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March, 2005

features70 Stolen ScreamsEdvard Munch's painting The Scream is world famous. It's been called "the primal image of urban alienation" and is a symbol of Norwegian national pride. In slightly over a decade, it has also been stolen twice by daring thieves. Here is the suspenseful story of how cunning detectives versed in the international art-theft game found the painting and nabbed the culprits the first time—and how that case may suggest who has The Scream today. By Simon Cooper90 The Y...