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The Art of Crime
by Gavin Whitehead
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Gavin Whitehead tells stories where crime ran into the arts, from a Gilded Age fence to a libel fight over an insulting portrait, with new themes each season.
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The Art of Crime is a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts. New theme each season.
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