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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Emery Veilleux talks with Lou Schachter, investigative writer of True Crime Road Trip.
Schachter was instrumental in locating two paintings that were stolen from the Harwood Museum in 1985 and recently returned to the museum.
Lou also talks about what led him to start writing about historical true crime and what made him start exploring the intersection of true crime with travel writing.
Read more of Schachter's work at truecrimeroadtrip.com
And see the Taos News' coverage of the heist and recovery of the paintings here
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