Oct. 17: a stolen Caravaggio, Honecker out, a Münzenberg mystery. The whole segment, as it aired. What happened on this date, retold by people who were not there.
“I was in the area. Am I free to leave?”
What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.
Gloria VanceOn this day in nineteen sixty-nine, Wikipedia says, a Caravaggio called Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
Gloria VanceI was in the room.
Kenji MoonfieldYou were in the room when it vanished?
Gloria VanceI saw everything, and I stood very still, because the walls were looking at me.
Kenji MoonfieldThat makes you the best witness in Palermo, or the only suspect.
Kenji MoonfieldThe painting is still missing, and you were there with nothing to say.
Gloria VanceIn nineteen eighty-nine the East German Politburo voted to remove Erich Honecker as General Secretary.
Gloria VanceI had a seat near the back, and I voted with my eyes.
Kenji MoonfieldAnd in nineteen forty, Willi Münzenberg's body was found in South France, a mystery nobody ever solved. Let me guess.
Gloria VanceI was in the area. Am I free to leave?
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