Crime: The Museum Jewel Robbery

New York City's American Museum of Natural History is a marvelous place.

It is filled with all manner of wonders, from prehistoric boneyard relics to magical performances of the galaxies held in the darkened planetarium.

Not far from the Ice Age Mammals on the fourth floor is the Morgan Hall of Gems and Minerals. It is far from being the most popular place in the museum; indeed, the rest rooms have been known to receive more traffic than Morgan Hall. The museum does not publicize the fact that the glass cases in Morgan...

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