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One of the world's most famous art detectives was on the hunt for a stolen Van Gogh. He turned to an unlikely source for help. You have born soccer players, born teachers, born policemen. I'm a born burglar. On the Sunday story, how an art thief and an art detective set out to recover a missing masterpiece. Listen now to the Sunday story from the Up First podcast on the NPR app.
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