# Saving the ruby slippers

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 22, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-ruby-slippers/769304 "2016-10-22T01:52:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-ruby-slippers/769304/25 "2023-10-13T23:14:20Z")

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Updated because [Martin has changed his plea to guilty](https://www.aol.com/terry-martin-expected-plead-guilty-150700880.html):

> DULUTH, Minn. — A 76-year-old Grand Rapids man has changed his plea to guilty in connection to the theft of a pair of ruby slippers from the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.”
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> Terry Martin, 76, appeared in a Duluth federal courtroom on Friday. He is charged with one count of major artwork theft, accused of stealing the iconic shoes from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids back in 2005.

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