After being missing for 13 years in a case full of as many twists and turns as the movie itself, the classic pair of ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz are finally coming home.
Judy Garland's famous shoes - which were insured for $1million - were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in August 2005.
But on Tuesday the FBI revealed that the stolen slippers have finally been recovered. No suspects have been immediately announced.
It is a Hollywood happy ending for a scandal that one private investigator who worked on the case claimed had more conspiracy theories than Area 51.
Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers have been found 13 years after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in August 2005
One or more suspects broke through a back entrance into the museum and smashed the plexiglass box (pictured) where the shoes were on display
On Tuesday the FBI revealed that the stolen slippers from The Wizard of Oz have finally recovered. No suspects have been immediately announced
The ruby slippers, one of four pairs worn by Garland in the classic film, were stolen from the museum around 2am on the night of August 28, 2005.
One or more suspects broke through a back entrance into the museum and smashed the plexiglass box where the shoes were on display. Nothing else was taken.
No fingerprints were left behind and the museum's alarm system and video surveillance cameras were not operating at the time of the theft.
The only thing left behind was a lone red sequin, which detectives placed in an envelope that was locked up at the local police station.
Theories abounded over what could have happened to the shoes, with tips pouring in after authorities offered a $1million reward for their return.
One person claimed the shoes were nailed to a wall at a roadside diner. Another said they spotted them in a home in Minnesota. A psychic claimed they were cemented into a wall.
The ruby slippers, one of four pairs worn by Garland in the classic film, were stolen from the museum around 2am on the night of August 28, 2005
It is a Hollywood happy ending for a scandal that one private investigator who worked on the case claimed had more conspiracy theories than Area 51
Many believed a group of local teens had stolen the slippers, became scared, and threw them into the bottom of an iron ore pit.
Some claimed Michael Shaw was behind the theft, hoping to collect a hefty insurance check.
The Los Angeles collector had loaned the slippers to the museum during the city's annual festival celebrating Garland, who was from Grand Rapids.
It was the fifth time he had loaned the shoes to it, donating his fee to children's museums. He was supposed to retrieve them a week before the theft.
'I literally felt like I was hit in the stomach when I got the call,' Shaw recalled in 2015 to Newsweek of the moment he found out the shoes were stolen.
'I had taken care of those shoes for 35 years!'
Another pair that Garland wore in the film was eventually donated the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. They are pictured here
The Smithsonian's slippers were taken off display for restoration. The museum announced on Tuesday the public would be able to view them once again starting in October
Shaw had purchased the ruby slippers for $2,000 from costumer Kent Warner in 1970, along with Dorothy's dress, the witch's hat, and a Munchkin outfit.
Warner had found four pairs of the ruby slippers in storage on the MGM lot.
He kept one pair for himself, sold another to Shaw, gave one to an auctioneer, and sold Debbie Reynolds a test pair that were not worn in the film for $300.
The slippers Shaw purchased were size 5.5, in good condition, and hand-labeled with Judy Garland's name inside.
After the auctioneer announced the discovery of the shoes, it was also revealed that a Memphis woman owned another pair she had won in a contest in 1940.
The auctioned slippers sold for $15,000 and were donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in 1979.
Another test pair (pictured), which never actually appeared in the film, were sold to Debbie Reynolds for $300 in 1970
Reynolds (pictured with the shoes in 2011) later auctioned her pair off for $627,300
They are kept in a locked case, under an alarm, with a guard watching them every hour.
The museum took the shoes off display in 2017 and launched a Kickstarter campaign to help restore them.
On Tuesday, after news of the stolen slippers was revealed, the museum announced the slippers would go on display once again starting October 19.
Warner sold his personal pair of the slippers for $12,000. They were later purchased by a collector, who sold them for $2million to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2012.
Reynolds auctioned her pair off for $627,300 in 2011, while the Memphis woman sold her pair in a 1988 auction for $165,000.
A Memphis woman who won the slippers in a contest in 1940 sold them to Christie's for $165,000 in 1988. They were purchased by a group of collectors for $666,000 in 2000
The recovered ruby shoes are now owned by Essex Insurance Company after it paid Shaw $800,000 following the theft
The latter pair, which was purchased by a group of collectors for $666,000 in 2000, are now kept in a bank vault.
After a court battle with Essex Insurance Company, Shaw was paid $800,000 after the slippers disappeared.
The recovered shoes, which some have valued at $2million, are now owned by Essex.
Despite the decades of care he put into the shoes, Shaw was happy to give up ownership.
'There's more to my life than a pair of pumps,' he said in 2015. 'I have no desire to have them again.'
But thanks to decades of detective work - and maybe a little Hollywood magic - the ruby slippers will soon discover that there's no place like home.
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