Posted on 01/29/2024 10:17:08 AM PST by V_TWIN
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” because he wanted to pull off “one last score” is expected to stay out of prison after he's sentenced Monday.
Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He gave into temptation after an old mob associate told him the shoes had to be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value, his attorney revealed in a memo to the federal court ahead of his sentencing in Duluth.
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OOPS 🫢
Criminals: morons doing bad things badly.
I saw a pair at the Smithonian in Washington, D.C. over a decade ago.
From Wikipedia:
The ruby slippers are a pair of shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film The Wizard of Oz. Because of their iconic stature, they are among the most valuable items of film memorabilia. A number of pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Five pairs are known to have survived; one pair was stolen from a museum in 2005 and recovered in 2018.
Minnesota?
Last time I looked those ruby slippers were at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
And I don’t think there were duplicates.
I also saw them at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Didn’t get to see Archie Bunker’s chair though, lol.
Oh. Disregard Post 4. See Post 3.
“I saw a pair at the Smithonian in Washington, D.C. over a decade ago”
IIRC I saw those at the Smithonian in 1978! Lol!
Maybe they should just send the flying monkeys after him?
See post 3
“A number of pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Five pairs are known to have survived”
Not real rubies? You probably can’t cluck your heels and be transported home either. How disappointing.
I do remember seeing a show about this heist some years ago. It was a real mystery how it was pulled off because the thief had to bypass some security.
That’s all I really remember, I don’t know what program it was.
I know right?
There’s a reason criminals don’t have real jobs......usually not the brightest of bulbs.
They were found by Josh Gates,of Expedition Unknown on The Discovery Channel in 2018.
Yeah, but they only take her to Kansas.
Well, I don’t think they’re in Kansas anymore….
As usual, criminals walk without having to accept any responsibility for their lawbreaking, and on the other hand President Trump is being prosecuted, and found guilty for things he never did. What a country!!
Stolen in 2005 in Minnesota and recovered in 2018.
Were they found in Kansas maybe?
What those knuckleheads (especially the fence) missed is there was more than likely someone out there that would have purchased the shoes in tact for a tidy sum.
Art thieves do the exact same thing. Sell to an anonymous person that just wants to appreciate the item in private.
I guess those idiots never saw The Thomas Crown Affair movie.
See #3
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