Do You Know That The Shoes Won By The Wizard Of Oz Was Stolen?

Do you know that the shoes won by the Wizard of Oz was once stolen? 

                 Shoes Worn by Wizard of Oz, Iconic

Yes, it was stolen in by a man named Terry Jon Martin.

It was taken not by permission of course, from a museum in 2005. 

The ruby slippers shoes, the iconic shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. 

                      Cast from the Wizard of Oz

The iconic film was released the same year that World War II broke out, in 1939. 

It is the earliest major Technicolor pictures, the film was a big-budget feat, and one that won two Oscars and catapulted Judy Garland into the limelight. 

Don't feel sad, you will get to see the shoes again because it has been recovered. 

Hurray!

Yes! Finally recovered by investigators in 2018.

Terry Jon Martin, the man who stole the shoes was sentenced to time served and one year of probation after he pleaded guilty to stealing the iconic shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. 

The reformed thief come out of retirement to pull off “one last score” by breaking into the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids and swiping the sparkly red shoes the actress wore while portraying Dorothy.   

You heard it right, Martin, who had given up his life of crime, stole the shoes to make "one last score", his lawyers said. He has since admitted to thinking the red rubies on the shoes were real.

Source: The BBC, CBC RADIO, New York Post.