I Pray This Isn’t True

Munch masterpieces destroyed?
The Munch masterpieces “The Scream” and “Madonna” have been incinerated, according to newspaper Dagbladet, citing criminal sources and a top secret police report.

The paper claimed Thursday that the paintings were destroyed in order to get rid of damning evidence as the police investigation closes in on the culprits behind the robbery.

Investigation leader Iver Stensrud of the Oslo police said he had no knowledge of the supposedly secret report acknowledging the destruction of the paintings.

“This is completely unknown to Oslo police. I basically have no comment and normally we do not use Dagbladet as a reliable source here at the Oslo police,” Stensrud told NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting).

Three people are in custody in connection with the Munch robbery, but none of them are linked to crime via technical evidence, and the pair that carried out the heist are considered to be at large.

Dagbladet cited both criminal and police sources in their reportage, and said that police expect new arrests in the case shortly.

Source: Aftenposten

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  • http://www.robertkbrown.com/ RKB

    It’s weird the news you read that literally feels like you’re getting punched in the stomach, but this is one of them.

  • http://thekaostheory.blogspot.com kaos

    Hey Vinny, love the new look of the site. It also fixes that problem I was having with FF, when your centered text would bunch up in the middle with the bookmarks open. Nice.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    Thanks Kaos. Glad you like it!

  • Patrick

    I hope there are severe consequences for destroying a treasure of the humanities. Maybe, assuming they are white, we could drop the criminals off at a mosque in Tehran, or maybe Baghdad.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    It’s really digusting.

    And, since it’s one of my favorite paintings (second only to Starry Night), it’s even worse for me. I’m just heartbroken.

  • http://www.hauntedparsonage.us/blog/ Chuck

    In another article, it was stated that Munch had done multiple versions of both of these paintings. I don’t know if the ones stolen and possible destroyed were the first, the best, etc.

    Still, there seems to be no limit to how low some people will go.

    -cjb-

  • http://www.robertkbrown.com/ RKB

    It’s weird the news you read that literally feels like you’re getting punched in the stomach, but this is one of them.

  • http://thekaostheory.blogspot.com/ kaos

    Hey Vinny, love the new look of the site. It also fixes that problem I was having with FF, when your centered text would bunch up in the middle with the bookmarks open. Nice.

  • http://thekaostheory.blogspot.com/ kaos

    Hey Vinny, love the new look of the site. It also fixes that problem I was having with FF, when your centered text would bunch up in the middle with the bookmarks open. Nice.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    Thanks Kaos. Glad you like it!

  • Patrick

    I hope there are severe consequences for destroying a treasure of the humanities. Maybe, assuming they are white, we could drop the criminals off at a mosque in Tehran, or maybe Baghdad.

  • Patrick

    I hope there are severe consequences for destroying a treasure of the humanities. Maybe, assuming they are white, we could drop the criminals off at a mosque in Tehran, or maybe Baghdad.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    It’s really digusting.

    And, since it’s one of my favorite paintings (second only to Starry Night), it’s even worse for me. I’m just heartbroken.

  • http://www.hauntedparsonage.us/blog/ Chuck

    In another article, it was stated that Munch had done multiple versions of both of these paintings. I don’t know if the ones stolen and possible destroyed were the first, the best, etc.

    Still, there seems to be no limit to how low some people will go.

    -cjb-

  • http://www.hauntedparsonage.us/blog/ Chuck

    In another article, it was stated that Munch had done multiple versions of both of these paintings. I don’t know if the ones stolen and possible destroyed were the first, the best, etc.

    Still, there seems to be no limit to how low some people will go.

    -cjb-