.

    • @bibblyboing
      @bibblyboing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Separated from his father at birth, and was placed in new zealand

    • @sameggenton1077
      @sameggenton1077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Naw he legit af

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What if we have a movie where Steven Seagal kills James Bond?

    • @andrewkvk1707
      @andrewkvk1707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His mother was using nord VPN at birth so no one actually knows who his parents are

    • @itscrumbelivable
      @itscrumbelivable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which one

  • @Wetknees
    @Wetknees ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What’s a Swedish minimum security prison like? A 4 star hotel? Just staying in your home

  • @ProtonFilms_Mark
    @ProtonFilms_Mark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    18:05 - I guarantee you Historian knows that the engine lives there in that car and is having the biggest piss ever. I love these little satirical details.

  • @jamescrab6887
    @jamescrab6887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1104

    Sundance Rejects is why I can no longer tolerate real movies.

  • @spaceytraveller6971
    @spaceytraveller6971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I love the idea that every single person in law enforcement throughout the entirety of Sweden is just Cole Phelps.

    • @alyshay82597
      @alyshay82597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Are you suggesting he isn't the entire Swedish law enforcement?

    • @vanargrand3199
      @vanargrand3199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also moonlights as most of the FBI

  • @AE1OU
    @AE1OU 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    20:24 "I GASPED" *Inception Fog Horn Sound Effect*

  • @TheBeesKnees13579
    @TheBeesKnees13579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how much effort is put into citing sources in these vids

  • @rachelsoika7367
    @rachelsoika7367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1422

    Me: "why's he got a #1 dad beanie?"
    20 minutes later
    "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh best foreshadowing I've ever seen"

  • @alululululu
    @alululululu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    "and nothing has ever been stolen, again." we did it boys, crime is no more!

  • @East16
    @East16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i feel like any theif who steals art is one of those people who is mechanically good at a game, but absolutely terrible when it comes to strategy

  • @samofsamnation7523
    @samofsamnation7523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’ve only ever heard TRO use his serious voice, so his cameo makes me fucking weep every time I rewatch this video.

  • @pentapeener6676
    @pentapeener6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1439

    i swear, internet historian is the only channel that actually makes me want to get the products that they advertise

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I think it's because it doesn't feel like an actual advertisement. I don't know how he gets away with it, but now I want Nord VPN to prevent car accidents.

    • @FreeButtSex
      @FreeButtSex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I agree. Except for raid: shadow legends. Fuck that game.

    • @Valarius_J
      @Valarius_J 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@RohannvanRensburg Something something "Use Nord VPN and the feds can't hack your smart car to make you crash at 90 miles per hour while you try to escape with stolen art."
      How's that?

    • @botbadger
      @botbadger 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The paintings?

  • @washboardman7435
    @washboardman7435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1823

    This is as good as theAntwerp diamond heist where the thieves defeated a world-class alarm system with a can of hair spray and trash bags to steel $100M of jewels.
    The whole reason they got busted was because one of the guys had a panic attack and botched destroying the evidence and an old French hunter was mad kids were on his lawn.

    • @josephstalin7353
      @josephstalin7353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      If it wasn't for those pesky kids...

    • @manlamp7531
      @manlamp7531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Except the Italian mastermind got away with 80 million, and the heist itself was way more complex

    • @bloodstoneore4630
      @bloodstoneore4630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Any more elaborated explanations you know of?

    • @testname4464
      @testname4464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Damn, panic attacks really aren't a joke

    • @JaneDoeValentine
      @JaneDoeValentine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Quiptipt Nyqtphimq it’s just... how come he didn’t have a panic attack DURING the heist? He handled that adrenaline rush, but not burning evidence?

  • @doorjamm23
    @doorjamm23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I feel like this could get into Sundance festival for how well-crafted it is

  • @MikeDep
    @MikeDep 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I like how all of the "actors" are just extremely distinct TH-camrs. Made it very easy for me to follow who's who despite me being useless with remembering names

  • @DragonHammer91
    @DragonHammer91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8843

    One of the cars that were used to distract the police were stolen from my step-father, whom I finally got to show this video for as he's been locked in Portugal due to Corona. He claimed they only set it on fire, but he loved the presentation and has become a fan on the channel! Due to how long it took to solve the case proper, he forgot all about it until I brought it up to him now... so it took almost 20 years but now he's laughing over the idiocy of the guys that stole his car

    • @SadisticAngel
      @SadisticAngel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +479

      Fucking wild man.

    • @analleakage8050
      @analleakage8050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1060

      wouldn’t have happened if he had nord vpn

    • @pandamonium8182
      @pandamonium8182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @@analleakage8050 unless...?

    • @SumeaBizarro
      @SumeaBizarro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Plot twist: Your father was such a good man that all the rest was karma blessing the robbers for the theft.
      Of the car, not the paintings.

    • @Arcademan09
      @Arcademan09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Does he have any pics of when it happened?

  • @Flapjack3734
    @Flapjack3734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +806

    Moral of the story: never use your real phone number

    • @RandomPerson-nd2ey
      @RandomPerson-nd2ey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Burner phones are a thing. I mean, don't do crime but burner phones are a thing. Just saying.

    • @hipposupremacist3215
      @hipposupremacist3215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      or steal the boat too

    • @Masked_SVincent
      @Masked_SVincent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Cover. Your. Tracks. Common sense. Hell, they could've atleast repainted the boat or something

    • @gearloose703
      @gearloose703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Boats sink.

    • @physical_insanity
      @physical_insanity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I only use the most disposable of email addresses when making porn site accounts.

  • @Twothenines
    @Twothenines 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm here watching this in 2022 for the 20th time pretending everything is OK. This is my comfort brain food.

  • @fidecade
    @fidecade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Third time watching this and i just realized the whole police department is the same dude

  • @orenalbertmeisel3127
    @orenalbertmeisel3127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I like how quickly it went from "these are professionals" to "these are amateurs"

  • @maxproulx8235
    @maxproulx8235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    the voice actor breaking character is hillarious

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Detective : "Do you know what time, it is ?"
    Detective : "Uhhh, is it-" [10:10]
    Me : "Add Thyme ???"
    Detective : "it's time for a montage !"
    _"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one"_

  • @TheBabonnie
    @TheBabonnie ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @ 5:12 you use a tinder notification. when me and my girlfriend were watching we both kinda panicked and looked at our phones thinking that we had just gotten a notification because we thought the other was low key cheating. we couldn't have been laughing harder.
    you're videos are awesome!

  • @SirBladewind
    @SirBladewind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1814

    Dude that's shadowmans wife who died in the car accident. Is internet historian seriously creating an interconnected ad universe?

    • @kronemerj
      @kronemerj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      The sponsor cinematic universe... To be fair I have heard worse ideas

    • @memethemastermonarch9459
      @memethemastermonarch9459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @Simon Wyzik WIRES BAD~

    • @rhodopisdenile8977
      @rhodopisdenile8977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Omg this actually makes the fact that shadow man was trying to help him get a girl in another one of the ads sad :( he tried to steal his girl.

    • @holdguard4624
      @holdguard4624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      SHE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH YOU SIMPLETON

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Honestly the most original way to sponsor an ad without boring me to death.👏👏👏👏👏😄

  • @localman7017
    @localman7017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1631

    I don’t understand why anyone steals priceless paintings, like who would buy stolen goods that hot? It’s literally just a game of hot potato and the last person holding the paintings when they turn up is going to be in a whole lot of trouble.

    • @NorroTaku
      @NorroTaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      if they are colonial robbed stuff they get stolen sometimes
      like "oh Britain stole this case from China"
      sometimes those get stolen to be returned to the original country
      or a rich Patriot from the country

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      usually when paintings r stolen they already have a buyer in mind but these guys r idiots

    • @rayres1074
      @rayres1074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      I mean, if the job is well done and painting location is not traceable then they're probably forever "safe" in the hands of the rich buyer. There are hundreds of thousands of mansions out there with millions upon millions of replicas of famous paintings, you'd have to have REALLY strong suspicions to assume a painting you saw at a rich dude's house is the stolen deal. And even then, how would you know it is?

    • @Reni3r
      @Reni3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      You just need to find a rich person with no morals who's into art in a country that basically gives no fuck about interpol (since most paintings are from european artists) and helps you smuggle it out of the country you stole it from. SA or China comes to mind. Just imagine Kashogi sitting in his villa surrounded by stolen things, who's gonna sue him?

    • @OneGrumpyCat
      @OneGrumpyCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      It's not that the goods are too hot, these guys were just idiots who didn't get a buyer lined up before the heist went down.

  • @happyswedme
    @happyswedme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Seeing old early 2000s style money just shows this guy does his research

  • @finalchapter1899
    @finalchapter1899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    22:11 hey that’s me

  • @MegaNightmare4
    @MegaNightmare4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1096

    It’s not an Internet Historian ad if a woman doesn’t die tragically.

    • @nuclearbomb9483
      @nuclearbomb9483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Should've just used nordvpn smh.

    • @bird2793
      @bird2793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This channel has over one fridge per person (or was it vending machines?)

    • @--.._
      @--.._ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this sounds so cancel-worthy lol

    • @Channel9iNE
      @Channel9iNE 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bold Coward he's joking man

    • @spooderlover3512
      @spooderlover3512 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about the Nord noir one? Where a guy does instead

  • @formerctgovernordannelmall1452
    @formerctgovernordannelmall1452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    0:20 “never talk to me or my son ever again”
    -Justin Whang, 2020

  • @FULLMETAL380
    @FULLMETAL380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love all your videos from both channels. I like your humor and the way you weave the stories. Thanks for the hard work. And also, I liked the way you portray the ads. Genius!!

  • @gorillaguy5664
    @gorillaguy5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    *Damn, Nick Valentine's past life was quite the bomb shell, let alone the fact that he had a twin brother and his wife had plastic surgery to look exactly like him*