The Grave Robber: Inside the FBI’s Art Crime Team and Its Most Unusual Case | Tim Carpenter
Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current AffairsOctober 15, 2025
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The Grave Robber: Inside the FBI’s Art Crime Team and Its Most Unusual Case | Tim Carpenter

Former FBI agent Tim Carpenter led the Bureau’s Art Crime Team, chasing down everything from stolen masterworks to looted antiquities. In this conversation, he joins Chris to discuss his new book The Grave Robber, a gripping account of the biggest stolen artifacts case in FBI history. Tim recounts the investigation into Don Miller, an amateur collector who raided archaeological sites and kept human remains in his Indiana home, and reflects on how the FBI sought justice and cultural restoration in the aftermath.

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